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May 14, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Australia fight hard against unpredictable England attack on day 4

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Australia (151-2) trail England (575-5 dec) by 424 runs. Here’s what happened on day three. Greg Blewett and Mark

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May 13, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Bevan mystery deepens on day 3

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Day two ended with England 413-4. Nasser Hussain is unbeaten on 145 having batted through the day. Robin Smith

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May 12, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England middle-order dawdles on day 2

3 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Day one ended with England 205-3. Nasser Hussain was cautious and intense in yesterday’s evening session, while Graham Thorpe

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May 11, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England bat first on day 1

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. A quick recap. These teams are not 1990s best XIs. They are 1990s-est XIs. Here’s our workings-out. In short,

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May 7, 2020 Australia / England / Extras

The 1990s-est Ashes Rematch Down Under

5 minute readLast month we ran The 1990s-est Ashes, an exhibition match between a 1990s England Test XI and a 1990s Australia Test XI played out using Cricket Captain’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. It was both a nail-biter and also a sizeable defeat for England. Michael Atherton’s men were just minutes from securing

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May 6, 2020 Australia / Features

Shane Warne says we were created by aliens – but which ones?

3 minute readThe frustrating thing about reality TV programmes is that when someone says something interesting, there’s no-one there to ask the obvious follow-up questions. When he appeared on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2016, Shane Warne expressed his belief that humans, “couldn’t do” the pyramids. “You couldn’t

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April 17, 2020 Australia / England

The 1990s-est Ashes, day five: England and Australia slowly build all-time thriller

4 minute readLast week we picked our 1990s-est England team and our 1990s-est Australia team. This week we’re pitting them against each other in a one-off exhibition Test match with the aid of Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. (This follows Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England last month.) England (19-0 and

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April 16, 2020 Australia / England

The 1990s-est Ashes, day four: Australia refuse to be rushed

3 minute readLast week we picked our 1990s-est England team and our 1990s-est Australia team. This week we’re pitting them against each other in a one-off exhibition Test match with the aid of Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. (This follows Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England last month.) England (313-7) trail

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April 15, 2020 Australia / England

The 1990s-est Ashes, day three: Australia plug away

4 minute readLast week we picked our 1990s-est England team and our 1990s-est Australia team. This week we’re pitting them against each other in a one-off exhibition Test match with the aid of Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. (This follows Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England last month.) England (66-0) trail

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April 14, 2020 Australia / England

The 1990s-est Ashes, day two: Hard toil for England bowlers

3 minute readLast week we picked our 1990s-est England team and our 1990s-est Australia team. This week we’re pitting them against each other in a one-off exhibition Test match with the aid of Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. (This follows Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England last month.) Australia are 306-5.

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