Peter English

Treasures of the Lord's museum

The Sheffield Shield once spent a night in my house and currently it resides in the Lord’s museum, which must be a bit of a pain for Victoria, who won Australia’s domestic trophy in March for the first time in six seasons

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Inside the spaceship

A few times in the lead-up to the second Test, sitting in the spaceship which doubles as the media centre, I was consumed by typing or talking and forgot briefly where I was

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

A first Ashes Test at Lord's

Walking into Lord’s and suddenly I remember I’ve never been to an Ashes Test there

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Overwhelming Welsh hospitality

I currently feel like an International Olympic Committee delegate on a fact-finding mission, bulging with gifts and being indulged wherever I go

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Australia's uptapped talent

Three spinners are bowling in this game but there are no leggies

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

The Cardiff Castle

The Ashes is one of sport’s oldest contests but the 122-year rivalry of England-Australia is nothing compared to some of the landmarks around the country

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

KP between Boom and Kaplonk

Kevin Pietersen steps up to talk on Monday and he can't finish a sentence without being interrupted

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Time to get serious

So everyone now moves to Cardiff and it’s goodbye to the delightful Worcester experience

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

The sweetest thing ... for some

At the start of each day the Australians have been standing in a circle in the outfield inspiring each other with short speeches on their favourite Ashes memories

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Siddle axes chopping

Peter Siddle is being painted as the next Merv Hughes in some sections of England and there is a thirst like Big Merv’s in his playing days for details on the latest Victorian fast bowler

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

More toil for Hauritz

Nathan Hauritz must have thought his luck had changed when he was batting on the first day and the ball hit the stumps without removing the bail

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Disagreeing with Jack Fingleton

“The beauty of the Worcester ground, I think, is slightly exaggerated,” Jack Fingleton wrote in Brightly Fades the Don

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

The importance of Worcester

Worcester used to be the opening stop on Australia’s Ashes tour, but times changed itineraries and on this trip it is the second venue for the team, and my first

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Ponting the mellow 'England' skipper

Things are a bit confusing in Worcester this week, with Australians sitting on both sides of the fence, and even Ricky Ponting forgot his allegiance

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Lord's lights up but waits on night Tests

Chloe Saltau, writing in the Age , talks to Keith Bradshaw, the MCC’s secretary, about a quiet revolution at Lord’s.

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Ponting needs to end Twenty20 vision

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

No red Leicester for cheesed off Australians

They didn’t want to go to Leicester, but life there hasn’t been all bad for the Australians, Chloe Saltau writes in the Age .

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Times turn for Katich

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Southern hemisphere’s MCC under old attack

The other MCC – the Melbourne Cricket Club – is facing some of the same accusations the Marylebone Cricket Club has had to deal with during its long history

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

No easy wiping away of Symonds mess

The latest Andrew Symonds controversy is starting to fade but Robert Craddock, writing in the Courier-Mail , says the scars will linger for many years.

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

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