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Ashes 09: Dear Sirs,

This letter is to certify that I do not want to be selected to play for Australia again on this trip. I do understand that this may leave you in a quandary, but I think this is the best result for everyone at this time.
I have tried to make this easier for you, but you [...]

Ashes 09: You know it’s Ashes time when…

A player’s mum makes the news.

Ashes 09: Mitchell is Injured

Australia’s nightmare is here.
Their main weapon for the Ashes, Mitchell Johnson, is hurt.
While at a routine training session he was fielding a ball and has twisted his knee.
I heard there was a pop, but I also heard the Airfrance Flight 447 flew into another dimension, it is too early to know all the details.
Apparently he [...]

Cricket’s new breed

These are the guys that are leading cricket right now, forget about old men like Ponting and Tendulkar, these are the dudes.
All these players are winning matches, and/or bringing in the crowds.

Mitchell Johnson
Bats like bowling all rounders are supposed to; bowls like left armers almost never do; and has gone from a run leaking [...]

Blood on the pitch

Where it should be.
Not on police officers.
Not on umpires.
Not on players.
But on the pitch.
A brutal bouncer from Mitchell Johnson.
An awkward attempt from Jacques Kallis.
A hole in the chin.
Blood on his pads.
Blood on his whites.
And Blood on the pitch.
The only place we like it.

Jarrod Kimber is the new kid on the block at crikey, but he [...]