Fourth Test, Trent Bridge
The fourth test began yesterday in promising fashion for the Australians. It was raining. But hopes that they could be rescued by Pommie weather yet again looked unlikely at the end of day two. Their reply to England’s impressive first innings total of 477 stands at 99 for 5 and the forecast […]

Okay, you say, but apart from sitting around in rain and then buggering off home when the sun comes out, what exactly are these ashes about? Well, the Ashes are a series of games played between England and Australia every two years, alternating between the respective countries. Nowadays the Australians usually win them, but we […]

Third Test, Old Trafford
For anyone not familiar with cricket the one thing you might know is that a game can last five days only for it to end in a draw. What you might not realise, however, is that the rules actually conspire with the weather to encourage this ‘outcome’.

Picture the scene on Saturday […]