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 this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog post →
So it ends how it started…
...with a damp meh. Three damp squid test series against Sri Lanka finished appropriately with rain stopping play as England yet again struggled to bowl the visitors out to win the final test. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Chris Tremlett, Cricket, England, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, media, Sport, Sri Lanka, Stuart Broad, Test Match
Didn't Strauss trust his bowlers…
...not to lose. Andrew Strauss needed a carrot to dangle in front of the Sri Lankan batsmen to get a result at Lords' but chose to bat on and on and on, seemingly scared his bowlers would give it up in extras. ...read this Blog post →
The returning heroes were greeted with a…
...meh. A drab, rain affected, test match in Wales was no way to hail the returning Ashes heroes and it looked to be ending in a damp squib until Sri Lanka pulled something out of the bag. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Alastair Cook, Ashes, Australia, Cardiff, Cricket, England, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Sri Lanka, Wales
England's ineptness is trumped by South Africa's…
...propensity to choke. You can't weigh up England at this World Cup, they tie with and beat tournament favourites while struggling and losing to minnows, so defeat to Bangladesh then? ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Cricket, England, Eoin Morgan, India, Kevin Pietersen, South Africa, Sport, World Cup
Only England could snatch a tie from the jaws…
...of both victory and defeat. Even with a magnificent 158 from Andrew Strauss that surpassed Tendulkar's ton, thanks to more ineptness from Anderson England managed a last ball tie with India. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Andrew Strauss, Cricket, England, Ian Bell, India, Jimmy Anderson, ODI, Sachin Tendulkar, Tim Bresnan, World Cup
Third biggest run chase in World Cup…
...history. England chasing down 293 to beat the Netherlands in their World Cup opener. Yes let me repeat that the Netherlands, which they did with a whole 8 balls to spare. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Cricket, England, Holland, Ian Bell, Jimmy Anderson, Netherlands, Twenty20, World Cup
Oh, did we win the Ashes…
...I almost forgot. It's been a bit remiss of me, what's it been a week now after the Aussies were yet again crushed in their own backyard by an innings, for the third time. ...read this Blog post →
You have to feel sorry for Ricky Ponting…
...don't you? With over 12,000 test runs in the bag, after his misses the final test of this series is that for him in the baggy green, set to be remembered for losing three Ashes series? ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Andrew Strauss, Ashes, Australia, captain, Chris Tremlett, Cricket, England, Paul Collingwood, Ricky Ponting, Sport, test, Tim Bresnan
Is this going to be a repeat of the last Ashes…
...series? So far bar the third test in Australia matching the fourth in 2009 when England were hammered it's pretty much panning out the same with England unable to lead from the front. ...read this Blog post →