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July 6, 2009 Extras

Ashes news stories straight from a banal purgatory

< 1 minute readThe 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

July 6, 2009 Uncategorised

Ashes blogging advice | part two

< 1 minute readHello. 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

July 5, 2009 Uncategorised

Where to watch the Ashes

< 1 minute readOn 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:

July 3, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 5th Test at The Oval

2 minute readFor 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

July 2, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 4th Test at Trent Bridge

2 minute readWe’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

July 1, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 3rd Test at Old Trafford

2 minute readWe went to one day of this third Test of the 2005 Ashes series. We went the day it rained. At the time, we lived a couple of stops away on the tram, so we just waited at home until we knew when play was due to start and then

June 30, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 2nd Test at Edgbaston

4 minute readIn the middle of the Edgbaston Test, we genuinely thought to ourself that cricket had got too good. We actually thought that cricket needed to be worse so that we could appreciate it properly. There was so much brilliant cricket to take in and not enough time to process things.

June 29, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 1st Test at Lord’s

2 minute readLooking back with hindsight, the most bizarre aspect of the first Test in the 2005 Ashes series was the fact that people thought Ian Bell and Graham Thorpe would keep Kevin Pietersen out of the team. In the end, England made the brave decision. England lost this match by some

June 28, 2009 Australia / England

Ashes 2005 Twenty20 international and one day series

2 minute readPeople forget about the one-day series that preceded the 2005 Ashes, but they were a key part of it. They were ingeniously scheduled before the Test series, so that tension mounted. In 2009, they’re afterwards, like vegetable soup after a six-course meal. Twenty20 match England won the Ashes because they

June 27, 2009 Uncategorised

What happened in the 2005 Ashes?

< 1 minute readWe’re going on holiday in a bit. The ECB have foolishly left a minuscule window between the end of the World Twenty20 and the start of the Ashes and we’re using it. We’ve done stuff for you though, so that you don’t miss us. Coming up this week, we’re taking