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England clinch place in ICC Test Championship playoffs … if only

Sydney Morning Herald readers would be choking on their vegemite sarnies if it was 2013. After Australia’s recent 0-2 test series defeat to India, the Aussie headlines would read something like this: ‘Aussies choke as England snatch semi-final berth’, and ‘Ponting in crap captaincy shocker (again)’. Admittedly the latter headline would be appropriate for any period over the last five years, but you catch my drift. I am, of course, referring to the fact that the Canary Yellows now sit fifth in...

The Ashes: your predictions

A month to go till the big one – and high time we indulged in some wild speculation. We’d like to hear your views on the big talking points around the most-hyped England tour to Australia since, er, the last one. And do let us know, too, if you’re planning to head down under to watch some of the action in the flesh. Which matches will you be seeing? So here are the big questions. Please post your thoughts below – and thanks. 1. What will the scoreline be? 2. At which...

What’s happened to New Zealand?

As a child of the 1980s, I grew up in a world in which New Zealand were a very competitive side, and usually stronger than England. In 1980 they beat the mighty West Indies, who wouldn’t lose another test series for the next fifteen years.  Mid-decade, they beat us home and away in consecutive series. Martin Crowe was at the peak of his powers, and Richard Hadlee sent a shiver down the spine of test batsmen the world over. Nowadays, it’s a different story. We might be used now to...

India dent Australia’s Ashes hopes (and where the hell have we been?)

First of all, we’d like to apologise for our lack of new articles over the last fortnight. Half TFT staff (i.e. me) have been on holiday in the Norfolk Broads – not to be confused with the Nottinghamshire Broads of course. There has also been a distinct lack of meaningful cricketing action since the end of the domestic season, so we’ve had nothing to say really. However, Australia’s disheartening 0-2 defeat at the hands of India has given us something to write, and smile, about. What is...

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