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Once again I have missed a tremendously exciting Test Series because of my refusal to hand money over to the Rupert Murdoch Corporation.  But who is the greater loser? Rupert won't miss my measly contribution to his overflowing coffers but I have missed out on watching some great cricket - and England won.  I console myself with the thought that a Sky subscription would amount to several hundred pounds a year, surely better spent on a holiday.  And having Sky would inevitably lead to more hours slumped in front of the tv.  (Question to self: why is this such a bad thing given that I happily slump for hours on the sofa listening to music or the radio?)  Anyway, one of my resolutions for 2011 is to learn by heart the fielding positions in cricket, all of them.  This ties in neatly (to my mind anyway) with my determination to learn the Chronology of the Ancient World, starting with Ancient Greece, which I have already begun to do.  Progress is slow however.