The Ashes 2023 - Australia in England

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 23-07-2023, 19:31 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

(23-07-2023, 18:52)theo_luddite Wrote: It's Manchester, it's raining, in Summer! This is the land where cotton was king for a reason. Oooo'd a thunk eh?

Posted this on Twitter earlier, but I'll give it an airing on here too. The Cricketer's resident cartoonist offered a wry take on the weather for the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford... on this very day in 1921.

You'd think that after a century they'd have worked out Manchester is best done first or second for the sake of keeping the series alive. I guess Warney put them off in '93, but we're a bit beyond that now.

**themaclad** · 23-07-2023, 20:14

According to the forecast another 9 hours before it stops

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 31-07-2023, 20:41

Fantastic final session to bring the series to a close and deny Australia an outright win on our soil again. Inevitably it's all slightly bittersweet after last weekend and the knowledge we could have been celebrating a 3-2 victory instead, but still, what a way for Broady to bow out.