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Now Let’s Free Alastair Cook From Burden Of Building A Platform

2 October 2014 0 comments

…horrid Ashes debacle. You have to go back 26 ODIs for the next, when, against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy match at Cardiff last June, Cook bashed 64…

Despite the jibes, Jason Gillespie Wouldn’t Rule Out England Job

25 September 2014 0 comments

…Struggling with form on the field as Michael Vaughan’s team began to turn the tide of Ashes history, the Aussie paceman with the long flowing locks and the goatee beard…

Peter Hayter: This Is How You Could End The ODI Shambles

10 September 2014 1 comment

…unless you remove yourself from it and concentrate on working out how you are going to reverse a 5-0 Ashes scoreline next summer, Slim will be saddling his hoss very…

Bumble’s Guide To Cardiff!

26 August 2014 0 comments

…it hosting the first Ashes Test in 2009 meant I could sample the delights of the Welsh capital for a few nights. I was really impressed. The first place I’d…

Cricket Paper Crossword August 15

15 August 2014 0 comments

…with Sadiq in the 1970s (5) 9 Composed SA left-hander (5) 12 Latter day T20 incarnation (5) 13 Umpire who earned Ponting’s ire during 2010/11 Ashes (3) 14 Ex-Northants skipper…

Paul Nixon: Jos Buttler Has The Tools To Make England Place His Own

29 July 2014 0 comments

…return batting at seven. He’s a multiple Ashes winner, a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2010 and I hope he comes back and has a fantastic time with Sussex….

Peter Hayter: Only Runs Can Save Alastair Cook’s Captaincy

29 July 2014 0 comments

…arm to do it and it is nothing but an honour. Cook knows the deal; when things go right, like holding aloft the Ashes at home or winning in India…

Peter Hayter: England Pacemen Have Never Had It So Good!

2 July 2014 0 comments

…Flower been as good as those sentiments at the end of last summer’s Ashes, Jonathan Trott may have been spared what followed Down Under, as there are those who suggest…

Revolution or Reinvigoration? The England Test Side Going Forward

1 July 2014 0 comments

…the Australians would love to see another casualty from the Ashes. New Talent Fortunately, there are bright prospects. Gary Ballance, Joe Root and Moeen Ali all performed well at Headingley,…

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17 June 2014 0 comments

…Sri Lanka series, India visit in July followed by New Zealand early next year and culminating in the Ashes. It adds to the terrific bundle of sports action you can…

Claire Taylor Excited For England’s Bright Future

27 May 2014 0 comments

…woman to be selected as one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year. Since calling time on her career, the 38-year-old has watched England clinch back-to-back Ashes wins and twice finish…

Andrew Strauss Envious Of Alistair Cook And His New Look England

21 May 2014 0 comments

…what happened next was a good lesson to us all that winning an Ashes series isn’t the end, it’s just the beginning. By the time the next Ashes came along…

Yorkshire’s Lauren Winfield Has Sights Set On Test Cricket

20 May 2014 0 comments

…charge follows a busy winter with England, when Ashes action was preceded by an encouraging tour to the West Indies. Now in her final term with Loughborough University’s MCCU setup…

Peter Hayter: It’s Time To Loosen The Gag And Tell The Truth

15 May 2014 0 comments

…here are a few to be going along with. Regarding Pietersen, just why was he, in Downton’s words, so “disengaged” with the England team in the final Ashes Test in…

James Vince: I’m Ready If England Want Me

15 May 2014 0 comments

…winter Vince was part of the England Performance Programme that shadowed the England squad during the Ashes before heading to Sri Lanka in January for some first-class action with the…

Just Don’t Lose Any Moor Skippers, Peter!

1 May 2014 0 comments

…was needed to improve the fortunes of a team struggling to move forward from the high of the 2005 Ashes win and the low of losing them 5-0 in 2006-07…

I’ll Just Score More Runs Insists Prolific James Taylor

1 May 2014 0 comments

…for Sussex last summer that appeared to place him at the front of the queue. But a place on the disastrous Ashes tour was not forthcoming, Taylor instead spending his…

Lurking Presence Of Kevin Pietersen Will Be Test For Alastair Cook

23 April 2014 0 comments

…Johnson, the loss of the Ashes and of his own form, of Jonathan Trott temporarily and Graeme Swann for good, the departure of coach Andy Flower and, above all, the…

Future Is Bright For England According To Sussex Coach Mark Robinson

23 April 2014 0 comments

…seen his family again and slept in his own bed. He’s come back a bit quieter from the Ashes but he clearly still has a hunger for runs. Even in…

It’s Time For Ian Bell To Step Into The Limelight

9 April 2014 0 comments

…in ODI cricket, in which he produced 645 runs at 43, including a well-paced 91 against the Aussies at Edgbaston, but also, critically in the context of England’s Ashes victory,…

Keith Barker Could Be England’s Secret Weapon

2 April 2014 0 comments

To say the Ashes didn’t quite go to plan would be an understatement to rival the suggestion that Jesse Ryder may enjoy a quiet beer or two from time to…

Eoin Morgan Must Be Ready If Alistair Cook Continues To Fail

1 April 2014 0 comments

…Ashes up for grabs again in just over 15 months and even allowing for the expertise of Jimmy Anderson to exploit English pitch conditions, those running the England team must…

Jonathan Trott’s On The Mend, No Thanks To The Sceptics

18 March 2014 0 comments

…while waiting for Jonathan Trott first to talk publicly about the issues that forced him home from the Ashes nightmare, then attempt his comeback in Warwickshire’s pre-season fixture against Gloucestershire…

Will MacPherson’s Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 5

23 December 2013 0 comments

…like 2010-11. I was predicting a 2-1 England win (with a solitary loss in Perth) or at worst an Ashes retaining 2-2 draw. How wide of the mark I was!…

Will MacPherson’s Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 4

12 December 2013 0 comments

…which the Aussies deserved to celebrate in style, was ruined. Unlike many locals, I thought the new Adelaide Oval was fantastic. When the next Ashes come around and the stadium…