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July 1, 2009
This weeks Ashes reporting consists mostly of messages, reminders and nudges. By now, the selectors know at least ten of the side which will take the field at Cardiff. The Daily Telegraph, however, assume that each and every decent county performance will have Geoff Miller re-writing the team-sheet.
June 23, 2009
Amongst the war of words that is brewing before the Ashes, here’s a revealing contrast for you from players on either side regarding the “art” of fast bowling
June 19, 2009
Journalism is increasingly becoming lazy, trotting out the same old stuff without mercy. Never more so than when it comes to England squad selection for the Ashes.
May 19, 2009
Now that the West Indies series is out of the way, we can start to talk about the Ashes (we’re English, so that limited over stuff in between doesn’t count).
May 11, 2009
Devon Malcolm has said what we are all thinking. Steve Harmison has a bad attitude towards playing for England. So much for the fast bowlers union.
May 10, 2009
We thought that it was a new dawn. We felt that a definitive statement had been made about the future direction of the England team. We felt there would be no more passengers or shirkers. We were wrong.
May 1, 2009
Ian Bell needs to talk things over with Geoff Miller. He has issues with those mean selectors. He is hurt at his omission from the test squad, as if he has some divine right to be included.
April 25, 2009
Andrew Flintoff’s injury has opened up another selection conundrum over who to replace him with. It all depends on whether the selectors prefer to go with 4 bowlers or 5, and how adventurous they are prepared to be.
April 15, 2009
After three months of huffing and puffing, the ECB have given the role of Team Director to the man who was already in temporary charge. For all the nonsense of headhunting and shortlists, the appointment of Andy Flower does seem to be the right decision, at least on the face of it.
April 1, 2009
Andrew Strauss in a recent interview told us that he was certain of nine of the places for the Ashes XI this summer.
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