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WELL, where on earth do you begin? With a Test match like that, where do you start the futile odyssey to encapsulate it in a few hundred words of lumpen prose? Certainly not with a comparison, because I can't believe that even our most beloved Richie Benaud, who has seen more Tests than anyone alive, has ever witnessed one so ceaselessly thrilling from almost the first over until that barely watchable denouement yesterday.
In three and a bit days, just short of 13 complete sessions, I cannot recall a three-minute period that even hinted at the languor that characterised fiveday cricket until so recently.See the full content of this document
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This Ashes Feast Was Won by the Hungriest
As for the conclusion, Channel 4 should put its legal affairs department on alert for a class action from the families of coronary victims, for failing to run a caption reading "Warning: watching Test cricket can damage the heart."
The curmudgeon in me feels obliged to...See the full content of this document
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