Here comes India’s first competitive match of the tournament, and it’s against a team that was saying a lot of things before they got whipped by Australia. England still doesn’t know what its strongest side is, and what their order should be, and maybe that’s preventing them from being as good as they’re capable of being. The Castrol Index doesn’t rate England...
For all the criticism they have received, it was refreshing in the extreme to see Andrew Strauss and co. show us that there’s still an England cricket team out there. Yesterday’s win was something of a jolt to the system - it came out of the blue, especially when in the game’s infancy Chris Gayle [...]
Alan Tyers, who writes side-splittingly good mock diaries of England team members for The Wisden Cricketer, has been at it again, this time writing under the guise of Charlotte Edwards, the World Cup winning England women’s captain.
Andrew Strauss congratulated us on our most recent win, although he did say we should have batted on for [...]
So, less than 3 months to go and if I was prone to worry (rather than immune to it by now) the number of unresolved issues in the England camp might just be setting me off.
Much of the selection debate over here has centered around Michael Vaughan returning as an opener or number 3. I’m not sure about it, especially as many people seem to want him in the team irrespective of club form. That...
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