Ashley Saxby joined June 2008

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I'm a cricket obsessive University student currently studying English with Creative Writing. I have a huge passion for sports, poker and the fun things in life. I play a little grass roots cricket, usually keeping wicket and counter attacking with the bat. I try to bat like KP or Viv Richards, I'm a natural hand-eye kind of player, but needless to say, I get caught out like Shahid Afridi far too much. Bit of a wasted talent then, one might say. When it comes to poker, I'm a chameleon. I'm as loose as the best of 'em when I have sussed out the betting pattern of my table, but if I had to compare my style of play, it would be similiar to Daniel Negreanu. Thank you Mr. Small Ball for improving my game over youtube!

So I'm fairly aggressive on the pitch, which totally clashes against my interests in writing and sports journalism, which ought to require academic patience, old men, slippers, pipes and folded quality papers. Yeah, right. The internet has been around for a while now, and it's about time I embraced the blogging culture now. Reasons for doing so? Well, it's obvious, I might get noticed (I'm sounding like KP now) and even if I am lampooned and chased to the corner of the earth (yes, people can track your I.P Address), I will hold my colour to the one truth in sports reporting. There is no truth. One man's Picasso is another man's pauper.

One more thing to add, or rather, it's more of a motto: "Let's push things forward"

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Viv Richards, Ian Bothom, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Arsenal F.C, Yeovil F.C, Hampshire C.C.C, England Test and ODI teams

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Carrying my bat for 76* not out and winning the game by 1 wicket chasing a poultry 145. Typical Dinton collapse, then.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Back in the 97/98 Double winning season for Arsenal. Home game on my birthday, 6th April, when we beat Blackburn 1-0. Dennis Bergkamp :-)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    What me? I don't think I have any unbreakable sports record. But on a professional level, Arsenal's invincible squad took some beating! What was it, 50-odd games unbeaten in the Premier League?

  • Ruth or Mays?

    I'm not American, so these names mean nothing to me.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Sorry, again, I'm English

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Michael Jordan probably, but I don't know who Russell is to be honest.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    You got me. Again.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Hmm...Pele (Maradona cheated, otherwise, it would of been him)

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Both are drones of the grass court game. Federer is the better all-rounder on different surfaces, but is more arrogant than Sampras. So Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger - sorry Jack

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Sorry, you got me again. I'm bad.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher - This man is on adverts for Loreal. So he must be chosen.

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    HA! What kind of names are these for sport teams? Maybe I'm wrong. Americanised again. Where are the English questions?

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