Less than a month ago Australia were on the very top of the, erm, cricketing perch and by some margin as well. Having thrashed England in the Ashes, they had continued their form in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy by dishing it out in the one day version of the game to both England and Australia newcomers New Zealand. In fact, Australia looked as good (and unstoppable) as they have done in quite some time. Well it’s all change at the moment, with Australia being royally stuffed by New Zealand in the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee series in New Zealand. …read more

England did the unthinkable: they actually played some good cricket. The net result: They Beat Australia. And considering that really, that’s all this trophy is about, it’s a Big Thing. Most surprising, however, was that England actually played the type of cricket of which we knew they were always capable, but have totally failed to demonstrate throughout this Ashes tour. Australia did feel like they were gifting the win, but considering the point of Australian cricket is to beat the English, then it’s hard to conclude that they may have actually let England win. Besides, it’s much more satisfying to …read more