AuthorAlex Ferguson

India’s Triumph In Australia

Today Alex continues our buildup to the India versus England series by looking back at India’s amazing triumph down under. What made the series so special? And what did we learn?  The Australia – India Series was the one of the best series that Test cricket has seen for years. Although you could talk about the drama of the last Ashes in England, this series featured a team that was literally the walking wounded against a powerhouse team that nevertheless has significant holes. It made for...

Black Lives Matter, So Let’s Not Ignore The Rebel Tours To South Africa

Today Alex Ferguson reminds us about England’s two rebels tours to South Africa. Thank heavens there was never a third. Two weeks ago the West Indies completed a three-game series against England, where – quite rightly – the words: “Black Lives Matter” was all over Sky’s coverage. Knees were taken, tears welled up. It was simply amazing. Cricket’s move is a follow-up to all other sports who have done the same thing in an effort to push black rights. But...

Will England Play At All This Summer?

Today Alex examines the ECB’s proposals for quarantine cricket. Can you see any cricket being played this summer?  There’s a report in The Guardian that the England Cricket Board are trying to resurrect test cricket this season by effectively getting players to play in ‘cricket quarantine’ for nine weeks. This could make the Pakistan and West Indies series possible. According to the report – which doesn’t seem to sound like tabloid-like lunacy – said that England’s Test cricketers have...

From The Other Side Of The Hundred Divide

We can’t call TFT a broad church, or even a proper forum for discussion, unless we hear the other side of the argument from time to time. I’ve been boring everyone with my monologues against The Hundred for months. So now it’s time for me to shut up and let someone else put a more positive spin on the competition. Here’s Alex. Be gentle. Or not. He can take it …  There has been a rage building in Britain. People are demonstrating. The press are spitting bullets...

We Bloody Won! A Firsthand Account From Lord’s

It’s Friday morning, and I get a text message from a friend of mine. “Gentle reminder. We are World Fucking Champions. Still can’t quite believe it”. My heart races again. A tear forms in my ear. There’s a clenched fist somewhere and my heart races. And the thought is repeated over and over again: We were there. We were there. We were there. We were at the Home of Cricket, cheering every ball to the boundary like we would a horse at the Grand National. We tried to act rationally, but failed to...

The World Cup Match Day ‘Experience’

The great thing about the ICC deciding the World Cup should be held in England was the easy access to tickets. However, regardless of the spiel that the ICC gave about burgeoning ticket sales, there have been empty seats in practically all of the stadiums – perhaps a backfire of charging an arm-and-a-leg for England games. With the two gold gooses of cricket being England and India, with Pakistan and then Bangladesh probably third and fourth, I had expected the strong Asian community in...

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