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Somerset’s James Hildreth: We Must Support England Hopefuls

25 March 2014 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith ENGLAND hopefuls Nick Compton and Craig Kieswetter know that a strong start to the summer could breathe fresh life into their international ambitions. And, according to their…

Warwickshire’s Chris Is Back On Wright Track

25 March 2014 0 comments

…to resume his progress towards international recognition. Three weeks in South Africa on an England Performance Programme training camp in February confirmed him still to be very much in the…

Harry Gurney Could Be The Man England Are Missing

19 March 2014 0 comments

…early on. He bowls a good yorker and England have missed a trick by not taking him to Bangladesh for the World t20. The batting is also a huge concern…

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

18 March 2014 0 comments

…in The Times by former England skipper Mike Atherton, and this passage in particular. Atherton wrote of his one-time opening partner: “He (Trescothick) recalls his four-star imprisonment in a hotel…

Ajmal Shahzad Ready To Get Back To His Best

18 March 2014 0 comments

LIKE just about every other English professional cricketer, Ajmal Shahzad has spent the winter investing in his career. Unlike most, however, the Notts and former England fast bowler dug into…

ICC U19 World Cup Preview

11 February 2014 0 comments

The ICC U-19 World Cup will get started this week, with the first round of matches in group play set to take place on February 14. The event will be…

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

…we’re halfway there’, they sang, as England reached 270, bisecting their gargantuan target in two. The familiar sound of Billy Cooper blasting out ‘The Great Escape’ appeared every time England…

Will MacPherson’s Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 3

26 November 2013 0 comments

…you back in an England shirt soon. Back to the cricket, though. And what a mess that was in Brisbane! Only five times have England lost by a bigger run…

Will MacPherson’s Diary from Down Under

14 November 2013 0 comments

Just as the England team discovered in Hobart, I’ve made the uncomfortable realisation that Down Under the skies aren’t always blue and the temperature isn’t always 30 degrees. My wardrobe…

Diary from Down Under – Dispatch 1

9 November 2013 0 comments

…the Oval and described England’s squad as ‘more UN than UK’. My conversations about England’s squad have invariably turned from ‘that new Kiwi and the chunky Zimbabwean lad of yours’…

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….