No Phoenix for The Ashes

Conor Bates | Sports Editor Although the hours that the television coverage takes place at is unsavoury at its best description, few could have failed to miss the British media laud the exploits of Stuart Broad on the first day of the Ashes’ first test. The Australians were far less complementary, blurring out Broad’s face from their newspapers, referring to him only as a “medium pace bowler” and making an exceptional amount of references to the cheating incident which marred last year’s Ashes series, and was seen to sully the game, and its traditional code of good sportsmanship. The first series was not short on drama; … Continue reading No Phoenix for The Ashes