http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-series-3-1-with-scg-innings-victory/8999/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-series-3-1-with-scg-innings-victory/8999/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:03:19 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8999 England have won the final Ashes 2010/2011 test match at Sydney’s SCG by an innings and 83 runs, giving them a 3-1 series victory in addition to the Ashes retention they had already secured. The series win is England’s first clear Ashes victory in Australia since 1986/87. England won this fifth and final test match [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-series-3-1-with-scg-innings-victory/8999/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-close-to-win-in-scg/8908/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-close-to-win-in-scg/8908/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:34:18 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8908 On the fourth day of the final Ashes 2010/2011 test match at the SCG, the match took the turn that has happened twice before this Australian summer, as England batted well to post a monster first innings total of 644 before bowling out 7 Australian batsmen. Australia finished the day on 213 for 7 second [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-close-to-win-in-scg/8908/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cook-and-bell-help-england-close-in-on-series-win-in-scg/8844/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cook-and-bell-help-england-close-in-on-series-win-in-scg/8844/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:06:06 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8844 At the end of the third day of the fifth and final Ashes 2010/2011 test at the SCG, in Sydney, Australian hopes of levelling the series looked to be forlorn, as England, aided by centuries from Alistair Cook (189) and Ian Bell (115) took a commanding first innings lead. England ended the day on 488 [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cook-and-bell-help-england-close-in-on-series-win-in-scg/8844/feed/ 2 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-advantage-england-on-rain-delayed-opening-day-at-sydney/8736/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-advantage-england-on-rain-delayed-opening-day-at-sydney/8736/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:37:53 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8736 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-advantage-england-on-rain-delayed-opening-day-at-sydney/8736/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-retain-ashes-with-huge-win-over-australia-at-mcg/8563/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-retain-ashes-with-huge-win-over-australia-at-mcg/8563/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:38:55 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8563 England have taken an unsurmountable 2-1 Ashes 2010/2011 series lead and, with only the Sydney test to play, therefore retain the Ashes they held going into this series following a crushing win in Melbourne’s MCG. England lifted the fourth Ashes 2010/2011 test match by an innings and 157 runs after bowling out Australia for just [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-retain-ashes-with-huge-win-over-australia-at-mcg/8563/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-bowl-out-australia-for-98-on-opening-day-at-mcg/8473/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-bowl-out-australia-for-98-on-opening-day-at-mcg/8473/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:36:49 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8473 The Ashes 2010/2011 came alive with a spell of devastating swing bowling at the WACA last week, but it was to be England’s bowlers who struck decisively in the opening day at Melbourne, in the fourth Ashes test match. At stumps on the first day, a bumper crowd of almost 85,000 – the home support [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-bowl-out-australia-for-98-on-opening-day-at-mcg/8473/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-johnson-leads-australia-fightback-on-perth-day-two/8395/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-johnson-leads-australia-fightback-on-perth-day-two/8395/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:45:04 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8395 Mitchell Johnson lead a remarkable Australian fightback on the second day of the third Ashes 2010/2011 test match at the Waca, in Perth, Western Australia. The left-armed paceman produced a stunning spell en route to collecting six wickets for just 38 runs, which meant that Australia dismissed England for just 187, before putting on 119-3 [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-johnson-leads-australia-fightback-on-perth-day-two/8395/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-edge-day-one-in-perth/8336/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-edge-day-one-in-perth/8336/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:43:16 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=8336 England edged closer to an Ashes 2010/2011 series win with a fine day in the field on the opening day of the third test in Perth, bowling out Australia for 268, before putting on 29 runs for no wicket in the final three quarters of an hour. Once again, as has been somewhat customary in [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-edge-day-one-in-perth/8336/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-second-test-in-adelaide-by-an-innings/7971/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-second-test-in-adelaide-by-an-innings/7971/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:19:42 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=7971 England have won the second Ashes 2010/2011 test match on their tour of Australia by completing an emphatic victory in Adelaide on the fifth day. England won the match by an innings and 71 runs after removing the remaining six Australian wickets for just 66 runs, with Graeme Swann the pick of their bowlers, recording [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-england-win-second-test-in-adelaide-by-an-innings/7971/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-pietersen-double-century-gives-england-control-on-adelaide-3rd-day/7929/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-ashes-20102011-cricket-pietersen-double-century-gives-england-control-on-adelaide-3rd-day/7929/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:44:14 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=7929 Kevin Pietersen returned to batting form in fine style in the third day of the Ashes 2010/2011 Adelaide Test match, hitting 213 not out after starting the day on 85. England finished the day with 551-4, giving them control of the test after Australia’s disappointing 245 all out. 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