The reality is I am a very very fickle sports fan.
Just a week ago I was complaining at the state of English sport, today, in my eyes, everything is right with the world - THE ASHES ARE NOT OVER YET!
As I woke up this morning and switched on teletext I expected to see either England […]
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I decided against posting anything about the cricket yesterday, just because I was so down hearted about the whole thing.
We seem to be turning into the English football team - the coach just picks his favourites - not the best players!
I don’t know why we enjoy supporting sporting teams. Whether it be football, cricket, rugby, […]
This morning I was going to write about the end of the First Test - but I’m not sure if I can bring myself to do so.
It’s depressing.
I thought we had a chance…how wrong does it appear I was?!
We need to bat more sensibly.
We need to bowl better.
And I think we need Monty.
The Ashes…start tonight (or is it tomorrow?)!
Published by November 22nd, 2006 in The Ashes. 0 CommentsFor the last week, unlike the rest of the cricketing world, I haven’t been able to get excited about the Ashes series starting.
I don’t know why.
Maybe it is because I have been getting to disheartened by the performances of the various England/GB teams over the past few weeks.
Poor England Rugby team - and even worse […]
Today an update on the Tesco post.
Ed Joyce has been called up to replace him.
The 28-year-old Irishman has only played three one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match for England so far.
But chairman of selectors David Graveney described him as a “highly promising player” who could cover a number of batting positions.
Trescothick to miss Ashes series
The breaking news this morning is that Marcus Trescothick’s stress related illness has returned and he has flown back to the UK.
Is this good news for the England team?
Join the debate in the forums.
Welcome to the first of a series of blogs that will continue throughout the Ashes series.
Today was going to be a day of doom and gloom.
The first warm up game was a disaster, and England were pretty awful in the field again yesterday.
But what a difference a day makes.
England can bat again!
At the end of […]
Why are we so bad at one-day cricket?
Surely we play enough of it to be good?
Answers please on the ‘cricket’ forum on the message boards
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