Old Trafford In The Sun

It’s been a while since I blogged about the cricket, or in fact, any sport at all.� However, the weather is getting positively summery and the football is over, so there’s nothing better than to sit back and while away the hours with a bit of test match cricket.� Unfortunately, the quality on offer leaves something to be desired as the West Indian tourists have arrived in Blighty with one of the poorest looking outfits I can recall.� Brian Lara’s controversial decision to quit the international

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Tags: Chanderpaul, England, Gayle, Harmison, Lara, Panesar, Plunkett, Sidebottom, SkySports, Sport, Strauss, West-Indies

Short And Bittersweet

For just 14 months England held the bragging rights but the Ashes have been relinquished. Despite how disappointed I feel right now, I believe that this was Australia winning it rather than England losing it. Despite the inevitable post mortems and finger pointing that will follow, this needs to be said… Well done Australia!! They took a long hard look at themselves after the 2005 defeat and planned, worked hard and and were completely single minded for 14 months. And from the first

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Tags: Ashes, Australia, Cricket, England, Freddie-Flintoff, Monty, Panesar, SkySports, Sport