A strong Yorkshire equals a strong…
...England. Tykes doing not bad in their return to the County Championship top flight, while their players are away helping England get back on the winning track. ...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 →
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 →
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 this Blog 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 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
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
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 →
Plumbing new depths is the English…
...way. England batting, bowling and fielding like bums shouldn't take away from a great victory by Ireland in the World Cup or the great innings by Kevin O'Brien. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Dutch, England, Ian Bell, India, Ireland, Irish, Jimmy Anderson, Jonathan Trott, Kevin O'Brien, Kevin Pietersen, Netherlands, ODI, South Africa, Stuart Broad, 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 →
Aw, yeah look mate…
...you lost the Ashes...again! It feels a lot different from 2005 doesn't it, which is better, it's hard to say. Two mediocre teams playing some poor cricket but do England have a future with this side? ...read this Blog post →