1. The Ashes. Cummins starts brilliantly as skipper and he even gets Nathan Lyon back into the winning books with a few wickets. Amazing how bowlers can ignite a team's fortunes. Sadly, Shane Warne continues to talk down Mitchell Starc no matter what he does. That first ball Ashes wicket was exceptional, setting the tone! 400 wickets to "Gary" is a special achievement. Get to 450 wickets and you are comfortably in the top ten of all time.
Head and Warner batted brilliantly, especially Travis Head. A cracking middle order achievement. When a number 5 or 6 gets a ton, you know you are on top. It has been a while! We may struggle without Warner. Hazelwood surely gives way to Neser. He has that many wickets this year and will be a handful seaming away under lights. Please do not even mention Matt Renshaw as a possible for Warner.
Sadly as mentioned last week, Marcus Harris did not crack double figures (3 and 9 no.). Maybe one day. The Adelaide pink ball Test is a lottery. Get runs in the sunlight, because no one gets runs at night. Broad and Anderson will be near impossible to contain... so long as they are selected to play!
Sad to see Tasmania pick up a Test on a seaming deck, under lights in 'English conditions"...could be one we regret. Anderson could well pick up all 20 wickets!
2. F1. Sir Lewis Hamilton v Max Verstappen. On equal points, but Abu Dhabi is not kind to those passing, so a pole position here is invaluable. A bingle here or there may make things interesting. Hamilton has won 2017-2020 and is shooting for five in a row! He also is tied on seven world championships...so will become the greatest driver of all time with a win tonight!
A crash and 'Mad Max' wins after securing more wins this year. Hamilton is on the charge!
Riccardo has more excuses than a kid on afterschool detention.
3. F2 Glory. Interested to see an Aussie - Oscar Piastri - winning the F2 World Champion over the weekend. One to watch!
4. Big Bash. Matthew Wade (Hobart Hurricanes) was awesome with the bat - less awesome with the gloves and the mouth. Colin Munro (114 no off 73) - outstanding crisp hitting of the ball by the Perth Scorchers. Unbelievable striking making Siddle and Rashid Khan look sick! Alex Ross (Sydney Thunder) has what it takes too.
5. All Blacks. Jordie Barrett. Happy to have a crack at league apparently, but it is his brother Beauden we want to see!
6. EPL. Great weekend for a healthy multi collect - ManU, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea! You would not have needed the 'One Leg Fail Multi Hotline' there.
7. Tiger Woods - Comeback. Great to see Tiger and his son Charlie join in that PGA Tour PNC Championship in Florida with a family relative. Should bring it into NRL - Don/ Ray Price and Les/ Noel Cleal, the Chappell brothers, the Bracewell cricket family and the Paul brothers Henry and Robbie.
8. Bernard Tomic is turning a new leaf apparently. Lucky it is not autumn. Can he arise out of the murky career soup thus far? His talent needs to be matched by greater application. Great to hear he is keen to win again.
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