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England’s Problem Wasn’t the Partying - It Was Partying Like Amateurs

Musings on the fifth Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer

Dan Liebke
Jan 15, 2026
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Ever since this Ashes ended - Australia winning 4-1 with the Poms’ sole victory coming from the cricketing equivalent of a dodgy game of two-up - all I’ve heard from the English media and fans and Piers Morgans is an endless array of ‘if only’s.

If only we’d prepared properly for the series. If only we’d had proper warm-up matches. If only we hadn’t batt…

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