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Raking over these Ashes

Raking over these Ashes

Tim de Lisle looks at the best and worst moments of the 2006-07 Ashes series

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

England's troubles turn to farce

England's troubles turn to farce

History repeats itself, Marx said – the first time as tragedy, the second as farce

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Where is Australia's fortress?

Where is Australia's fortress?

At the start of this series, there was much talk about Brisbane being Australia's fortress

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Thx Fred

Thx Fred

The pattern of a long series is seldom uniform – men who make double hundreds at the start often find ducks waiting for them at the end

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Some New Year resolutions

Some New Year resolutions

Got your New Year resolutions sorted

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Were England spineless?

Were England spineless?

There's an adjective we'll be seeing a lot of in the next day or two: spineless

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Not the same old story

Not the same old story

There’s a headline on the BBC site today saying “Same old story”

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Goodbye Mr Clinical

Goodbye Mr Clinical

You wait ages for a bogeyman’s retirement, then two come along at once

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Timing, Shane

Timing, Shane

We were expecting two retirements today, and we got them – but only one was expected

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

The cry goes up again: pick Monty!

The cry goes up again: pick Monty!

Tomorrow England announce a squad for the one-day series

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

A touch too old but much too good

A touch too old but much too good

Australia have won the Ashes, at speed, in style, and quite deservedly

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Crushed by the stuff of folklore

Crushed by the stuff of folklore

At Brisbane, they were remorseless

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

England get Perthed

England get Perthed

It’s pretty flat in western Australia, but England can turn most surfaces into a rollercoaster

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Fletcher and Flintoff own up

Fletcher and Flintoff own up

Today two proud men finally admitted that they had made a mistake

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

A tale of two puppies

A tale of two puppies

Clarke and Bell are blondish right-handers who know what it is to be the great white hope of their country’s batting

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

The fantasy of the balanced side

The fantasy of the balanced side

Both teams set out to play this Ashes series with a balanced side - five bowlers and five specialist batsmen

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

England beaten by three phenomenal players

England beaten by three phenomenal players

Well that was a rude awakening for England fans on a blustery morning – but what a scintillating performance by Australia

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

What HAS happened at Adelaide

What HAS happened at Adelaide

Today the Adelaide Test went from tortuous to worse

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

When Warnie met Nemesis

When Warnie met Nemesis

Hubris, in tragedy, is followed inexorably by Nemesis – the goddess of retribution, whose job it is to take mortals down a peg

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Shocking selection, stolid batting

Shocking selection, stolid batting

Until Duncan Fletcher came along in 1999, the England team had some powerful traditions

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

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