He’s got England’s highest ever T20 international score, the second most runs, the third most caps, and the fourth highest average. So surely there’s a strong case for recalling Alex Hales before the T20 World Cup? After all, winning this tournament seems to be the ECB’s top priority in 2021. Jack Swaby looks at the arguments … It has been almost two years since Alex Hales was dropped from the England set-up after testing positive for recreational drugs. White ball...
Today Jack Swaby rounds off our pre-series buildup. Sadly, he feels that India will be too strong in home conditions. Having said that, there are some reasons for optimism. For example, he believes that England are in better shape now than they were the last time they visited India. Do you agree? I firmly believe that this England team is capable of special things and the second whitewash in consecutive visits to Sri Lankan shores fully affirms my belief. Any England team that secures a win in...
Today new writer Jack Swaby discusses Sam Curran’s IPL performances and asks whether he can break into England’s ODI team … This year’s Indian Premier League has had the same headlines, the form of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, the six young men who are apparently the new superstar of Indian cricket, Rohit is a better captain than Virat and so on. Behind the headlines however, Englishman Sam Curran has made waves in the world’s premier t20 competition with some impressive all...
