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Lord's unsurprisingly ranks as the top ground for an Ashes Test while Sophia Gardens is one of the least preferred among 45 county cricketers surveyed in the London-based... More
Nothing compares to the Ashes, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian. The Border-Gavaskar trophy between India and Australia may come close, but it has to settle for second best... More
An attacking Simon Jones, good form as a team and plenty of preparation. These are just a few things that worked for England the last time Australia toured, helping them... More
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If England are really set on learning from history, of course, they don't need to look quite as far back as 90 years. A couple would do. It was a little series called The... More
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Andrew Flintoff's dodgy alarm clock has given the England management a difficult few days ahead of the Ashes after the allrounder missed the bus during their team-bonding... More
Was Michael Vaughan a better captain than Ray Illingworth, whose 12 England victories trail behind his total but who won them when the pickings were not so easy from emerging... More
Next week's Ashes will once witness proper cricket again, with a past that embraces a bit of chicanery and mutual loathing as well as great deeds and more affection, if you... More
Both Test cricket and psychoanalysis are out of tune with a world that demands quick results. Former England cricket captain Mike Brearley, now Britain’s leading... More
In an interview to Sharda Ugra of India Today, the ICC president David Morgan talks about various issues regarding the future of cricket - the primacy of Test cricket in the... More
When did you last take a train ride for the sheer pleasure of the journey? When did you last lie on the grass and stare at the clouds for half a winter’s day? When did you... More
 
 
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