• My favourite game: Australia v England, fifth Ashes Test, Sydney 2003

    My favourite game: Australia v England, fifth Ashes Test, Sydney 2003
    The Test was a dead rubber but it was cricket at its most compelling and signified England’s greatness to come
    The dead-rubber England victory was something of a ritual during Australia’s long Ashes supremacy from 1989-2005, a feelgood finale signifying little. Think Phil Tufnell at the Oval in 1997, or Dean Headley at the MCG 16 months later – jaunty cameos with no wider meaning.Sydney 2003 was different. Not just because it was Test cricket at its most compelling - close, fl

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