Thoughts on the 1st Test

One issue neglected by the wise-acres in the media is what do you want: a successful team or an entertaining one?

“Bazball” may be too expansive but would you prefer a ‘nurdler’ doing it in singles , working the gaps, or someone taking risks by hitting the deep boundaries of the new Perth stadium?

England under Ben Stokes are worth watching and invariably produce exciting games. Travis Head’s innings which saw the Aussies home was pure “Bazball“

This Ashes cricket series is not lost – nor will it be 5-0 to Australia (as Glenn Magrath predicted) nor is our cricket as dire as Michael Vaughan warns.

Cricket is Australia’s national game, not Aussie Rules, Rugby League or soccer. So this might be explain the chauvinistic pleasure the Aussies get out of beating the Poms. Well, we are not beaten yet. Hitler thought he had us in 1940 but those brave young pilots in the RAF saw him off …