On Wednesday the time will come for the talking to stop and the cricket to start in what is without question the biggest and fiercest battle in cricket. The anticipation is building ahead of what should be an outstanding series, with the hopes of the English cricketing public raised by their swashbuckling approach to the [...]
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ASHES 2015: The Key Head-to-Head Battles
Posted in Cricket Opinion | Tags: Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, England cricket, Gary Ballance, James Anderson, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Moeen Ali, Nathan Lyon, Paul Farbrace, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Stuart Broad, The Ashes, World Cup
‘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
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
