Media

Here are a few of the online and print media sites that mention the Ashes blog:

The Daily Telegraph:

Telegraph.co.uk featured a few photos from TheAshesBlog.com on the front page of their Ashes coverage online for a few weeks during the 2006/2007 series. Here’s a screen grab from December 21, 2006. About 2/3rds of the way down the page you can see a photo of my 6 month old son padded up, doing his very best Alastair Cook impression:

The Times Online:

“For the most thoughtful coverage from Australia this winter (and perhaps from anywhere in the blogosphere), visit www.theashesblog.com, where you will find well-informed commentary and the occasional Herman Melville quote from Darryl Stringer, the host.”

Spin magazine

(from when this blog was hosted at typepad.com):

Wisden Almanack 2006:

“Stringer’s Ashes was one of the best examples of the sites born of the titanic 2005 clash. Stringer, a 29-year-old Australian, described his blog – created specifically to cover the series – as “a limited-edition print, a quick single”. He added: “I thought it would be fun to be a sports writer. I do my research, check the stats, and then put my editorial opinion out there just as a professional journalist should… but then I get these alternative opinions thrown back at me like I’m some bloke in a pub.”

On his “little patch of dirt on Planet Blog”, he welcomed a thousand or more daily visitors. “The discussions about team selections, the jokes and the controversies big and small… changed the way I watch a game. I’ve always had an opinion about the day’s events and the players involved, but I got to share those thoughts with thousands of people.”

BBC News:

“In fact, the more sentimental might even feel a passing flicker of empathy on reading, for example, Darryl Stringer’s account of Day Two of the Fourth Test:
“England cannot lose this match… Australia can simply hope that they die with dignity. Unfortunately for them, that’s not happening at the moment.”
… take a look at the photos at The Ashes Blog. To get around copyright problems, that site features back-garden recreations of Warne’s bowling style, or the state of the ground at Old Trafford”.

OxBlog:

“… some of the best photographs the game has produced.”

Nutley to Nagpur: cricket blog:

“Two sites which blogged throughout the last Ashes were first-stop shop The Corridor, written by Will Luke at Cricinfo, and The Ashes Blog, which re-enacts key moments in a Brisbane back garden to by-pass image copyright laws. Both top stuff.”

Excite.co.uk – WebTwitcher:

“Also worth a visit for lighthearted Ashes banter is The Ashes Blog, similar name yes, but a different take on the game altogether. Rather than pinching pictures from the real thing, these genius bloggers are putting much time and effort into re-enacting the highlights in the comfort of their own back garden. Nice work, WebTwitcher is following the blog with great amusement.”