Ashes To Ashes Dust To Dust
I had a dream last night and no it wasn’t that sort of dream before the smut minded among you start letting your imagination get the better of you.
No I had a great dream about cricket, a dream where Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff were playing with style and panache, slog sweeping, pulling, driving and cutting a steady stream of Australian bowlers to the boundary as England won the Third Ashes Test in Perth in spectacular fashion.
I woke up with cheer only to find that I’d left my bedroom window open and that I’d been dribbling in my sleep. I frantically reached for my radio alarm clock and turned the volume up to see if my dream had been real....
It hadn’t, England had lost the Ashes with a whimper, the Aussies were crowing in their post-match interviews and I sank back into my cold, damp pillow and sobbed quietly to myself!
Actually, the last bit isn’t quite true, I didn’t cry, but I did struggle to get back to sleep, which was annoying. I eventually drifted off to be haunted by nightmare visions of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
If there is one obvious small cause for comfort it is the fact that those two are highly unlikely to return for another Ashes series in England in two-and-a-half years time.
England’s tormentors-in-chief will surely have headed into retirement by then and arguably the greatest bowling pair in the history of the game will be confined to highlights during rain affected Tests of the future. They will be joined by Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer as Australia try to rebuild a side.
In contrast, England’s team will remain virtually intact as we look to regain the tiny little urn. Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Steve Harmison, Andrew Strauss and Andrew Flintoff will - form permitting - still be there. If he is fit, so will the greatly missed Simon Jones
Even 30-somethings like Paul Collingwood, Matthew Hoggard and, injury-permitting, Michael Vaughan will also still be around.
I can still dream that, in 2009, England will gain their revenge! After all, what is life without a few dreams? Boring, dull and depressing that’s what it is.
For now, however, if anyone wants to give me their reasons for why things have gone so badly wrong Down Under now is your chance.
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The interpretation of dreams is interesting, they all mean something, and the cause is usually the subconscious disposing of its unwanted clutter.
This one you have about cricket, as hard as I have tried, searching through the vastness of the dream interpretations warehouses on the internet, I cannot find a single reference to anyone ever dreaming of cricket. My unqualified conclusion is that you are clearly a very sick and warped individual and you should proceed to a hospital for an operation immediately.
Great story....I would like to give an Aussie perspective on the Ashes....Well done boys!!!!!
Note From Luke
I was wondering when I might hear from you Bernard! Congratulations, you're lot thoroughly deserved to win, as much as it pains me to say it.
Hope everyone is well over there and have a great Christmas.
The selection of Jones and Giles ahead of Read and Monty have significantly impacted our ability to bowl Australia out twice, we have had our chances in this series particularly the first day in Perth and most of the first 4 in Adelaide but lack of penetration in Adelaide and then concentration in both the last two tests have cost us the Ashes!
Note From Luke
Spot on Mike. It was a case of jobs for the boys, rather than two who might have turned the tide in our favour. Giles and Jones both played in 2005 and the selectors assumed they were the men to retain it when Jones, when he isn't scoring runs, is not a Test wicketkeeper and Giles has hardly bowled since that win at the Oval
We lost the Ashes because we were under-prepared and scared. That rhymes!
When Australia come to England they spend at least a month getting used to the conditions playing County games or one day internationals. We arrived in Australia and played two warm games in two weeks.
As for selection, to not play Monty was an absolute farce. H emight not have won us the Ashes, but he would have certainly given the Australians more to think about.
As for Geraint Jones, I think his international career is finished, at least for the time being. Give Reed a chance. He's scored more runs than Jones on this tour and he hasn't even played in a Test!