Being number one, how’s that working…
...for ya. What's that now four straight Test Match defeats after gaining the number one ranking in the world. Only England. ...read the full post →
One day whitewash what were the odds…
...on that? England in subcontinent conditions against a side that had lost one of their previous 15 one day internationals and had just stuffed them three zip in the test series. ...read the full post →
Tags → Alastair Cook, captain, Cricket, Dubai, England, Kevin Pietersen, ODI, Pakistan, Steven Finn, UAE
England win…in the subcontinent…
...a one day game at that? England beat Pakistan for the first time on this tour. What's going off out there? ...read the full post →
Tags → Abu Dhabi, Alastair Cook, Craig Kieswetter, Cricket, England, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Pakistan
Whitewash…
...with style. England really put on the style to be whitewashed by Pakistan in the recent three match test series in the UAE. ...read the full post →
Tags → Cricket, Dubai, England, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Monty Panesar, Pakistan, Stuart Broad, Test Match, UAE
They’ll learn from this…
...yeah I know...they'll probably take the positives from it as well. Is there anyone out there think the England cricket team will learn anything from this humiliating capitulation to Pakistan in Dubai? ...read the full post →
Tags → Cricket, Dubai, England, Eoin Morgan, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Pakistan, Sport, Test Match
There was only one winner of the SPotY…
...and thankfully the British public got it right. A Mark Cavendish was crowned BBC Sports Personalty of the year with nearly 50% of the vote. ...read the full post →
Tags → BBC, Cricket, cycling, England, Mark Cavendish, Sport, Sports, Sports Personality Of The Year, SPotY
The SPotY nominations shortlist…
...doesn't matter. Females or no females I've said it before and I'll say it again. There's only one winner. Cav. The Manx Missile. Mark Cavendish. ...read the full post →
The quiet man who…
...changed a country. In his own quiet way Basil D'Oliveira probably changed South Africa and the fortunes of it's people more than anyone else. ...read the full post →
Tags → Basil D'Oliveira, Cricket, England, MCC, South Africa, Sport
Does whitewash even cover…
...this series thumping. Has there ever been a team to come to these shores and be on the end of such a shellacking in a test match series? ...read the full post →
Are you Bangladesh in…
...disguise? England yet again stuff India, this time by an innings and plenty, to take over from the visitors as the number one ranked team in the world. ...read the full post →
Which team is number one…
...again? If you didn't know the test rankings but were told one of these was number one and then watched the first two tests of this series you wouldn't pick India, would you even have them in the top 5? ...read the full post →
Tags → Cricket, England, India, Sachin Tendulkar, Sport, Stuart Broad, Test Match, Tim Bresnan
We’ve Ian Bell as Dopey, just need 6 more dwarves…
...for the set. Ian Bell wasn't naive but just slack and stupid to be run out before tea on the fourth day of the second test. But apparently he was only partly to blame. ...read the full post →
Tags → Cricket, England, Ian Bell, India, MS Dhoni, Raul Dravid, Sport, Test Match
They were screaming, shouting and booing…
...right up until they got stuffed. With a full house at Lord's for the final day of the opening Test of the series against India it got a bit screechy until the Indians were put out of their misery. ...read the full post →
Tags → Andrew Strauss, Cricket, England, India, Jimmy Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Lords, Sport, Stuart Broad
Thank you Sri Lanka, just piss all over…
...my chips why don't you. Thought England would struggle to manage anything but a thrashing at the hands of one day specialist Sri Lanka. Not so. ...read the full post →
Tags → Alastair Cook, Craig Kieswetter, Cricket, England, Jimmy Anderson, ODI, Oval, Sri Lanka
That World Cup win looks…
...a bit of a fluke now. It's only a little over a year ago that England were crowned World Twenty20 Champions and it really looks like a one off after yet another inept limited overs display. ...read the full post →