8/26/2023 0 Comments Who can do the imposition of ashes![]() ![]() They also made most of the errors those old-as-time non‑negotiables that hold true whether a team are good, bad or on an evangelical mission to reinvent/save Test cricket. History may be more or less bunk but, equally, there is no need for Ben Stokes to get all Corporal Jones just yet.Īs superb as Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon were during that tense final hour, after a couple of sparkling second-innings bowling performances by donning capes with bat in hand, England will know they made most of the running. But they held their nerve, stuck to the principles that underpinned a 12-month rise and struck back.īack then it was a 239-run pasting inflicted by Glenn McGrath this time it was Australia bucking a trend of coming second in Ashes close finishes by securing their tightest win by wickets over England since 1907. England went 1-0 down in the first Test, faced headlines such as “Vaughan again losers” and calls for changes in the team. ![]() ![]() Memories of 2005 have been baked into the narrative of this series and it is worth going back there. ![]()
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