The suspense is over as the touring party for the Ashes series in Australia has been announced. The squad so selected is more or less on expected lines, though there would always be a debate over the selection or non selection of a few fringe players.The squad Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior, St...
England’s Kevin Pietersen has undergone surgery on his troublesome Achilles tendon injury and will miss the rest of this summers ashes series. Pietersen has been struggling for some time with the injury and it was evident throughout the first two tests of the ashes summer that the problem was still causing some discomfort.
After seeing a specialist in the [...]
England have announced a 13 man squad for the 3rd ashes test at Edgbaston which starts on the 30th July. With Pietersen out of the remaining test in the series after having surgery on his Achilles injury Ian Bell has been included and expected to play. Despite continued concern around Andrew Flintoff’s fitness he was also included in the [...]
Kevin Pietersen may well be both England’s most influential player in the upcoming Ashes series, but despite his self-confident streak, he surely won’t have appreciated comments made this week by a great of the game, Sir Viv Richards. The former …
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