Dan Liebke
@liebcricket.com
funny cricket > good cricket
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· Oct 27
The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments - Now Out!
Pre-ordering is done. Time to just plain old buy.
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The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments - Now Out!
You can now get a copy of my latest book in your hands (and, via them, your eyes and brain). Rush out to your nearest bookstore and get a-purchasin'!
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You can now get a copy of my latest book in your hands (and, via them, your eyes and brain). Rush out to your nearest bookstore and get a-purchasin'!
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/the-50-mos...
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Ashes 2nd Test preview: Brisbane’s Gabba brings us the pink ball, under lights, on the fastest pitch in the world. Will England’s batters be ready? How about Australia’s?
www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-2nd-te...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-2nd-te...
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ashes 2nd Test preview: Brisbane’s Gabba brings us the pink ball, under lights, on the fastest pitch in the world. Will England’s batters be ready? How about Australia’s?
www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-2nd-te...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-2nd-te...
Die Hard 2 is a Boxing Day Test movie.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Die Hard 2 is a Boxing Day Test movie.
Khawaja and Weatherald continue to be the weirdest opening pair in Ashes history. #Ashes 🏏
Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the second Test at the Gabba after failing to recover from the back spasms that he suffered in the opening match in Perth
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Khawaja and Weatherald continue to be the weirdest opening pair in Ashes history. #Ashes 🏏
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Much like 1981, we're once more to Headingley for a third Test, an unremarkable match mostly forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, we uncover moments of absurdity, including dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
2019 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test
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November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Much like 1981, we're once more to Headingley for a third Test, an unremarkable match mostly forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, we uncover moments of absurdity, including dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
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England 1-0 down in the Ashes, and needing some kind of miracle to avoid going 2-0 down? Sound familiar? No? Regardless, here’s a new episode of the Ridiculous Ashes podcast. #Ashes 🏏
Much like 1981, we're once more to Headingley for a third Test, an unremarkable match mostly forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, we uncover moments of absurdity, including dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
2019 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
England 1-0 down in the Ashes, and needing some kind of miracle to avoid going 2-0 down? Sound familiar? No? Regardless, here’s a new episode of the Ridiculous Ashes podcast. #Ashes 🏏
Lunchtime listening #Ashes 🏏
Much like 1981, we're once more to Headingley for a third Test, an unremarkable match mostly forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, we uncover moments of absurdity, including dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
2019 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Lunchtime listening #Ashes 🏏
England 1-0 down in the Ashes, and needing some kind of miracle to avoid going 2-0 down? Sound familiar? No? Regardless, here’s a new episode of the Ridiculous Ashes podcast. #Ashes 🏏
Much like 1981, we're once more to Headingley for a third Test, an unremarkable match mostly forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, we uncover moments of absurdity, including dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
2019 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
England 1-0 down in the Ashes, and needing some kind of miracle to avoid going 2-0 down? Sound familiar? No? Regardless, here’s a new episode of the Ridiculous Ashes podcast. #Ashes 🏏
Weird response to Ben Stokes and the England team snubbing your cricket match, but who am I to judge. #Ashes 🏏
Anthony Albanese has married partner Jodie Haydon at his official Canberra residence in a private ceremony on Saturday, after details of the wedding were kept top secret.
Breaking: Prime minister gets married in private ceremony at The Lodge
Anthony Albanese has married partner Jodie Haydon at his official Canberra residence in a private ceremony on Saturday, after details of the wedding were kept top secret.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Weird response to Ben Stokes and the England team snubbing your cricket match, but who am I to judge. #Ashes 🏏
Seems needlessly binary to me. Why can’t a team be rubbish *and* arrogant? Aim for the stars, Ben! #Ashes 🏏
‘Call us rubbish’: Ben Stokes hits back at claims that England approach is ‘arrogant’
‘Call us rubbish’: Ben Stokes hits back at claims that England approach is ‘arrogant’
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Captain rejects term used by former Ashes tormentor Mitchell Johnson
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Tourists begin training with pink Kookaburra ball in Brisbane
Ben Stokes has accepted the criticism that followed his England side’s two-day defeat in Perth as part of being in the results business but said he draws a line at the notion his players were “arrogant” in their approach.
That particular word was used by former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson in a strongly-worded column for the West Australian newspaper and has been a theme of the wider reaction. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Seems needlessly binary to me. Why can’t a team be rubbish *and* arrogant? Aim for the stars, Ben! #Ashes 🏏
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If you enjoyed that ridiculous first Ashes Test, and would now like to book tickets to future matches in the series, can I recommend that you immediately rush to your preferred search engine and type 'ridiculous ashes book'. #Ashes 🏏
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you enjoyed that ridiculous first Ashes Test, and would now like to book tickets to future matches in the series, can I recommend that you immediately rush to your preferred search engine and type 'ridiculous ashes book'. #Ashes 🏏
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Will it be another Adelaide waking nightmare? Crushed 4-1 beneath the wheel? Or the full Bazball comeback? You decide!
