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Tag: Ridiculous Ashes

March 8, 2021 Australia / England

Which ridiculous Ashes series should we cover next?

< 1 minute readAs we’re sure you’re aware, the Ridiculous Ashes – the parallel England v Australia competition we first ran over at Cricket 365 for the 2019 series – is now a podcast. Series 1 was about the 1997 Ashes and we thought you’d like a say on which series we cover

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January 24, 2021 Australia / England / Features / Regulars

The 1997 Ridiculous Ashes – all six episodes

2 minute readHopefully you’re aware that we (Alex Bowden and Dan Liebke) are doing The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast. Series 1 is about the 1997 series and you can find all six episodes below. The Ridiculous Ashes is an alternative trophy that is awarded to the side that produces the most hilarious and

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January 6, 2021 Regulars

The Ridiculous Ashes is now a podcast

< 1 minute readDo you remember the Ridiculous Ashes? It was a thing we did with Dan Liebke over at Cricket 365 for the 2019 series. It’s an alternative trophy that is awarded to the side that produces the most hilarious and absurd cricket across an Ashes series. Just to let you all

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September 17, 2019 Australia / England

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a great Ridiculous Ashes, the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a ridiculous Ridiculous Ashes

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September 9, 2019 Australia / England

The fourth Test was ridiculous. But exactly how ridiculous?

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August 27, 2019 Australia / England

The ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous third Test

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England

The second Test was a draw. But was it a ridiculous draw?

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August 6, 2019 Australia / England

Forget the “official” result – England have actually taken an early lead

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