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A Black Day at Trent Bridge

There has not been a blacker day for Australia in Ashes annals. Captain Michael Clarke’s career is teetering after a thrashing, desperate drive at Stewie Broad was shanked straight to slip. Shaun Marsh’s vulnerability against the moving ball was again highlighted while Adam Voges may well have played his last Test. Geoff Boycott on the […]

Changes needed for lord’s

The sheer volume of Australia’s massive defeat in Cardiff demands immediate change with the Lord’s Test starting Thursday. Dubbed Dad’s army pre-match, the Australians played like a bunch of old timers lulled into a false sense of security after recent walkouts in the Caribbean. It was if the Aussies didn’t turn up,so insipid were they […]

Siddle’s lifeline for Lord’s

Australia’s seemingly forgotten fast bowler Peter Siddle has been thrown a lifeline with Mitchell Starc’s ankle injury which restricted him from mid-match in Cardiff. Siddle has been marooned on 192 Test wickets for some time, but could play in the second Test ahead of Starc whose ankle injury restricted his workload on the third day. […]

Johnson a good sport in Cardiff run fest

For only the second time in his career Mitchell Johnson conceded 100 runs in an innings without taking a wicket during the highscoring opening Ashes Test in Cardiff. The local English supporters stood and applauded as Johnson took his place at fine leg and responded by doffing his cap to the multitudes. On a wicket […]