Jonathan Liew

england v france, euro 2004

probably not for a while? I mean, England have lost in Australia in much meeker and more boring ways than this

jake weatherald is going to get a 20-test career out of this collapse

bonus points if they declare on 517/1

steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"

this is how we play, mate.

just realised why TNT's coverage feels so weird but in a familiar way. it's exactly how eurosport would have done test cricket. affable. inoffensive. and the whole time you're expecting a sudden commercial break, a dramatic figure skating motif, and then an advert for cheese in three languages

yeah gone deliberately early with this one. but frankly it's a 400-450 wicket

the west australian newspaper said they couldn’t do it. and they were correct. honestly great call by the west australian newspaper

seven weeks of this

why can’t england bat

Why the double standards on ‘leadership’ when it comes to Black players? | Jonathan Liew Jordan Henderson is a great English leader. But he has been encouraged and applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated and stigmatised

seems about as good a time as any to bump this www.theguardian.com/football/202...

only another 0.2-0.5 sleeps to go until the ashes

man tries to blend ipad. one jew debates 500 nazis. bloke off youtube gets in the ring with anthony joshua. this week’s column on jake paul’s latest viral hoax, and the point at which pure sport collides with pure internet

man tries to blend ipad. one jew debates 500 nazis. bloke off youtube gets in the ring with anthony joshua. this week’s column on jake paul’s latest viral hoax, and the point at which pure sport collides with pure internet

petition for young fathers to do the scotland world cup song

It’s clearly a night to share @theguardian.com back page. World Cup, here we come!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆

David Squires on … the history, histrionics and heroism of the Ashes Our cartoonist looks back at cricket’s biggest rivalry as we gear up for seven weeks of joy, despair and animosity

squires on the ashes, fuck yes @davidsquires.bsky.social

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What is Loss and Damage? At its most fundamental, loss and damage refers to the gravest impacts wrought by climate change, ones that were not avoided or were, indeed, unavoidable.

very important insights here into one of the more overlooked aspects of climate change policy: who fixes what's broken, and how do you get them to pay for it

lossanddamage.substack.com/p/what-is-lo...

would say - at a generous estimate - maybe 25% of you have any idea what i'm on about here

someone needs to set up an HMRC of cricket podcasts because this - by russell crowe - is about the most flagrant example of capping I’ve ever seen

Josh Hazlewood ruled out of Ashes opener but Mark Wood fit to play for England Michael Neser has been added to a first Test squad already missing Pat Cummins, while England’s Mark Wood is available after being cleared of hamstring injury

going to sting quite hard when australia win the first test by 280 runs

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think cowdrey partly suffers from doing his best work in the series nobody remembers (58/59, 62/63, 64, 65/66) and his worst in the ones everybody does (56, 61, 70/71, 74/75)

he held a terrible team together in 1993 and did well against a terrible team in 1985. i think that's basically it? not for me, clive

The 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers of all time: 100-11 Sport’s famous rivalry began in 1877 and since then 853 men have featured in Australia v England Tests. But who are the best of them? Our four-day countdown continues with Nos 100-11

ashes greatest countdown reaches no11. be angry. be perplexed. wonder aloud how you can a) compare fred spofforth and adam gilchrist and b) come up with the wrong answer

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my hottest fashion take is that men over 40 should not wear football shirts unless playing or attending a football match. the caveat is that there comes an age where it gets cute again. maybe about 70

Alexander-Arnold is marginalised in Madrid but may not need a cult of Trent | Jonathan Liew On the bench in Madrid and out of the England squad, the full-back has no one to fight his corner – so will have to do it himself

a column on trent alexander-arnold, and how stories get told. increasingly modern players need advocates, a constituency, people to challenge narratives like - say - "he's a rat who can't defend".

so who will speak up for trent now? well, i'll give it a shot

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

yeah, that's a good point. there's a sliding scale from "residual affection" to "look for their results" to "would buy and wear their new club shirt" to "would actively seek out a community of strangers to talk about them". depends how you define support, i suppose

right, and then the challenge is where exactly he fits in, because arguably the traditional beckham no7 role doesn't really exist any more. is he a wing-back? de bruyne-style right no8? basically you need a very specific kind of system to accommodate him. those are always my favourite players

and we've seen him do it already! lots of promising little moments in the club world cup, the mallorca game.