London, August 28: A theory about players’ initials is the latest among many coincidences that are being related to England’s dramatic Ashes win over Australia.
According to a report in the leading British daily ‘The Guardian’, there is a pattern based on player’s initials which decides who wins the Ashes.
“When an English XI takes the field with fewer initials than its Australian opponents it generally wins, while if it has more it is, by and large, on the end of a sound thrashing,” the report says.
“Take the controversial 1932-33 series for example. DR Jardine’s team, featuring no fewer than five sturdy northerners with just one initial each plus the Nawab of Pataudi who had dispensed with them altogether and, shaking off the inclusion of LEG Ames (the E stood for Ethelbert), easily defeated WM Woodfull’s men.
–PTI