Ashes

With English cricket, it tends to all boil down to one series – the Ashes. Every selection, every Test match, every individual performance, all done with the Test series against Australia in mind. This is the same for the Australian team and it shows how big a series it is. The biggest in cricket...
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It is getting towards that time again. With the next Ashes series later this year, the build up to the series between Australia and England is likely to gain momentum in the coming months. Australia captain Ricky Ponting has already been speaking about the series, saying that his side are in great shape to...
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So there we go; England humiliated in Johannesburg, comprehensively beaten by a tighter unit hell bent on finishing the job they failed to do in the third Test in Capetown. Strauss’ decision to bat on day one was a bold one, a decision which not only backfired but opened up the England top order...
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Every now and then a great product appears out of the blue and takes us all by surprise and one such product is without doubt the great bottle coolers from the Stay Chilled company. If you’ve every lived in Australia or just visited you will be aware of the popularity of the stubby holders....
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ECB Media Release England today announced 15-man squads for the forthcoming NatWest Series of One Day Internationals and International Twenty20 matches against Australia, The ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and a 14-man squad for next week’s One-Day International against Ireland in Belfast Andrew Strauss will captain the side in the seven-match NatWest Series...
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have read and reviewed two previous books by Christopher Hilton (Cricket’s 300 Men and The Birth of the Ashes) and one thing Hilton could not be accused of is lack of research and depth in his books. His latest offering, “Bradman and the summer that changed cricket” pushes the...
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England are just a few hours away from taking a 2-0 lead in this summer’s Ashes series after another assured performance first with the bat and then with the ball placing Australia in a precarious position on the final day. Scorecard Day 4 With the third day lost to rain and a wet outfield,...
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This is it, the moment we have all been waiting for, Ashes 2009 will be released by Codemasters on August 7th, for more information click here ! Great news indeed for all cricket fans – cricket on the wii is finally here!!!! Buy Now Ever since the wii was launched, cricket fans around the...
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Pietersen ruled out of npower Ashes Series following Achilles tendon operation England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the npower Ashes Series after today undergoing surgery for an ongoing Achilles tendon injury. Pietersen was earlier today assessed by a leading specialist where the decision was made to undergo surgery which will rule him out of all cricket...
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Bill Frindall was an integral part of Test Match Special from June 1966 until his ultimate ill-timed dismissal in January of 2009, ironically an Ashes year. To many, Bearders was one of the main reasons to tune into Radio 4’s TMS, he will be sorely missed by hundreds of cricket fans around the world....
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