Tag: the Ashes

Yeah I know it’s bread and circuses, I’m still going in to bat for them. This should not be news, at least, not for...

The Poms are getting hammered this summer. It has been over 4000 days since they won a Test match against Australia in Australia. This...

Cricket is the greatest sport in the world. Everyone who has not grown up with cricket scoffs at that notion. Everyone who grew up...

Sport is traditionally the pastime of men, it’s a way for men to bond and train for the protection of the group. However, in recent...

Originally published 3/3/2019. During World War Two, while the Yanks and the Japs were wasting time fighting each other when they should have together crushed...

Matty's Modern Life has a tribute to Australia, its people and its British heritage and culture which makes it great. Short shrift is given to...

I love what they have done to the Adelaide Oval.  The stands are spectacular and are made for night footy and cricket, being so...

After two humiliating Test losses in as many matches, and a wimp surrender of the Ashes to England, the Australian Cricket team was subjected...