28 January 2020 4th Test, Day 4: England 400 and 248, South Africa 183 and 274 all out. England win by 191 runs On the face of it, this...

20 January 2020 4th Test, Day 3: England 400 and 248 all out, South Africa 183 all out South Africa need 466 runs to win So much happened...

25 January 2020 4th Test, Day 2: England 400 all out, South Africa 88 for 6 It’s not quite game over of course, but it might as well be....

24 January 2020 4th Test, Day 1: England 192 for 4 After two days of glorious sunshine on the high veld of Gauteng (“place of gold”), it...

20 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 5: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa 209 and 237. England win by an innings and 53 runs Thankfully (if...

18-19 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 3: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa 208 for 6 3rd Test, Day 4: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa...

17 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 2: England 499 for 9 declared, South Africa 60 for 2 There was nothing remotely rotten about England's...

16 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 1: England 224 for 4 At last, totally uncalled for and never lamented in its absence, Burton’s Barmy Blog...

Monday 10 January 2011 In one of my Sydney posts, I implied that the security arrangements in place at Australia's cricket grounds may be...

Friday 7 January 2011 Sydney Day 5: Australia 280 & 281, England 644. England win by an innings and 83 runs. BY AN INNINGS! FOR THE...

Thursday 6 January 2011 Sydney Day 4: Australia 280 & 213 for 7, England 644 all out. England need another 3 wickets to win. Just when...

Wednesday 5 January 2011 Sydney Day 3: Australia 280, England 488 for 7. England lead by 208 runs with 3 wickets left. Day 3 at the SCG...

Tuesday 4 January 2011 Sydney Day 2: Australia 280 all out, England 167 for 3 With improved weather in Sydney, we were treated to a full...

Monday 3 January 2011 Sydney Day 1: Australia 134 for 4. Rain stopped play. Monday dawned to dark, angry clouds obscuring the Sydney...

Sunday 2 January 2011 On the eve of the fifth and final Test in Sydney, it's been raining here for the last five hours. Quite hard. But...

Wednesday 29 December 2010

Wednesday 29 December 2010 Melbourne Day 4: Australia a pitiful 98 & a totally inadequate 258 all out; England a magnificent 513....

Tuesday 28 December 2010 Melbourne Day 3: Australia 98 & 169 for 6, England 513 all out. England need 4 more wickets to win. On a perfect...

Monday 27 December 2010 Melbourne Day 2: Australia 98, England 444 for 5. England lead by 346 runs. This was another day which went...

Sunday 26 December 2010 Melbourne Day 1: Australia 98 all out, England 157 for no wicket. Will this still be true when I wake up tomorrow?...

Saturday 25 December 2010 Hot on the heels of Christmas must surely come the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. One of the truly great dates...

Thursday 23 December 2010 A three and a half hour flight from Perth to Melbourne today enabled me to catch up with the cream of...

Tuesday 21 December 2010 As promised, here are some further reflections on England's defeat in the 3rd Test: 1. Even though this is one...

Sunday 19 December 2010 Perth Day 4: England 123 all out. Australia win by 257 runs. Walking to the WACA ground this morning, I almost...

Saturday 18 December 2010 Perth Day 3: Australia 268 & 309 all out, England 187 & 81 for 5 oh no not again It was fancy dress Saturday...

Friday 17 December 2010 As we arrived at the WACA ground today, an enthusiastic group of people were demonstrating vehemently against...

Friday 17 December 2010 Perth Day 2: Australia 268 & 119 for 3, England 187 all out omigod, Australia lead by 200 runs...

Thursday 16 December 2010 Perth Day 1: Australia 268 all out, England 29 for 0 England confounded my 'smart money' tip by selecting Chris...

Wednesday 15 December 2010 Less than 24 hours now until the start of the Third, and possibly decisive, Test match in Perth. The possible...

Tuesday 14 December 2010 After six days touring, I'm now back in the big city - specifically Perth, host to the Third Test starting on...

Sunday 12 December 2010 Just a quick warning of likely radio silence till Tuesday, as I am just about to board the Indian Pacific from...

Friday 10 December 2010 You're right - there's no connection whatsoever between these topics, but here's a quick pot pourri of...

Thursday 9 December 2010 The number of inhabitants of Kangaroo Island was boosted yesterday by two tourists - me and Oprah Winfrey. For...

Wednesday 8 December 2010 With the excitement of the cricket over until December 17th in Perth, I am heading out of the city today for...

Tuesday 7 December 2010 I don't want to bang on about it, but just how important was Kevin Pietersen's last ball dismissal of Michael...

Tuesday 7 December 2010 Adelaide Day 5: Australia 304 all out. England win by an innings and 71 runs. AN INNINGS AND 71 RUNS!!! It's...

Tuesday 7 December 2010 We did it! [Original comments] Jayne December 7, 2010 at 7:58 AM Yippeeeee, it has all been worthwhile (so far)! ...

Monday 6 December 2010 More rain overnight in Adelaide but at 7am it's currently dry and quite clear. But unfortunately we have one of...

Monday 6 December 2010 Adelaide Day 4: Australia 245 & 238 for 4, England 620 for 5 declared. Australia are 137 runs behind with 6...

Sunday 5 December 2010 Just woke up and drew aside the curtains fearing the worst from the unpredictable Adelaide weather. But no, the...

Sunday 5 December 2010 Adelaide Day 3: England 551 for 4, 306 runs ahead. Rain stopped play at tea. The Sunday papers here led with a...

Saturday 4 December 2010 Adelaide Day 2: England 317 for 2, 72 runs ahead Having attempted to write yesterday's blog after consuming...

Friday 3 December 2010 Adelaide Day 1: Australia 245, England 1-0 The summer storms of the last few days had cleared away and a cloudless...

Thursday 2 December 2010 On the final leg of my journey to Adelaide and by now entirely insomniac, I dipped into Bill Bryson's...

Tuesday 30 September 2010 No, not in this case the iconic TV series featuring the Eighties escapades of DCI Gene Hunt, but the excellent...

Tuesday 30 November 2010 Whoever wrote It's a long way to Tipperary* had clearly never attempted a trip to Australia. Now that really is...

Monday 29 November 2010 Brisbane Day 5: England 260 & 517-1 declared (is this right?), Australia 431 & 107-1 Match drawn This is where...

Sunday 28 November 2010 Nothing of particular relevance to Day 4, but this morning I managed to relocate a gem from the brilliant Ben...

Sunday 28 November 2010 Brisbane Day 4: England 309-1, 88 runs ahead (surely some mistake?) Fortified by a prime cut steak, several...

Saturday 27 November 2010 Brisbane Day 3: England 260 & 19-0, Australia 481 As the cricketers swelter in the Queensland heat, it's a...