I despair about the state of English cricket.
It needs change and I don't just mean personnel.

The structure needs a complete and thorough review followed by a major overhaul.

I'm afraid that I fail to see this latest result as a glorious and historic  win.
It seems to me that it was more a case of let's get this over and done with in two days so that we get an extra three days off. Doesn't matter about the result - we'll thrash the ball to all sides of the ground and if we win that's great but if we lose - who cares.

Most of the England players are simply NOT up to Test Match standard. They're fine at T20 and 100, whatever that is supposed to be, but Test cricket - NO. Hardly any of them get the opportunity to play domestic 4 day cricket in the County Championship by way of preparation and education so what can we expect?
Rant over.

I'm not an expert or anything at all about Cricket, but have an interest in Sport. I caught a small bit on the news last night and it just looks like England are playing like it's a Hundred match not a 5 day epic.  I now understand what is meant by "Bazball" ,its crazy to swipe at every ball like that!

Bus stop on the way to the club, top of our street. Someone pulled over. If it had been half an our earlier, he'd have got me doing 60km/hr instead of 50.

Short of things to do at Christmas.

I just had chat to an Aussie guy at the bowling club, asking what I thought about the Melbourne test. He simply said, "What about the poor caterer?  He might have lost money on 90,000 pies!"

Sometimes I worry about Australians. 

Have to feel sorry those who have travelled miles and with tickets for days 3 4 and 5

Yes, crap. But hopefully it will not be the new norm, looking on the bright side new young players can always shake it up.

Congratulations England.

What another rubbish Ashes test match. Guess this is going to be the new "norm".

Mark

A CL68 "Splendid", some wagons, plus some track and points for a fiddle yard extension.



There's some MTB point motors somewhere, lost in the depths of the Dutch Post Office!

Regards,

John P

there is also the possibility that the wheels are dirty - a number of the locos that I have aquired second hand or "fixed" for friends had this problem. also the commutator slots may be full of carbon from the brushes.

Regards,

Alex

I get my mead from Amazon these days, brewed by Lyme Bay winery, used to call in there on our way to holidays in Cornwall, they do a good scrumpy as well as some typical farmhouse wines.