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Archerâs pillow shot becomes awkward symbol of Englandâs Ashes nightmare I Simon Burnton
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian ⢠6 December 2025
Bowlerâs creature comforts emblematic of a touring side seen as paying the price for taking a laid-back approach
There are often single images that come to sum up entire Ashes series and frequently they have been taken when no cricket was being played. Andrew Flintoff consoling Brett Lee; Shane Warneâs balcony dance; the sprinkler; Ian Botham celebrating a miracle win at Headingley, Ben Stokes doing the same; and all the way back to the Oval pitch invasion in 1926.
Maybe this yearâs has been taken, with Englandâs campaign in danger of being summed up by the footage of Jofra Archer arriving here on Saturday clutching a pillow. The day Archer imagined and the one Australia subjected England to turned out to be very different .
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