Posts tagged with ‘West Indies’

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May 14, 2009

Gayle blown away by Strauss mind games

Strauss can pat himself on the back, knowing that the West Indies players are now distracted, wondering who their next captain will be, whether they will be the next captain, whether they agree or disagree with their captain and so on and so on.

May 13, 2009

Chris Gayle is bored

As if we couldn’t tell by his on-field demeanor, Chris Gayle has announced he isn’t too bothered about test cricket or captaincy. Fair enough.

May 8, 2009

Confidence boosted and some lessons learned

If the 1st Test against West Indies has taught us anything it is that test cricket doesn’t care a damn about reputations. Two of the worlds finest batsmen, Kevin Pietersen and Shiv Chanderpaul, faced just 7 deliveries between them, whilst it was the likes of Swann and Onions who took the limelight.

April 29, 2009

Selectors ignore Bell and Vaughan with brave choice

Bravo for the selectors! After all the debate about whether England would select Ian Bell or Michael Vaughan to bat at three against West Indies, the selectors have chosen to ignore both with their squad for the 1st Test.

April 8, 2009

Next series the most important for England

As any decent football manager would say, you have to take one game at a time. The Ashes will have to wait.

April 3, 2009

England’s ODI win shifts opinions

Suddenly, we will be viewing the winter tour of West Indies as a greater success having won the One Day series

March 30, 2009

Strauss answers his critics

Andrew Strauss has answered those critical of his place in the short-format team in the best way possible. First a century, and now an innings of 79 in just 61 balls.

March 28, 2009

England still don’t get limited overs cricket

Despite being shown the way by every other international team around the world for well over a decade, England still have no comprehension of how to approach one-day international cricket

March 13, 2009

Positives to take from England’s tour of the West Indies

A series defeat against West Indies, but there are positives to be found. The worry will be that the selectors rely on those living on past glories in an attempt to bolster short-term results, particularly for the Ashes.

March 10, 2009

Test cricket the victor as West Indies cling on to take series

After all that so drearily preceded the final day of the series between West Indies and England, we were treated to a gripping day that reminded us all what test cricket should all be about

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