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November 6, 2025 Australia / England

The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)

2 minute readOur book, The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments, has now been officially released. You can (and should) buy it – it’s very funny. We can say that without being immodest because for all you know we might be solely referring to the bits co-author Dan Liebke wrote. (We’re not. Our

November 5, 2025 Australia / England

“Cocky Captain Complainer” and inadvisable fart-retention – Ashes Nonsense Watch | Part 1

2 minute readRight. Looks like we’re properly underway when it comes to people talking bollocks about the Ashes, so we may as well start reporting on it. If you write a book about the Ashes with an Australian, one of the things you both notice is that you tend to have very

November 3, 2025 Australia / India / South Africa

The “scary” future of women’s cricket? Maybe just a different flavour of healthy rejuvenating apocalypse

3 minute readIndia’s World Cup win seems to have ushered in visions of a new era of endless dominance for the winners. Alex Hartley and Ian Bishop both used the word ‘scary’ in reference to the team’s potential – but honestly, what’s to be scared of here? These expectations for the future

October 30, 2025 England / South Africa

World Cup Semi-Final: England v South Africa top order partnership rankings

2 minute readYou do wonder why England didn’t stick with the ‘bowling South Africa out for 69’ ploy that had served them so well in the group stages. Quite possibly, they tried, but for some reason Laura Wolvaardt wasn’t inclined to go along with it this time. For a sense of how

October 29, 2025 Australia / England / Features

51. Michael Vaughan Declines A Crushing

6 minute readaka The Vaughan Supremacy As we’ve already told you (multiple times) we’ve got a book out, co-written with Dan Liebke: The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments. In it, we count down exactly what that title promises. But of course there have been far more than 50 ridiculous moments in the

October 26, 2025 England / India

Sophie Ecclestone in the micro-est-cosm; Harry Brook leading from the front; and the ghosts of Rohit and Kohli | Mop-up of the day

3 minute readWe love Sophie Ecclestone, but today’s misfortune feels very on-brand. Rightly or wrongly (but probably, if we’re brutally honest, more rightly than wrongly) Ecclestone became the public face of England’s fitness and fielding frailties when she refused to do an interview with critic Alex Hartley during last winter’s Ashes. Since

October 22, 2025 Australia / Cricket books | reviews and recommendations / England

Cummins, coffee, Christmas? Broad, beer, bog? Some FAQs about The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments

4 minute readWe’ve been asked a lot of questions about our book The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments. We’ve also made up a few. If you’ve any further questions, ask away in the comments section and maybe we’ll tackle them in a follow-up. 1. What’s it about? Come on, that’s not a

October 20, 2025 England / India

Knightmare: But the only way is onward after Heather’s “ooh nasty” year

3 minute readHeather Knight’s year began with an Ashes defeat in which England lost every match. It then progressed to losing the captaincy, after which she utterly knackered one of her legs. Never mind taking a step forwards, a sidestep would have been nice. (Not that she’d have been capable with that

October 15, 2025 England / Pakistan

Charlie Dean valiantly and innovatively forces Pakistan to use fielders

2 minute readFor a while there, it looked like two of the three main cricket disciplines were going to be enough for Pakistan. Tammy Beaumont got bowled, Amy Jones got bowled and Nat Sciver-Brunt got bowled. At this point, Heather Knight called on all her years of experience and came up with

October 13, 2025 England / Features / India

14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?

7 minute readSometimes we do this thing where we sift the summer’s events, pick out the more striking moments and then see whether we can perceive a vague yet coherent picture. There’s no analysis here. We offer no conclusions. At best, it’s an exercise that might get you half a step closer