It’s time to take a deep breath folks. Today we have a guest article by the Indian supporters’ site 1 Tip 1 Hand. As you can probably guess, they’re feeling a little more optimistic about the upcoming series than ourselves. It’s always interesting to hear the opposition’s take on things, so thanks to Dhananjaya Chak and the 1 Tip 1 Hands guys for joining the debate. I wrote an equivalent piece, giving the English perspective, for their site too (you can read it...
The Rehabilitation of Mohammad Amir: the Ifs and Butts
On 28 January, following a much-anticipated ruling, the ICC released this statement: Sir Ronnie Flanagan, with the prior approval of the ICC board and the Pakistan Cricket Board, has exercised his discretion to allow Mohammad Amir to return to domestic cricket played under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board with immediate effect. The ban was not due to end till 2nd September 2015, and the decision has brought forward by eight months an impassioned debate about whether the convicted spot...
Five things we learned at Sydney
1. Brad Haddin is the new Jacques Kallis in the sense that for England he is now the world’s biggest pain in the arse. With five fifties in the series, all made after arriving at the crease with the side under pressure, the Australian wicket-keeper has become by a distance the most influential player of the series – you can forget Johnson. Today’s plotline was so ludicrously predictable it was scarcely credible. Surely he wouldn’t do it again? He did. Five times now...
