The first post

Welcome to this, my attempt to be more interesting on the web than I'll ever be in real life. This blog is part of 'LOVE YOUR POLITICS' blogging co-operative, full of interesting Labour supporting opinions, but mainly about sport so far.

So, starting with the Ashes then. That's them just on the right. Did anyone notice Ravi Bopara wasn't mentioned as the medals were given out at the Oval by England captain Andrew Strauss? He mentioned all the other players involved in the series, who were all present at the final test and received medals. Bopara was playing for Essex in a county level game elsewhere at the time. It will be interesting to see if he plays another Test after his omission from the Oval squad and a singular lack of recognition after the Ashes were won on Sunday.