... against the prospect of a sweep. In the last six Cricket Ashes Tour   series played in England, only once has one of the ... scoreless with England winning two Tests in 1997 and 2005 and once in each of the 1993 and 2001 series. Historically, a shutout in a five-Test series is a rarity and that is even more of a truism in an Ashes series where both teams attack the Test matches like a ...

... While acknowledging he would have to fight hard to keep his place for the whole three-Test series against the West Indies, Hussey declared his intention of playing on until at least next year’s home Ashes campaign against England. “I’d love ... score as many runs as possible to be part of that team. “To lose an Ashes series certainly gives you that burning desire to win ...

... me when I'm out there. "I think that I block things out pretty well normally. It was just the Ashes: the whole hype of it and the personal things that came out. It was mostly through Lord's where ... of faith, Johnson said, went far to restoring his confidence for the final three Tests of the Ashes series and beyond. "I definitely thought I wasn't going to play the Edgbaston ...

... there is some moral imperative that demands everyone has the right to watch Test cricket, or the Ashes or whatever, on free-to-air television. It’s about what is best for cricket. And the idea of Government intervention to enforce this seems outdated. It seems outdated in 2009. What will it feel like in 2016, the first home Ashes series to be affected by David Davies’ recommendations. ...

... briefly on true gratitude. Tomorrow we will continue the "understanding pain and loss" series, and I think it is important to spend time during this series emphasizing ... , my house, my church, etc. But if all of those things are burned away and I am left sitting in the ashes, will I be grateful that neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation can separate me from the love ...

Now that's what I call a fantastic episode of Fringe. While I've been pushing the series' producers to shift towards a sleeker serialized format for the series since its inception, last night's episode of Fringe ("Earthling"), written by J.H. Wyman and Jeff Vlaming and directed by Jon Cassar, ...