NICK TIMOTHY

ASHES TO ASHES WHERE WERE YOU ON 5 JUNE 1997? I know where I was: sitting in the Eric Hollies stand at Edgbaston with my granddad as we watched England pulverise Australia. Everyone has their favourite ASHES MEMORY, and this was mine. My nan had recently passed away and not long after that sunny day at Edgbaston granddad followed her, as was his wish. The memory is tender for those late moments I enjoyed with the man I dearly loved. But it was — as granddad would insist — also about the sport. Almost immediately Darren Gough knocked over Matthew Elliott. Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh, Greg Blewett, Steve Waugh, Ian Healy and Michael Bevan all followed. The superior Aussies were suddenly 48 for seven. We England supporters were triumphant; the Australians…

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