Day 2 was a mirror image of Day 1. On Day 1, England batted terribly then bowled horribly. On Day 2, they bowled terribly then batted horribly. In fact, things are so dire, England were one dropped catch away from having to play an extra half hour allowing Australia to shoot for a two day finish. Now that would’ve made the Adelaide Day 5 fiasco seem like a fond memory.
But credit should...
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, Bell, Broad, Collingwood, Davies, Onions, Pietersen, Plunkett, Prior, Rashid, Sidebottom, Swann, Trott, WrightOne-day Squad: Strauss, Anderson, Bresnan, Broad, C...
I still can’t believe that after all the speculation and the excitement about the start of yet another Ashes series, the first test is already over. The biggest surprise of the first test was Australia didn’t win at their fortress Gabba! In a way Australia’s worst fears have come true as the bowling attack wasn’t penetrative enough and th...
This is obviously a great big time-saver of a post, so I won’t waste time setting it up or explaining it, even though that’s exactly what I just did.
Both the first South Africa-India first test at the Centurion and the Australia-England third test at the WACA are scheduled on the same days, with RSA-Ind starting 6 hours after the Ashes. A lot of the ’what to expect stuff’...
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