Bare-Knuckle Samba?

A slightly quirky article from The Times compares England's performance in The Ashes to Mark Ramprakash's performance on Strictly Come Dancing.

I don't claim to know that much about the cricket, but the article is cleverly written and done so by someone who has actually watched the programme.

How can you not love an article that talks of a "bare-knuckle samba"?

"There were worrying signs in last weekend’s round that the pressure of being ahead might have begun to tell on Ramps, England-style. An all-or-nothing, bare-knuckle samba would eventually redeem him in the public’s eye, but only after he turned in a foxtrot so far below his standards that the judges could only declare themselves “bitterly disappointed”, while deeply lamenting the way in which he “lost his neck” during the routine."