September 2005

Day five lunch: So who won the first session?

Submitted by rickeyre on

Two observations from the pre-lunch session on the last day of Les Ashes de 2005:
(a) England is close to having a match-winning lead, and the fact that they lost four wickets in the session enhances their position;
(b) Ian Bell will be a valuable participant in Warwickshire's county championship campaign for many years to come.

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Day four: Those dark satanic mills

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Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!1
Relax, I'm a qualified cricket umpire.2

Unless I am sadly mistaken (or perhaps just mistakenly sad), this will be the first Test series decided by non-precipitative cloud cover since Zimbabwe beat Pakistan in 1998 when the final Test was fogged out.

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It raineth, it poureth, the old man... well you know the rest.

Submitted by rickeyre on

As Justin Langer's aspirations of a 500 lead before winning the Fifth Test disappear beneath the covers, here are some useful links at the Met Office:

That's a nifty little low pressure down in the Bay of Biscay...

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Day two: Oh my Tavare and Boycott long ago!

Submitted by rickeyre on

With Australia squandering anywhere up to 37 overs of playing time in the gloom of Friday afternoon in Kennington, it is becoming more and more likely that England are three days away from reclaiming the Ashes. If only Geoff Boycott and Chris Tavare were about thirty years younger, then we call this Test a draw and declare England home and hosed right now.

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Ashes News 4 Kids

Submitted by rickeyre on

The BBC's childrens digital TV channel CBBC has a daily news program called "Newsround" which presents the news of the day in a manner that is aimed at children. I can only evaluate their work from what I see on BBC Online's Newsround website, but I quite like what I've seen so far.

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