In all the years I’ve followed, and played, cricket I can say beyond all reasonable doubt that this was the worse England performance I’ve ever witnessed. All teams have an off day when they get skittled out for a low score but this went beyond that. To bat badly in both innings and also bowl [...]
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Ashes 2009 4th Test. Day one.
Aggers has described today’s performance by England as “ghastly”. I go further by saying it was an absolute disgrace. Credit where credit is due though as the Aussies bowled very well. As if our batting was bad enough our bowling was atrocious. Where has this propensity for bowling short all the time come from? It’s [...]
Ashes 2009 3rd Test.
This was never going to be anything other than a draw bar a miracle thanks to the weather. Yet again Broads bowling was poor. Considering he’s in the side as a bowler his runs are a bonus. To win tests you have to take 20 wickets so all the runs in the world are a [...]
Ashes 2009 2nd Test.
I’ve waited a few years for this result, thankfully not all 75 of them. Fred. What can I say that already hasn’t been said today? An awesome display of hostile controlled fast bowling the likes of which I’ve not seen from an Englishman for a while. Sinking to one knee with arms open wide facing [...]
