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September 11, 2009

Time for a little rest

Aside from the 3-0 scoreline, there are signs that the England team just aren’t that into this ODI series. First Stuart Broad and now Paul Collingwood and James Anderson are being rested from the team.

September 7, 2009

Ponting bucks the trend

The trend recently is of players retiring from Test cricket to prolong their Twenty20 careers, or at least professing a preference for the format limited in length but unlimited in financial inducement. But, Ricky Ponting isn’t going to be following that trend, having announced his retirement from Twenty20 internationals to prolong his Test career.

August 5, 2009

The Ashes: Headingley aims to provide miserable experience

Yorkshire chief exec Stewart Regan is one of my favourite inept English Cricket Administrators. Or, at least, he always sounds inept when quoted in the press. In amongst Giles Clarke’s plea for England fans to stop booing Ricky Ponting (thus guaranteeing an escalation), Regan chipped in with his contribution.

July 22, 2009

The Ashes: Flimsy Aussie excuses

With Australia now trailing in the Ashes, the flimsy excuses have started to show their acne-ridden faces. First we had all the fuss over umpiring decisions and “dirty cheat” Andrew Strauss, and now Shane Watson reveals that it is all because Cricket Australia have imposed a sledging ban on the squad.

July 21, 2009

The Ashes: England ready to go Back to the Future

Both Pietersen and Flintoff are to see specialists regarding their respective injuries before a decision is made about their participation in the 3rd Test at Edgbaston. Pietersen limped his way around Lord’s for five days, while Flintoff charged in regardless as if he were the entire Light Brigade encompassed within one individual.

July 17, 2009

The Ashes 2nd Test day 2: Anderson takes charge

Almost everything went right for England today, and they are in a great position to beat the Aussies at Lord’s for the first time since 1934.

July 15, 2009

The Ashes: The molehill that keeps on growing

After the furore over England’s time wasting tactics (alleged time wasting, they still deny that was the reason) Ricky Ponting has been engaged with a war of words with anyone who’s anyone in Ashes scandals.

July 13, 2009

An angry Punter

At one point in England’s desparate rear-guard yesterday evening, the 12th man appeared with a message for Anderson and Panesar. The next over, he appeared again with some replacement gloves for one of the batsman. Then, the physio appeared on the pitch.

June 24, 2009

Sussex pose problems for Australians

Australia chalked up 349-7 at Hove today, but had their lower order to thank for it as the top order did not perform.

June 17, 2009

Brad Haddin talks nonsense

We’ve done a lot of loading while we were up there. We’ve had some pretty intense days. It’s been good. We’ve given our quicks and everyone else a chance to get outside in some outstanding conditions. We got a lot of volume now.

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