It’s not easy following overseas Ashes series. When the sport that you love is happening almost precisely when the human body is calibrated for sleeping, it takes proper dedication and commitment to watch every ball. I thought I had this commitment in 2013/14. But Mitchell Johnson broke me. It was my first term at university. […] READ MORE
Author: Ben Jones
benjones_LWOSPakistan Win a Victory for Cricket
Although it feels odd to say so as an England fan, Pakistan's victory in the UAE was the best thing to happen for cricket as a global game. READ MORE
Moeen Ali is the Right Choice — For Now
“It’s a batsman’s game”. It’s one of the earliest things you learn as a young cricketer, one of the pieces of wisdom that older players will repeat at you, ad infinitum, along with how that they get first dibs on the buffet during the tea break, and ride shotgun on the way home. From the […] READ MORE
England vs Australia 3rd ODI Review
Two remarkable performances from England’s spinners at Old Trafford helped the hosts to their first victory of this ODI Series. England continued the trend of the series and set Australia a score of 301, as James Taylor (101) anchored the hosts with a century that made a case for inclusion in the team on Joe […] READ MORE
The Ashes: A Day for the Radio
August 6th, 2005, Birmingham. Australia, already one-nil up in the series, are hunting down the target of 282 set for them by Michael Vaughan’s England team. As the third day begins to draw to a close, and the runs-required falling with alarming rapidity, Steve Harmison produces a dipping slower ball to Michael Clarke, squeezing the […] READ MORE
The One Where Adam Lyth Stays
In a classic episode of the 90’s sitcom ‘Friends’, Chandler Bing has something of a crisis about his relationships with women. In clearing the apartment of his deceased neighbour Mr Heckles, he discovers a diary, cataloguing the list of women that the peculiar old man had abandoned down the years, and the ridiculously insignificant reasons […] READ MORE
