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September 18, 2019 Australia / England / Features

2019 Ashes Worst XI – who gets into our composite team?

4 minute readNever mind all those Ashes Best XIs. Who would get into the far more hotly-contested 2019 Ashes Worst XI? 1. David Warner – 95 runs at 9.50 First name on our team sheet even if we weren’t starting at the top and working our way down. If Josh Hazlewood had

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September 17, 2019 Australia / England

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a great Ridiculous Ashes, the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a ridiculous Ridiculous Ashes

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September 16, 2019 Australia / England

Is the Oval Test the most maudlin of all the Tests?

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September 14, 2019 Australia / England

Is Steve Smith finally tired of batting?

< 1 minute readEngland v Australia, fifth Test, day two

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September 9, 2019 Australia / England

The fourth Test was ridiculous. But exactly how ridiculous?

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September 7, 2019 Australia / England

Stuart Broad is a shenanigan superhero

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September 6, 2019 Australia / England

Ben Stokes’ almighty celebration of absolutely nothing at all

2 minute readEngland v Australia, fourth Test, day two

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September 5, 2019 Australia / England

It was windy at Old Trafford. Here are the wind’s three finest cameos from day one of the fourth Ashes Test

3 minute readEngland v Australia, fourth Test, day one

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September 3, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part four

< 1 minute readHow burnt-out is Joe Root right now?

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August 30, 2019 Australia / England

In praise of Jack Leach, England’s finest number 11 batsman

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