Michael Bailey
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Journalist, writer & presenter @TheAthleticFC | Sport lover | Wannabe barista | Occasional songwriter
Joined September 2008
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England enter Australia’s Ashes fortress: Welcome to the Gabbatoir by @Jimbo_Cricket for @TheAthletic
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Too many touring sides have wilted at the hostile Gabba as the heat, humidity and a notoriously hostile home crowd took their toll
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🇩🇿 Zinedine Zidane’s son plays as a goalkeeper for Algeria 🇧🇷 Still too early to say how Brazil play under Carlo Ancelotti 🇯🇴 Watch out for Jordan’s goal celebrations 🏴 Craig Gordon set to become the second-oldest player at a World Cup For months, our writers have followed the
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The England fans who made an 18,000-mile round trip for 12 hours of Ashes cricket: ‘Everyone’s so deflated’ by @michaeljbailey in Perth
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The shortest Ashes Test in 104 years left travelling England fans anguished at their team's attitude and had implications, too, for Perth
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The Ashes Briefing: Travis Head onslaught takes Australia to stunning win after England collapse. @michaeljbailey, @cameronponsonby and @Jimbo_Cricket try to make sense of what just happened in Perth
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Another frenetic day in Perth saw the visitors fold before Head, opening the batting, delivered an Australian masterclass in Travball
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Fascinated to hear Philippe Clement say he’s given #ncfc players questionnaires to fill in to help get to know his squad quicker. Can only hope he is following the traditional format for asking footballers questions. 📸 c/o @TheSkyStrikers
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From @TheAthletic: One ball was so fast and brutal, it almost knocked the near two-metre-tall Cameron Green off his feet and into his stumps. An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled on the quickest track in world cricket.
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An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled in the face of breathless pace on the quickest track in world cricket
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The Ashes, Day One: The fast and the furious – how brute pace sparked opening Test. A piece for @TheAthletic
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An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled in the face of breathless pace on the quickest track in world cricket
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What a wacky, wild opening day of Test cricket that was, Perth. Crumbs. Get briefed right here with me, @Jimbo_Cricket @cameronponsonby for @TheAthletic #Ashes
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A chaotic opening day of the series saw a record number of wickets fall as the Ashes began in dramatic style
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Remembering Shane Warne: ‘The biggest cricketing superstar of the lot’
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Shane Keith Warne transcended his sport like few other cricketers – he will be mourned during the first Ashes Down Under since his passing
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The Athletic will be providing comprehensive coverage of The Ashes from @michaeljbailey, @TimSpiers, @NickMiller79, @Jimbo_Cricket, @cameronponsonby and myself with analysis from @nassercricket. You can follow cricket as a topic on @TheAthletic and our cricket WhatsApp channel
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How to win in Australia: Commit to a plan, seize on any luck and ‘push them to dark places’ by @Jimbo_Cricket for @TheAthletic
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Dale Steyn was a member of the South Africa side who won Down Under in 2008-09, the first team in 16 years to beat Australia on home soil
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Came up with this idea while still in England. So much fun digging into how you go from rugby & AFL, to a cricket oval at a glorious new stadium — all while trying to recreate an iconic pitch from the opposite bank of the Swan River... #Ashes @theathletic
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The ground is hosting its first Ashes Test but will replicate the pace and bounce that made the WACA, across the Swan River, so feared
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Preparing Perth Stadium for Ashes cricket: A drop-in wicket, a 40-tonne transporter and sleepless nights by @michaeljbailey for @TheAthletic
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The ground is hosting its first Ashes Test but will replicate the pace and bounce that made the WACA, across the Swan River, so feared
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RT @TheAthleticFC: “What an adventure” Curacao, the Caribbean island home to around 155,000 people, are now the smallest nation ever to qu…
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I've not checked it out but I feel it's pretty likely I've been in an elite group of journalists today who covered the USMNT playing Uruguay (some win that) — and then headed over to Perth Stadium for more #Ashes cricket buildup. What a niche that is, by the way.
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“Sport can feel like such a serious business these days, compromised by political and commercial interests. “But at its heart, it is still the same old game we fell in love with, illuminated by comic-book heroes, ordinary people with the power to do extraordinary things. “This
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My colleague Nasser Hussain, here https://t.co/nulq2xZwgs
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The former England captain is joining The Athletic's Ashes coverage - he can't wait for the talking to stop and the cricket to start
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History in the making for Australia. Hopefully. Great to hear from Scott Boland at Perth Stadium this lunchtime. Big week ahead... @TheAthletic #Ashes
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If the two pace bowlers are picked in Perth, it will be the first time Australia have named two indigenous players in the same Test team
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