Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
If you only read one article this year about what is wrong with Australian cricket, make sure it’s this one.
Because sometimes men need to sit around necking gin and talking about what they’ve seen before they attempt to write about it on the internet.
Another Ashes century for His Lordship.
Chris Rogers scores a really bad but also really great century to put Australia in a strong position.
With the Ashes retained the 51allouters can get on with the serious business at hand: talking about Steven Peter Devereux Smith. Plus the Jade Dernbach for England bandwagon lurches back into life.
Job done, sort of.
Help us Matt Prior. You’re our only hope.
That really is a very flat pitch.