' Feeling the way I do now, it's not a feeling I ever want to have again.' Andrew Flintoff speaks for a nation.
The Ashes, 2006/07: Australia 5 England 0. The nightmare returns.
For twenty years, Australia has produced competitors so gritty they order sandwiches with sand in, & not just at cricket. Fourth in the medals table at the Athens Olympics, Tour de France contenders, Davis Cup champions, & the Socceroos 3--1 winners over Engl&. For Richard Beard, the football was the last straw.
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