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Tuesday 7 December 2010 We did it! [Original comments] Jayne December 7, 2010 at 7:58 AM Yippeeeee, it has all been worthwhile (so far)! ...
Richard
Dec 7, 20101 min read
It's all down to the weather
Monday 6 December 2010 More rain overnight in Adelaide but at 7am it's currently dry and quite clear. But unfortunately we have one of...
Richard
Dec 6, 20101 min read
Almost there
Monday 6 December 2010 Adelaide Day 4: Australia 245 & 238 for 4, England 620 for 5 declared. Australia are 137 runs behind with 6...
Richard
Dec 6, 20102 min read
It's a beautiful day
Sunday 5 December 2010 Just woke up and drew aside the curtains fearing the worst from the unpredictable Adelaide weather. But no, the...
Richard
Dec 5, 20101 min read
Rain stopped annihilation
Sunday 5 December 2010 Adelaide Day 3: England 551 for 4, 306 runs ahead. Rain stopped play at tea. The Sunday papers here led with a...
Richard
Dec 5, 20104 min read
It's the England batting, captain, but not as we know it
Saturday 4 December 2010 Adelaide Day 2: England 317 for 2, 72 runs ahead Having attempted to write yesterday's blog after consuming...
Richard
Dec 4, 20102 min read
Tonight's gonna be a good good night
Friday 3 December 2010 Adelaide Day 1: Australia 245, England 1-0 The summer storms of the last few days had cleared away and a cloudless...
Richard
Dec 3, 20102 min read
200 years of English cooking (but the oysters were great)
Thursday 2 December 2010 On the final leg of my journey to Adelaide and by now entirely insomniac, I dipped into Bill Bryson's...
Richard
Dec 2, 20102 min read
Ashes to Ashes
Tuesday 30 September 2010 No, not in this case the iconic TV series featuring the Eighties escapades of DCI Gene Hunt, but the excellent...
Richard
Nov 30, 20103 min read
A tad further than Tipperary
Tuesday 30 November 2010 Whoever wrote It's a long way to Tipperary* had clearly never attempted a trip to Australia. Now that really is...
Richard
Nov 30, 20102 min read
Hold the front page - a cricket match is drawn
Monday 29 November 2010 Brisbane Day 5: England 260 & 517-1 declared (is this right?), Australia 431 & 107-1 Match drawn This is where...
Richard
Nov 29, 20101 min read
It's just not chess
Sunday 28 November 2010 Nothing of particular relevance to Day 4, but this morning I managed to relocate a gem from the brilliant Ben...
Richard
Nov 28, 20101 min read
The thin line between success and failure
Sunday 28 November 2010 Brisbane Day 4: England 309-1, 88 runs ahead (surely some mistake?) Fortified by a prime cut steak, several...
Richard
Nov 28, 20101 min read
So much for modern technology
Saturday 27 November 2010 Brisbane Day 3: England 260 & 19-0, Australia 481 As the cricketers swelter in the Queensland heat, it's a...
Richard
Nov 27, 20101 min read
Snow, sledging and Mr Cricket
Friday 26 November 2010 Brisbane Day 2: Australia 220-5, 40 runs behind England Last day at work before the big break, hurrah! Feeling...
Richard
Nov 26, 20102 min read
You couldn't make it up
Thursday 25 November 2010 Brisbane Day 1: England 260, Australia 25-0 Oh dear Well, I predicted Australia would just shade day one and...
Richard
Nov 25, 20101 min read
How wide will it be?
Thursday 25 November 2010 The journalists and commentators seem pre-occupied with this question on the eve of the series opener in...
Richard
Nov 25, 20101 min read
Revealed - Australia's secret weapon
Tuesday 23 November 2010 I can't go any further with this blog without dealing with the main matter at hand. Yes, the fact that it could...
Richard
Nov 23, 20103 min read
I'm British so I talk about the weather
Saturday 20 November 2010 Last Sunday it was - by some freak of nature – the same temperature (16C) in Frankfurt and Adelaide. By the...
Richard
Nov 20, 20102 min read
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