Years ago, when the Aussies were beating anyone and everyone who played them in test matches, England were a sorry lot. They picked players in the hope that they would perform. A player would be selected for a match only to be dropped the next one, without any reason. Even captains were not spared - the English team resembled the tube stations that dot all across the country - players going in and...
This seems to be Peter Siddle’s greatest strength in the eyes of his team mates. When asked about their bowling attack, Australian players refer to Johnson’s speed, Hilfenhaus’s swing, Clark’s control and Siddle’s ability to run in all day.
You don’t want bowlers to run in all day. You want them to take enough wickets that [...]
Well, well, well, England won the Ashes. Any team that has Peter Siddle’s pathetic excuse for facial hair in them is always going to lose as far as I’m concerned. Easy. Marcus North, the most English-like Australian to ever play for Australia, the man who scores century in easy circumstances but when it comes down [...]...
We only ask because they’re hitting the ground running with alarming frequency.
After Ben Hilfenhaus looked forward to a sprint landing last week, some of you questioned our assertion that cricketers no longer know what ‘hit the ground running’ means.
Well, consider this new evidence. England’s captain’s had a go now. Apparently England hit the ground running [...]
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