…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…
…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…
…about arranged marriages and the perception of the oppression of women. “I don’t blame anyone for those misconceptions. Before I started learning about Islam and practising the faith I held…
…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…
…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,…
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…
…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…
…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…
…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!…
…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…
…of injustice every time the home Ashes series is mentioned, whether on the back of “Broad-gate”, the weather, the slow pitches or the embarrassing booing of Clarke at the Oval….
Tuesday finally felt like day one of the Ashes build-up in Melbourne. Yesterday we had the ‘race that stops the nation’, The Melbourne Cup, and not a soul was chatting…
…first Test at Trent Bridge may not be improved by the understanding that England’s three-time Ashes winner owes most of his career to Glenn McGrath, if not all of it….