A Crucial Test for England Not much to preview here; it feels like a must-win for England. I’m fairly certain the team won't be thinking that, but from the outside looking in, this feels like a match England can’t afford to lose if they have hopes of winning the series and taking the Ashes home. Reflecting on the First Test A lot was made after the first Test, where England lost what looked like an unlosable match. The issue wasn’t the loss itself, but the manner of the defeat. The fact that...

I recently wrote a piece on the theatrical nature of Test cricket -- a five-day journey of emotion and drama. What we’ve just witnessed at the first Ashes Test completely disregarded that. It microwaved the five-day drama into two days,  creating a tiktok test match and I’m not sure anyone really knows what to make of it.  Was it good? It was entertaining, certainly. But was it good ? ACT I: The False Dawn The sense of anticipation built until it reached its pinnacle: Mitchell Starc at the...

As Artists, we desperately search for uniqueness in our identity, our process, and our art. Of course, this is a noble pursuit; however, it’s a little misguided. It’ll always be more meaningful to be authentically you. Individuality is the essence of you—the way you think, the things that ignite passion in you, your goals, and the details in a film that you’re obsessed with, which nobody else even notices. These are all the little pieces that, when put together, make you… you. You take that...