The mollycoddling of Kevin Pietersen…
...is slightly over the top. Would it really have mattered a bit what he scored if England's bowlers couldn't take 20 wickets? ...read this Blog post →
Andrew Strauss’ reign as England captain ended…
...as it started. With a Kevin Pietersen orchestrated mess. Though in classic Andrew Strauss style as he quit cricket completely he played down the chance to stick the knife in. ...read this Blog post →
That number one millstone has…
...gone in tests. England go into today's one day international against South Africa trying to hang onto their top place in the rankings for the 50 over game but the one that really matters is gone. ...read this Blog post →
Post Olympic syndrome…
...or is it a disorder? What are we left with after these last two weeks of the best Olympics ever but memories and the realisation that all there is now doesn't match up. ...read this Blog post →
It’s a good job South Africa were…
...undercooked. Just imagine what an embarrassment for the number one ranked team in the world it could have been if the visiting South Africans were on top form. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Australia, Cricket, England, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Oval, Ravi Bopara, South Africa, Test Match, Tim Bresnan
England tried their very best…
...to blow it. But they couldn't just manage it because as with 11 previous Test matches when they have Tim Bresnan in the side they just win even if he doesn't do that much. ...read this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog 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 this Blog post →
Tags → Cricket, Dubai, England, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Monty Panesar, Pakistan, Stuart Broad, Test Match, UAE
England take grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory…
...to a new level. Just when they were thinking the last test match was just a blip they go and surpass it. I wonder if they'll learn from this or just take the positives. ...read this Blog post →
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 this Blog post →
Tags → Cricket, Dubai, England, Eoin Morgan, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Pakistan, Sport, Test Match
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 →
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
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
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 →