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
Cautious Cook must change his ways
Alistair Cook is relatively new to the England captaincy and came under fierce criticism at Headingley for his tactics in the second test against New Zealand. Cooks decision not to enforce the follow on and then the pace at which his side proceeded to bat at brought widespread confusion and almost lead to England drawing [...]
Carberry, not Compton should be Englands Ashes Opener
Nick Compton is under increasing pressure for his place at the top of Englands test match batting order. On the face of it, this seems unreasonable given his back to back centuries in New Zealand just a couple of tests ago. However with the return of Kevin Pietersen on the horizon and the form of [...]
Posted in Cricket Opinion | Tags: England cricket, Joe Root, Michael Carberry, Nick Compton, Test Match
Inconsistent Broad lucky to keep his place
Stuart Broad took the plaudits for his seven wicket performance in the second innings at Lords against New Zealand. Rightly so, it was a terrific performance. We all know Broad is capable of such displays, he has done it before. However they do not happen often enough. Broad took the man of the match [...]
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
FORGET THE AUSSIES, THESE ARE THE BIG BOYS
The Ashes are labelled as the pinnacle of cricket for England players and fans alike. And for the last few decades they have been. England have been inferior to the mighty Aussies and so the challenge has always been to top the old rivals. Since 2005, England have launched an attack on the Australian supremacy [...]
Posted in Pick of the Week | Tags: Dale Steyn, England cricket, James Anderson, South Africa, Test Match
