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Now maybe I shouldn't be so vocal in backing England coach [b]Andy Flower[/b] over his decision to ban families from the start of [b]the Ashes[/b]. After all I shall be at The Gabba on November 25 to watch the first balls bowled and the delectable Mrs Ellis will be with me. The difference is I won't be playing. In fact I won't even be writing about it. We've managed to elbow a couple of days in Brisbane into the itinerary of a long-planned, once-in-a-lifetime holiday to Oz, and the only thing I'll be tapping into a keyboard will be a couple of teasing texts back home! Of course if I had been working on the tour, well then I'm afraid the good lady would have been back in Blighty trying to catch up with it on the telly, just as she's been for all the other trips I've been lucky enough...