Posts tagged with ‘Kevin Pietersen’

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May 17, 2010

England’s Twenty20 Flowering

It is less than 12 months since England’s humiliating defeat to Holland in the 2009 World Twenty20. Since then they have learnt from their mistakes and constructed a new side to be worthy champions of the 2010 tournament.

April 13, 2010

English players at the IPL

There are some English players performing in the 2010 edition of the IPL. Even Paul Collingwood has seen some action. Here’s how they are getting on.

October 30, 2009

6 things England need to do to beat South Africa

South Africa are just about the best team in the world right now. England are hopeful, but in reality they have got their work cut out. Here’s what they have to do to overcome the odds.

October 24, 2009

Michael Vaughan and Peter Moores

It seems that Kevin Pietersen wasn’t the only one who found working as captain with Peter Moores to be difficult. Michael Vaughan’s new autobiography is currently being serialised by the Times, and in it he reveals the problems that he and the team were having with Moores’ style.

October 9, 2009

The media and Kevin Pietersen

What is it with the English media and Kevin Pietersen? They just can’t stop themselves putting words in his mouth that he didn’t say. There is a great groundswell of opinion that KP is arrogant, aloof and somehow just not a team player. Putting aside the hatred for him in his native South Africa, where he is viewed with disdain for his departure to and qualification for England, he is still not exactly what you could call popular. Yet, much of the criticism is unjustified.

September 6, 2009

England v Australia, 2nd ODI

England’s Test batsmen are often accused of making starts but failing to convert them into centuries. Generally, blame is placed upon the proliferation of limited overs cricket. Today, England again lost an ODI against Australia, and again a number of their batsmen established themselves, only to lose their wickets.

July 29, 2009

The Ashes: 3rd Test Preview

All of the attention over the last 10 days has surrounded players either injured or badly out of form. Both sides are in a certain amount of disarray, but it promises to be the weather that holds the trump card at Edgbaston.

July 28, 2009

Will the IPL lead to a new Kolpak?

Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower will be pushing for a say in decisions about England’s contracted players appearing in the IPL. Much fuss is still being made over the injuries to KP and Flintoff in relation to their involvement in South Africa earlier this year.

July 26, 2009

The Ashes: England squad for the 3rd Test

Once KP was ruled out, we all knew what the squad was going to be. There was almost no point in announcing it.

July 23, 2009

The Ashes: Whither Ian Bell?

Had you considered that Ian Bell might actually score some runs against Australia when he replaces the “recently injured” Kevin Pietersen at Edgbaston?

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