17-11-2025 06:08 via theguardian.com

England, please be competitive. The Ashes’ claim to the greatest rivalry depends on it | Jack Snape

In Tests played in Australia, the much-hyped series has been less flat out than just flat for more than a decade. Does a better cricket rivalry lie elsewhere?The 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers of all timeDon Bradman was the subject of the first adult book I remember reading. In the mind of a primary school student, the injustice of an English captain ordering his countrymen to hurt a brilliant Australian was unfathomable. And so, like many, I came to hate England.Anticipation for the
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