Tag: The Ashes
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Test cricket’s toughest test
Bangladesh’s historic win shines a spotlight on bloated Ashes and a broken Test cricket system, lopsided in favour of the big three.
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Expert prediction: Will Ben Stokes be crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2019?
Ben Stokes has been odds-on to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019 since the summer, but now that the nominations have been announced, he’s almost a shoo-in. In this article, Peter Watton from matched betting experts OddsMonkey shares his insight into the likelihood of Stokes winning the award. Running since 1954, BBC Sports […]
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Australia aren’t just about Steve Smith
England’s meek surrender of the Ashes hasn’t just been because of Steve Smith, despite what you’ll be reading in the English media over the coming days. Sure, his 671 runs in three tests has certainly made their task easier, but to think England could have won if he hadn’t been playing would be a huge […]
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England – not very good but very exciting
We can shelve the boardroom enthusiasm for ‘excitement’ that exists within the corridors of power at the ECB and its lust for more money and more sixes with The Hundred. The ECB has, right now, the most exciting team in the world in the form of this England men’s cricket team. The flaws in Joe […]
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2019 Ashes fixtures, venues and records
Out of the frying pan of the World Cup and into the fire of the Ashes, the English summer rumbles on. Australia haven’t won in England since 2001, but with England’s batting woes and a world-class bowling attack to throw at them, could this be the year? Do the venues offer any clues? Here we […]
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Discussing England’s Test team
Following England’s defeat in Antigua, the series against the West Indies has been lost and England come away with more questions than answers. 2019 was supposed to bring unprecedented success for this England team, but a little over 30 days into the year, is it already looking bleak? Where do England go from here? Miles […]
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Cricket predictions 2019
Welcome to the cricketing year of 2019! What does it have in store? Well, we’ve reached for our crystal ball to try and find out. There’s plenty to look forward to, with the World Cup, the Ashes and the start of the Test Championship. Who will be the major movers and shakers? Will the terrible […]