Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon, our two Aussie journos, find themselves going cinematic in their criticism of the Ashes war of words and their praise for the women’s series that has just ended

FINAL WORD
Geoff Lemon: The Gabba. The giant concrete cauldron with the blotchy adolescent seating. It’s staring right at us as we speak. And now we have to hop in the time machine again, as we do once or thrice every summer. For us, the first Ashes Test is a day from starting, while by the time our Dear Reader sees this text, we’ll all be one or two days deep ...