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 →
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
The fact that it doesn't come as a big shock…
...is the most shocking thing. Is it any real shock that members of the Pakistan cricket team have been implicated in a betting scam as a middle man took £150k and the no-balls followed. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → betting, captain, Cricket, England, Lords, Mazhar Majeed, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Pakistan, Salman Butt, Scandal, Test Match
World champions…England…surely some…
...mistake. They don't win World Cup finals at cricket, they got there years back and then were just pipped at the post but recently they've been embarrassed early on but not now. And the Aussies look less and less invincible. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Andy Flower, Ashes, Australia, Cricket, England, Ian Chappell, Ireland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Test Match, Twenty20, West Indies, World Cup
One foot off the floor now in remembrance of…
...Shep. Sad news yesterday that one of the best and most admired cricket umpires David Shepherd has died after his battle with cancer. ...read this Blog post →
"Cricketers would never be under any threat…
...from terrorists. Imran Khan was so sure of it, I think he was the only one but I doubt he thinks that way now after the Sri Lankan tourists were attacked in Lahore. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Bombay, Cricket, England, Imran Khan, India, Pakistan, Security, Sport, Sri Lanka, Terrorists, Test Match, tour
A game of cricket anyone…
...just down the road from Pakistan, bring your own whites. While the authorities are still trying to find out everything that happened in Bombay and the locals are coming to terms with it why not put more lives at risk for a game. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Bombay, Cricket, England, India, Pakistan, Security, Terrorists, Test Match, Tony Blair
But it was a friendly…
England beat Argentina 3-2 in a friendly in Geneva, with goals from Wayne Rooney And Michael Owen the rugby union team beat Australia 26-16 and Marcus Trecothick score a hundred against Pakistan as England take command in Multan. ...read this Blog post →