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 [...]
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‘The best I’ve ever played’: England fall short against Sri Lanka despite stunning innings from Lancashire’s Jos Buttler
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
England vs. New Zealand: 1st Test Review
A test match decided in four days normally indicates that one side have dominated the opposition and finished them off quickly. Well that was certainly not the case in the first test at Lords between England and New Zealand which proved to be an extremely close encounter. Having won the toss and elected to [...]
Posted in Cricket | Tags: Alistair Cook, England cricket, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Test Match, Trott
England vs. New Zealand: Test Series Preview
The first test match of the English summer starts at Lords on Thursday, with tourists New Zealand looking to build upon their unlikely draw in their home series in the winter. England were disappointing in New Zealand and will want to put a marker down for the summer showpiece of the Ashes. Kevin Pietersen [...]
Posted in Cricket Pick of the Week | Tags: Bell, England cricket, Kevin Pietersen, New Zealand, Trott
Englands big ODI opportunity
England have a very poor one day international record when it comes to major tournaments. They have never won a 50 over competition against the worlds best and this summer represents a big chance to put that right. The ICC Champions Trophy is held in England this year and thus gives Alistair Cook and [...]
Posted in Cricket | Tags: Bell, Bopara, England cricket, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, ODI, Trott
