ASHES DIARY Entry 1 Wednesday November 24, 2010 Welcome to my Ashes 2010/11 diary. During this Test series, I will be posting regular entries on the almanac website, consisting of observations, opinions, queries and idle thoughts. I love the Ashes as much as I love footy and the NMFC, so stay tuned and let me […]
A Gloriously Uncertain Summer Awaits
November 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
If nothing else this summer, we’re about to discover the value of a sound preparation in the scheme of modern cricket tours. For the first time in a long time, England have picked a squad with credible back-up in all areas, arrived early, played serious warm up games well, and appear genuinely ready for what […]
Caught Behind 2/100
November 24, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Steve Ingham An opinion piece on Australia’s favourite summer sport WHERE HAVE ALL THE PERSONALITIES GONE??? No doubt we live in a world much more sanitised than decades before. No Australian Cricketer will attempt a beer can drinking record on a flight to England, I mean Andrew Symonds was sent home and never wore […]
English Hope Springs Eternal
November 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This Guardian piece from Mike Selvey shows that even some of the more level-headed English pundits are starting to get their hopes up. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/nov/04/england-australia-ashes-phoney-war
Caught Behind 1/100
November 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Steve Ingham An opinion piece on Australia’s favourite summer sport THE SOUND OF SUMMER While every commentator and fan in the country is ringing the alarm bells about the state of the national cricket team- and I will address that later- I want to focus on my favourite sounds of summer: ABC Grandstand Cricket, […]
Old not-so-reliables will have to fly the Ashes flag
October 28, 2010 by 8 Comments
For those who may have erased the moment from their memory, it has been 431 days, or nigh on 62 weeks, since Graeme Swann dismissed Mike Hussey at The Oval, and England claimed the Ashes with a 2-1 series victory. As we sit 28 days out from the next Ashes test, it seems opportune to […]
Caught Behind 1/0: CROWDS HERE ONE DAY, GONE THE NEXT
October 25, 2010 by 7 Comments
An opinion piece on Australia’s favourite summer sport By Steve Ingham After a non-eventful day in the whites myself (we got pummelled by 10 wickets), I sat down on Saturday Night to watch a little bit of Victoria v WA on the telly, and was once again disappointed but not surprised at the vision of […]
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