Thank you kindly, sir!

It was scheduled just a few months after its blessed twin – the 2013 Ashes series in England, as part of some sort of “move the Ashes away from the World Cup cycle” plan that seems to have failed in its intention extremely rapidly.

Further, three of the five tests were scheduled before Christmas, making it entirely possible that the iconic Boxing Day & New Years tests could become dead rubbers. Or, as Nick Knight might put it: “could become dead rubbers…did become dead rubbers”.

I am quietly confident, though, that England managed a much higher level of ridiculousness than Australia. I’m not expecting 5-0 and dead rubbers after Christmas in these ridiculous ones, but an England win is very much on the cards here.

My gut feeling, btw, is that Australia will be very strong in ridiculousness 2009 and that 2013 might be, in ridiculousness terms, an absolute squeaky-bum humdinger.

Bring ’em on.

That’s the kind of compliment we always seem to attract.

Thanks?

Yeah. I find it hard to get to sleep. Which is a compliment, not a criticism.

Seriously?