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To the literally tens of people who read this blog,Thank you for visiting, especially if you’ve kept coming back for more (honourable mention to messers J Hayward and C Staniforth-Endsor). In the past week or so, I have been lucky eno...(
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Indexed November 12, 2009
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Kevin Pietersen gave a typically frank and honest interview to The Times yesterday, and - crucially - it was positive too. Because that’s a word that’s been slipping down the long list of adjectives aimed at England’s best...(
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Both Patrick Kidd and Will Luke - authors of the two best cricket blogs out there - have hit the bail on the head in recent posts regarding the sheer volume of cricket currently played on the elite circuit. As Luke points out, very rare is ...(
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Individual One-day Performance of the Summer - Eoin Morgan v South Africa, Champions TrophyToo few performances to choose from, and most of the aptly named shortlist came from this match, but it was Morgan’s knock which carried the mo...(
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Time - during this well-earned international break - to review the summer of 2009. Only one team in the world could lose to Holland then triumph over Australia in the space of a few months.Man of the Summer - 1. Andrew StraussA stunning sum...(
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Watching him bowl was an unforgettable experience, listening to him commentate is refreshing, and reading his articles is always worthwhile - even if it’s sometimes advisable to have a bowl of salt to hand, with fingers in pinching po...(
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England’s cricketers may currently be trying to remember what they used to do in their spare time, but those who write about them are having no such thoughts.Papers and websites have been awash with comment, contemplation and analysis...(
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Sorry, couldn’t resist. A sub-headline on the BBC Sport website declared Liam Plunkett’s inclusion in the Test squad a "surprise recall", but the prize for biggest surprise of all surely goes to Luke Wright being handed a pair o...(
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The squads for England’s Test, ODI and T20I tour of South Africa were announced at midday today, ending weeks of speculation and signaling the side’s post-Ashes direction. They are:Test Squad: Strauss (c), Cook (vc), Anderson, B...(
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The T20 Champions League begins on Thursday, and England players past, future and present will be involved in this 12-team signal of the way the game is headed. Fortunately, there are few front-line England players on show; they both need a...(
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2/10/09 - Australia won by 9 wickets. The mini-revival is over. Despite the impressive efforts of Luke Wright and Tim Bresnan, England lost this match because of their batting in the first 20 overs - during which they lost six wickets - and...(
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According to the man himself, quoted in yesterday’s Guardian, Kevin Pietersen will "certainly be in the Test squad" for the winter tour to South Africa.He said, "The time scale is difficult but i will definitely be doing everything I ...(
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29/09/09 - New Zealand won by four wickets. Both sides progress to semis.England have spent most of September disproving the theory that winning the toss gives a team an advantage in a one-day cricket match. Yesterday they discovered to the...(
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27/09/09 - England won by 22 runs and progress to semi finals. At the start of the Champions Trophy, the sentence: "That batting performance is the best I can ever remember England playing" would have been a strong contender for the Least L...(
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England are set to recall Geraint Jones as back-up wicketkeeper, and discard Ravi Bopara for the winter tour of South Africa, according to Scyld Berry in The Sunday Telegraph. Berry points out that Jones, who would replace Tim Ambrose as ba...(
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25/09/09 - England won by 6 wickets.Change of scenery, change of fortune. Before the game Andrew Strauss said he felt his side could beat anyone on their day - his players went on to prove him emphatically right.Escaping the seemingly never...(
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England v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group B, Johannesburg, 13:30If Ajantha Mendis has his customary say in proceedings, adjusting to altitude may be the least of England’s problems when they take on Sri Lanka in Jo’burg tomor...(
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The ICC Champions Trophy kicks off today in South Africa. Weary England barely have time to breathe before their first match - Sri Lanka on Friday. What is the Champions Trophy?A mini, less-important World Cup, this year to be contested by ...(
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England won by 4 wickets.England had Graeme Swann to thank for reducing Australia to 176 all out, but the manner in which they chased it down was fittingly limp. Winning an ODI to avoid a 7-0 series defeat is like dropping a tenner and find...(
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17/09/09 - Australia won by 111 runs.England must now dip into the reserves of courage and character which served them so well between the Headlingley and Oval Tests earlier this summer, in order to avoid an unprecedented 7-0 series whitewa...(
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