Tag Archives: Cricket
On the search for England’s ‘lost’ Ashes season
Following England’s recent victory at the Oval to reclaim Ashes glory, reflections have been made far and wide on the scale of achievement accomplished. Amidst all the celebratory guff, Martin Johnson’s salient points in the Sunday Times last weekend rang … Continue reading
Filed under Cricket, Journalism, Sport
KP leaves the home team in need of some service and repair
Couln’t resist posting this today. With England cricket fans still reeling from the devastating annoucement of KP’s withdrawal from the remainder of the npower Ashes series, the above image found its way into two of the national broadsheets today. PA … Continue reading
Filed under Brands & Branding, Celebrity, Cricket, Journalism, Photography, Sport
Swine flu gets the Ashes treatment by Morland
The Times‘ Norwegian satirical politcal cartoonist, Morten Morland freqently delivers great insight onto topical issues with the stroke of his pen. What is quite striking about his style, is his tendency to cleverly merge two newsworthy subjects from completely different sections … Continue reading
Filed under Cricket, Current Affairs, Journalism, Politics, Sport
MCC members not above queuing
Hurrah! Just seen England beat the Aussies at Lord’s for the first time on 75 years. I have a fair few highlights of my own from the last few days at the second Ashes Test. These will follow in due course (once … Continue reading
Branson hits Oz for six in Ashes promotions
Looks like Richard Branson‘s up to his old tricks again. This week saw the Virgin Media boss (already renowned for his proactive PR stunts) project an enormous image of himself onto Sydney Harbour Bridge in an effort to rile the … Continue reading
Tweet your way to LA (and the Ashes)
It may be because the Ashes have taken over our office, and Twitter has taken over the Ashes, but it seems that more than ever before Twitter is ruling the world. Seriously, it has gone mental in the last few … Continue reading
Global sporting success bring global fashion coverage
Well – didn’t Paul Costelloe make the right move attaching his name to arguably the most successful sports team curently representing our nation? The England Women’s Cricket team return from Sydney today with a World Cup trophy in hand (yes … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrity, Cricket, Fashion & Style, Sport
…and the Telegraph agrees with me
Just couldn’t resist adding to the Stanford story when I saw this morning’s Telegraph feature on the breaking news of yesterday. For those readers of my humble musings who also have access to my Facebook status updates, you might have noticed my … Continue reading
Stanford’s billion dollar fraud puts ECB in hot water
Karma? What goes around comes around? Perhaps that’s a little harsh, but for me to post two cricket stories in one day, it has to be something fairly major. Million dollar man Stanford, who flew in with his helicopter and … Continue reading
Cricket credit crunch
With Australian cricket losing it’s crown of world domination in recent times, Gideon Haigh offers a perceptive and topical view of the inconsistent Aussie side: At the moment Ricky Ponting’s Australians are a little like the world economy: nobody seems … Continue reading
