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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…

Moeen Ali Hoping To Make It The Year To Fear The Beard

23 April 2014 0 comments

…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…

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…

Will MacPherson’s Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 3

26 November 2013 0 comments

…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….

Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 1

9 November 2013 0 comments

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…

Stuart Broad’s pulverising is all thanks to Glenn McGrath

11 October 2013 0 comments

…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….