Eng 247-2 stumps After being a right royal pain in the bum at Lord’s, Ravi Jadeja finally gave England something to smile about today. He shelled a straightforward chance at slip, gave our beleaguered skipper a second life, and potentially breathed new life into an England team that barely has a pulse these days. The relief around the Ageas Bowl was palpable. Maybe Cook’s luck was finally turning? He could have been out to the very first ball of the match: he felt for the ball outside off...
Why there is no alternative to Alastair Cook
If hell is other people, Cook can be forgiven for preferring the company of sheep and baby deer. With Cook in the cross hairs more often than the fawns on his Bedfordshire retreat, those of us old enough to remember the famous Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson, would be forgiven for thinking someone in the England dressing room must, by now, have remarked to the skipper, ‘Bummer of a birthmark, Al.’ The Other People in Cook’s particular hell are Piers Morgan and three trolls in India, who have...
