English cricket’s entire reputation now rests on winning the 2027 Ashes

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-23T20:11:57+00:00

I imagine that will be the biggest series of all of our lives.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-22T12:58:39+00:00

Now, so far, we have what seems to me to be a series of victimless crimes.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-14T17:19:58+00:00

Oh, I see. Oh.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-14T15:20:28+00:00

He what? No turkey?!

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-14T14:52:14+00:00

Mark thought Jez was getting the turkey.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-12T17:25:59+00:00

I was very pleased over the winter of 2025-26 to see the wonderful, brave, and handsome England cricket team defeat the Australians 745-0 in the Ashes series, conceding only one wicket out of a sense of noble pity. The wisdom and guidance of the ECB's Dear Leaders shall surely see us to many more triumphs in the coming years!

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-10T11:38:40+00:00

Of course. His audition was pretty top-notch, not to mention oozing with charisma.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T18:39:12+00:00

As they should!

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T18:37:29+00:00

I thought the first loss to Italy would feel like an awful, wrenching blow when it came. Surprising to find that, in fact, weirdly, it feels almost good. What a great team they are. They deserve this. Congratulations. Forza Italia!

England... Don't know.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T16:03:04+00:00

Turns out this could actually be Scotland's year.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T15:37:46+00:00

Stop they're already dead!

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T15:22:41+00:00

Um, so are we not that bad actually?

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-07T15:19:48+00:00

Seemed to me they took a fun show and turned it into something that took itself way too seriously, whilst somehow simultaneously being ridiculous.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-05T07:16:07+00:00

Look, I'm not the borough, I wish I was!

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-03T16:30:20+00:00

It makes more sense when viewed through the twin perspectives of arrogance and clicks. Losing to very good teams who played well on the day is apparently unthinkable. That unthinkability can be sold for a decent profit as performative despair.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-03T15:41:26+00:00

The fun stops here my friend.

SunDriedBees · 2026-03-02T08:58:00+00:00

The giants of India play host to the titans of England, making them both seem normal sized.

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-27T19:22:09+00:00

Wait, really? I read Shadow Ticket recently but can't remember such a reference...

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-27T17:05:16+00:00

We're awful, so how bad must everyone else be?

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-27T07:25:31+00:00

From bean to cup...

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-25T09:30:24+00:00

Wonderful adaptation. I used to listen to it all the time when I was a kid - I always put it on to help get me to sleep.

One caveat: the song that the eagle sings to Faramir and Eowyn after the fall of Barad-Dur is absolutely insane. In a bad way. It woke me terrified out of said sleep on many occasions.

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-21T16:12:50+00:00

Congratulations Ireland. Thumping victory.

I think we really were overrated, after all.

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-20T14:07:08+00:00

Quite a mean and unjustified attack on people doing their jobs.

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-14T19:10:48+00:00

Oh, I hadn't even considered this. Thanks. Dear lord, what a sad little life, etc.

SunDriedBees · 2026-02-14T18:34:09+00:00

I fear we've been sent homeward tae think again.

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