Choose your own path to determine the fate of the Ashes in a fantasy game by @millercricket.bsky.social: bit.ly/3MpToM6
Choose your own path to determine the fate of the Ashes in a fantasy game by @millercricket.bsky.social: bit.ly/3MpToM6
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Will it be another Adelaide waking nightmare? Crushed 4-1 beneath the wheel? Or the full Bazball comeback? You decide!
Choose your own path to determine the fate of the Ashes in a fantasy game by @millercricket.bsky.social: bit.ly/3MpToM6
Choose your own path to determine the fate of the Ashes in a fantasy game by @millercricket.bsky.social: bit.ly/3MpToM6
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Episode 2 of Cricket Cliches is out now as we try to define ‘on the up’, get in a tangle about ‘expected leaves’ and crown Ebony the Queen of ‘absolutely’ everything. pod.fo/e/35bb95
New: Football Clichés: Expected leaves, driving "on the up" & absolute Ebony Rainford-Brent
It’s the second test for the Cricket Cliches crew featuring our first change as cricket writer Charlie Reynolds steps in for Nick Miller.On the agenda today; Ashes misery, who deserves more sympa...
pod.fo
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Episode 2 of Cricket Cliches is out now as we try to define ‘on the up’, get in a tangle about ‘expected leaves’ and crown Ebony the Queen of ‘absolutely’ everything. pod.fo/e/35bb95
If you enjoyed that ridiculous first Ashes Test, and would now like to book tickets to future matches in the series, can I recommend that you immediately rush to your preferred search engine and type 'ridiculous ashes book'. #Ashes 🏏
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you enjoyed that ridiculous first Ashes Test, and would now like to book tickets to future matches in the series, can I recommend that you immediately rush to your preferred search engine and type 'ridiculous ashes book'. #Ashes 🏏
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apparently we are supposed to feel sorry for england fans who ended up in perth with no cricket to watch. NO - feel sorry for the poor bastards shivering on the sofa
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
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November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
apparently we are supposed to feel sorry for england fans who ended up in perth with no cricket to watch. NO - feel sorry for the poor bastards shivering on the sofa
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
I would go so far as to say that if you haven’t bought a copy of the book for your cat, you’re teetering dangerously close to animal cruelty.
liebcricket.com/ridiculousashes
liebcricket.com/ridiculousashes
A cat finally being won over to cricket by the sheer ridiculousness of the Ashes
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I would go so far as to say that if you haven’t bought a copy of the book for your cat, you’re teetering dangerously close to animal cruelty.
liebcricket.com/ridiculousashes
liebcricket.com/ridiculousashes
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A cat finally being won over to cricket by the sheer ridiculousness of the Ashes
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A cat finally being won over to cricket by the sheer ridiculousness of the Ashes
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/a-cat-finall...
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Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
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A newspaper column from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain. #Ashes 🏏 (3/x)
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A newspaper column from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain. #Ashes 🏏 (3/x)
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Bit of a quiet day with both the WBBL and Emerging Nations Trophy having a rest. So, I'm asking "How do you solve a problem like Tahlia?"
somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/h...
(yes, I know that's not how it's pronounced)
somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/h...
(yes, I know that's not how it's pronounced)
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bit of a quiet day with both the WBBL and Emerging Nations Trophy having a rest. So, I'm asking "How do you solve a problem like Tahlia?"
somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/h...
(yes, I know that's not how it's pronounced)
somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/h...
(yes, I know that's not how it's pronounced)
Unlike so many in his top order though, he eventually opted out of a suicidal drive. #Ashes 🏏
📢 While his teammates bunkered in their hotel rooms after a crushing Ashes loss, Mark Wood contemplated hiring a car and escaping Perth by driving across the country.
England bowler Mark Wood was so crushed by first Test loss, he considered driving from Perth to Brisbane
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Unlike so many in his top order though, he eventually opted out of a suicidal drive. #Ashes 🏏
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So, here's the scoop. I've got two anonymous former Ashes cricketers offering their opinions on the series. They'll continue, providing a piece apiece after each Test over on my newsletter.
Subscribe to read them!
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Subscribe to read them!
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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
So, here's the scoop. I've got two anonymous former Ashes cricketers offering their opinions on the series. They'll continue, providing a piece apiece after each Test over on my newsletter.
Subscribe to read them!
newsletter.danliebke.com
Subscribe to read them!
newsletter.danliebke.com
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Adversity’s Gift: Why Losing in Two Days Was The Best Thing That Could Happen For Team England
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
Musings on the first Ashes Test, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/adversitys...
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Bloody Predator, coming round here, nicking off all our middle order batters.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Bloody Predator, coming round here, nicking off all our middle order batters.
Reposted by Dan Liebke
First Test opinion from an anonymous former Australia Test cricketer
Have England Spent The Last Four Years Practising How To Lose Faster?
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/have-engla...
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/have-engla...
Have England Spent The Last Four Years Practising How To Lose Faster?
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
First Test opinion from an anonymous former Australia Test cricketer