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Author Archives: thefupress
England win leaves more questions than answers
At last. England’s cricketers secure their first Ashes Test victory after 18 matches in Australia since 2011 amid the bizarre circumstances of a game that finished in less then two of the scheduled five. In fact I noted a post … Continue reading
#RIP Bazball ?
So the Ashes have been retained by the high jumping Aussies in only 11 days of actual cricket, the second fastest capitulation in history, but does that mean/should that mean the end of Bazball? England’s Head Coach Brendan “Baz” McCullum … Continue reading
Expectations dashed again..
Oh dear. We hoped, even if we really didn’t expect, but England’s men in white didn’t do their duty on Day 2, with the exception of Archer and Stokes, who are both still there as we enter the third day … Continue reading
England expects that every man will do his duty
Day 1 of the Third Test in Adelaide brought a mix of fortunes for both teams after Pat Cummins marked his return to the fray, and captaincy, to win the toss and elected to bat on a pitch bound to … Continue reading
England’s bite must be more than their bark
Hello dear readers, It’s your local, mostly friendly, cricket correspondent here, Mikey P, taking up the kind invitation to throw a few Ashes thoughts onto these much respected pages. As a former player at Club level and cricket nut with … Continue reading
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A Sporting Test ..
They are called Test matches and as they clear the dead from Bondi beach the cricket, the Ashes, will continue. The sometimes bitter rivalry between English and Australian cricketers is internecine. Like a fight between brothers. When the Australians were … Continue reading
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The Ashes … any hopes, any dreams ..
Rather than expire Englandtilidie has drafted in the left handed Mike Paterson to help us through an Australian summer and an English winter. Its a journey .. the guys are two down but not out ..
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Penalties – after this ..
Bukayo Saka drifted across the box and hit a low shot. In off the far post. That was the equaliser and England won the penalty shoot out. Now onto Dortmund. To play the Dutch.
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Shock and Awe – Slovakia 1 – England 2
We were done. Out in a disastrous failure. Watching the clock from 70 minutes the despair grew and grew. Then it was 80 minutes and people looked around – anxiety growing. At 85 minutes – there was the dawn of … Continue reading
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England 0 Slovenia 0 ..
Sometimes the underdogs do really well and fight and fight and get a result. Slovenia celebrated long and hard as they deserved to do. England went home to a pitiful media hysteria whipped up by silly season news men looking … Continue reading
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