< 1 minute read Not interested. Some say it was irresponsible. Some say it’s the way he plays. This is not the first time people have pored over a Pietersen dismissal. Kevin Pietersen plays a lot of stupid shots. He gets away with almost all of them. His dismissals often look worse than those
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There’s an Australian in our house
< 1 minute read What should we do? Should we just treat it like a person?
Continue readingMitchell Johnson or James Anderson?
< 1 minute read And you HAVE to choose. We’re going for James Anderson. He’s the better bowler when the ball swings and we love watching swing bowling. If the ball doesn’t swing, Mitchell Johnson’s got the better attributes, being quicker and kack-handed (as if THAT’S an attribute). Also, you have to remember that
Continue readingAshes players to watch tomorrow
2 minute read You might have noticed a certain jaded world-weariness about our recent Ashes coverage as a result of mindless media coverage smotheration. It feels right that we should return to our natural demeanour at a time when everyone else is bouncing about like there’s a lot of bouncing to be done
Continue readingPhil Hughes might just be a massive disappointment
< 1 minute read We hope he isn’t, because it’s exciting when unusual players have an impact and it’s good for your side to beat one featuring great players, but everyone has gone a bit mental about Hughes. He’s played a couple of seasons of domestic cricket, one Test series and a bit of
Continue readingAshes news stories straight from a banal purgatory
< 1 minute read The Ashes sees a huge incease in the level of cricket coverage in the UK. A lot of it is very good, such as The Wisden Cricketer’s little guide, Battle For The Ashes, which comes free with this month’s issue. Some of it, like the Guardian’s over-by-over and TWC’s Story
Continue readingAshes blogging advice | part two
< 1 minute read Hello. Welcome to the second in our series of posts about how new websites should cover the Ashes. We’ve been doing this for years and our advice will be invaluable to you as you take your first steps into the world of cricket blogging. Lesson two is to never EVER
Continue readingWhere to watch the Ashes
< 1 minute read On our return, we were pleasantly surprised to hear of the various ways that people experienced the 2005 Ashes series. It seems to be quite rare that anyone actually went to a ground or sat in their front room in front of the telly. Ways readers experienced the 2005 Ashes:
Continue readingAshes 2005 5th Test at The Oval
2 minute read For many people, this was the moment when England won the 2005 Ashes, but we didn’t see it like that. We actually found the whole Test – and the last day in particular – a slightly maudlin experience. It was the last Test, a great Ashes series was nearly over
Continue readingAshes 2005 4th Test at Trent Bridge
2 minute read We’ve been to some duff days of cricket, but Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff were at the crease for the start of day two and to say we were looking forward to it was an understatement. While we were queueing to get in, Pietersen was caught behind. If we’d got
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