• My favourite game: England v Australia, Fifth Test, the Oval 2009

    My favourite game: England v Australia, Fifth Test, the Oval 2009
    Andrew Flintoff had struggled through his final Test but then he ran out Ricky Ponting and it provided a memory for the ages
    I was a relative latecomer to Test cricket. The 2005 Ashes kickstarted it all; the summer of Michael Vaughan’s heroes coincided with the birth of my first son, a blur of hot, restless nights spent watching recorded Channel 4 coverage (the last year Test cricket was shown on free-to-air TV) while trying to jiggle a baby back to sleep. I never made it to a game that ye
  • My favourite game: England v Australia, Fifth Ashes Test in 2009

    My favourite game: England v Australia, Fifth Ashes Test in 2009
    Andrew Flintoff had struggled through his final Test but then he ran out Ricky Ponting and it provided a memory for the ages
    I was a relative latecomer to Test cricket. The 2005 Ashes kickstarted it all; the summer of Michael Vaughan’s heroes coincided with the birth of my first son, a blur of hot, restless nights spent watching recorded Channel 4 coverage (the last year Test cricket was shown on free-to-air TV) while trying to jiggle a baby back to sleep. I never made it to a game that ye

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