Every blog has been hacked by football except Mr. Luke’s blog who has the least interested in men kicking balls it seems.

Well, to cheer myself up — vent a little spleen, ease a little of the Vaughan angst — I’ve written a little Ashes scenario for the end of the year. All in the name of mental preparation.

MY ASHES

Flintoff is captain -– Giles makes the squad, but Simon Jones doesn’t. Vaughan makes the trip as “consultant captain’’ causing the Guardian’s Mike Selvey to go into meltdown over the “idiotic and unstable’’ leadership practices in Team England.

England get off to a rip-roaring start with a big win at the Gabba, kind of like Lord’s ‘05 in reverse. But in the middle three Tests the Aussie batsmen rediscover their mojo and England can’t find an answer. Flintoff gets the entire England bowling attack to shave their heads to come over more menacing –- no-one is exempt except Monty Panesar, for religious reasons, though he does trim his beard. However this psychological ploy is undermined by the fact that Hoggard looks like a badly ill-formed potato with no hair and the commentators wince every time he comes on screen. Back in England, a texting campaign begs Hoggy to “grow it back’’ and even Sarah Hoggard is quoted as wanting her old shaggy man back. Or is that her shaggy old man….

An increasingly stressed Freddie develops twitchy body language and overbowls himself. As England crumble to a third successive defeat, thus losing the Ashes, he limps off field after the speeches and holes up in his hotel, besieged by the press. Trapped inside with a distraught husband and two little children, Rachael Flintoff is at the end of her tether. She packs her bags for home, swearing that she’s never coming back to Australia.

A three-quarters fit Vaughan takes over for the final dead-rubber match and picks two spinners to replace the injured Flintoff. Vaughan makes 96 in the second innings, all in 4s so he doesn’t have to run, and Giles, inspired by the return of his old mate, racks up a career-best 6 for 33. Monty steadies himself under a huge skyed ball off the bat of Shane Warne, and takes the final catch right in front of the Aussie stands. The Test is won, but it is too late. It all ends in tears!

cricket will be the biggest sport in the world just see.
its 9 countries playing cricket but now its 16.
fotball is a easy sport every country can play that, hahahahahahaha.just see cricket is teh best and biggest sport. norway will play the world cup 2011. so cricket will growing.