Alex Bowden
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Mutual dullness shall pass, but for now Australia and England deserve each other | an Ashes 5th Test preview
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January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Mutual dullness shall pass, but for now Australia and England deserve each other | an Ashes 5th Test preview
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England's journey to right-arm fast-medium is now almost complete.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
England's journey to right-arm fast-medium is now almost complete.
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The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Ashes – the Choose Your Own Adventure book with no winning page
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December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Ashes – the Choose Your Own Adventure book with no winning page
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December 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrong
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December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrong
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Still no Shoaib Bashir then. Do you remember when Ben Stokes used to back his spinners?
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December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Still no Shoaib Bashir then. Do you remember when Ben Stokes used to back his spinners?
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Can England defy the irresistible gravity of right-arm fast-medium in Adelaide? An Ashes third Test preview
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Can England defy the irresistible gravity of right-arm fast-medium in Adelaide? An Ashes third Test preview
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The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)
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The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)
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December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
You know about this already, but...
The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)
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The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)
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Five ways England’s Gabba defeat to Mitchell Starc and Australia’s medium-pacers was even worse than the first Test
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December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Five ways England’s Gabba defeat to Mitchell Starc and Australia’s medium-pacers was even worse than the first Test
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December 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Someone tell Brydon Carse he’s getting tonked – we’re not sure he’s noticed
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December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Someone tell Brydon Carse he’s getting tonked – we’re not sure he’s noticed
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December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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?
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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?
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Zak Crawley v Mitchell Starc: Crawley is due. But what is he due exactly? Another pair?
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November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Zak Crawley v Mitchell Starc: Crawley is due. But what is he due exactly? Another pair?
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A cat finally being won over to cricket by the sheer ridiculousness of the Ashes
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November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A cat finally being won over to cricket by the sheer ridiculousness of the Ashes
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Infuriating inconsistency is also Ben Stokes’ England team’s superpower, by the way
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November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Infuriating inconsistency is also Ben Stokes’ England team’s superpower, by the way
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I've a suspicion that England's bowlers didn't always get their line 100% right against Travis Head.
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I've a suspicion that England's bowlers didn't always get their line 100% right against Travis Head.
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.
Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?
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A cricket book alongside Australia’s most ridiculous Ashes captain (statue)
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November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A cricket book alongside Australia’s most ridiculous Ashes captain (statue)
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Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the day
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November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the day
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Second chances, Average Joe and “the same sort of number three” | Ashes Nonsense Watch – Part 2
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Second chances, Average Joe and “the same sort of number three” | Ashes Nonsense Watch – Part 2
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The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)
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“Cocky Captain Complainer” and inadvisable fart-retention – Ashes Nonsense Watch | Part 1
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November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Cocky Captain Complainer” and inadvisable fart-retention – Ashes Nonsense Watch | Part 1
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The “scary” future of women’s cricket? Maybe just a different flavour of healthy rejuvenating apocalypse
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November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The “scary” future of women’s cricket? Maybe just a different flavour of healthy rejuvenating apocalypse
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