Spin bowlers across the county circuit are putting their hands up and desperately trying to force their way into the England reckoning. England lost their recent Test series against Sri Lanka without a specialist spinner in the side and look set to enter the India series with Moeen Ali performing the spin role in the [...]
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T20 is the reason for England’s bare spin bowling cabinet
Posted in Cricket Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: England, England cricket, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Lancashire, Spinner, T20 Blast, Test Match
‘The best I’ve ever played’: England fall short against Sri Lanka despite stunning innings from Lancashire’s Jos Buttler
Lancashire’s Jos Buttler produced what some are calling England’s greatest ever One-Day innings at Lords against Sri Lanka – an innings which couldn’t quite drag England to victory. Chasing a winning target of 301, England faltered and were well behind the rate until Buttler came to the crease and smashed the fastest One-Day hundred ever [...]
Posted in Cricket Pick of the Week | Tags: Alastair Cook, cricket, England, James Anderson, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, Lancashire, Matt Prior, Michael Vaughan, Old Trafford
Premier League like the Bundesliga? No Thanks
When two German teams reached the Champions League Final, and not one English club made the quarterfinals, the reaction was inevitable. “We should be more like them”. “The German model is perfect”. “We are so far behind them”. Actually that’s all rubbish. It’s an over exaggeration and overlooks the strengths of the Premier League and [...]
Posted in Football Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, England, Premier League, Roberto Mancini
John Terry must never play for England again
It has been reported that John Terry wants to make an England return, coming out of international retirement to represent his country again. For so many reasons, the Chelsea man should never be allowed to come back to England fold. John Terry has brought nothing but dishonour and disgrace to England. He, after all, [...]
Posted in Football Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: Chelsea, England, FA Cup, Football, John Terry, Roy Hodgson
ARE ENGLAND REALLY FINISHED WITH DAVID BECKHAM?
David Beckham made it quite clear this week that he is not finished with England. Despite being 38 years old, the former England captain declared publicly that he will never retire from International duty and still hopes that he may pull on an England shirt again. Is that a realistic ambition? Well why not? [...]
Posted in Football Opinion | Tags: Champions League, David Beckham, England, Football, Internationals, PSG, Roy Hodgson
