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This aint like dustin’ crops boy. It hasn’t been the most auspicious start for Ashley Giles. England were thrashed in the first warm up game and beaten soundly by Delhi in the second. Thank heavens we weren’t playing Jaipur and Mumbai too, otherwise things might have got really ugly. It’s all the more embarrassing because…
‘The King of Spain’ is taking over as England’s ODI and T20 coach From the moment he gave up playing professional cricket, Ashley Giles has wanted to be England’s head coach. He did everything he needed to do. He cuddled up to the right people at the ECB and was almost immediately made a national…
So it looks like all that stuff about text messages and Twitter accounts didn’t really matter in the end. According to recent reports, the main issue in the Kevin Pietersen drama / outrage / farce (delete as appropriate) is whether KP is committed to England in the long term. The situation is actually very simple:…
It was late in the evening of December 25th, 2010, and as Christmas Day slipped into Boxing Day, I had a problem. The Melbourne Ashes test – about as important a match as there could possibly be – was about to begin, but I was spending Yuletide at the home of my parents, who can’t…
Stumps: Sri Lanka 81-4 Do we really need as many as nine test match grounds? That’s the question several pundits have raised, in their scepticism over the Rose Bowl’s elevation to test status. They’re mainly the same commentators who were horrified by the news that Lord’s will only host one test next year. But it’s the…
During the second test at Lord’s, David Gower tried to make the most of an interruption in play by talking to the MCC’s Head of Cricket, and former England one-cap wonder, John Stephenson. Although I was hoping for a debate about why Stephenson looked like he’d just stepped off stage with Franz Ferdinand (his immaculately…
The 2011 English international cricket season begins at Cardiff this morning with plenty at stake for all three sides. India aim to keep their test No.1 status out of England’s greedy paws, while Sri Lanka hope to spoil the post-Ashes party. But as the summer progresses it won’t only be on-field results or performance that…
If there were any remaining fears that Andy Flower would leave his post with England – more unlikely after India recruited Duncan Fletcher – they’ve been finally quelled this morning by the news that the ECB have concluded a new deal with the Zimbabwean wundercoach. “I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to…
First, a huge thank you for all your contributions and support during the Ashes. We really appreciate the time and effort you’ve spared to take part in our discussions, and air your views. The last two months – which have encompassed such emotion and mutual sleep deprivation – have certainly been a bonding experience for…
There’s been a lot of hot air in the broadsheets this week. In fact, there’s been enough from players, journalists and officials to propel Richard Branson’s balloon to Australia and back (maybe he could catch some of the Ashes?). The three main issues seem to be (a) what went wrong with England’s batting at the Oval…
Essex, Sussex and Somerset are trying to persuade the ECB not to reduce the number of T20 matches next season. Essex in particular have been vocal in their opposition – they claim they’ll have to make redundancies if their home matches are reduced from eight per season back to five. So what is the solution?…
Extraordinary times. Cricket’s ‘ticket sales crisis’ is now a mainstream news story – making the BBC 10 O’clock News, and page 9 of Monday’s Evening Standard. Admittedly, it’s mid-August and newsrooms need all the material they can lay their hands on. They’ve exaggerated the story, which has now taken on its own news-momentum. The more outlets…
Sometimes it takes the straight talking Australians to get things done. Rather than simply lamenting the decline of domestic one-day cricket, those pioneering Aussies have decided to do something about it. Whereas the ECB have introduced various ineffectual and random reforms, such as cancelling all fifty over cricket and implementing a new forty over competition…
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