CategoryEngland Lions

England Lions Maul Australia A

Although England’s first team haven’t played for a while, and the Test series against Sri Lanka doesn’t start for another three weeks, there’s one tour I’ve been keeping my eye on carefully. Yesterday the England Lions’ wrapped up a fantastic win against Australia A down under. Historically these tours have never been easy so the Lions’ success – which was very emphatic indeed – warms the cockles quite nicely. What’s more, it was...

Big Runs, Big Deal? T20 Series Review

Greetings all. Have you caught your breath after the T20 series? What absolute carnage that was. Approximately 400 runs per game and a couple of close finishes too. The organisers certainly got what they wanted. I did originally plan to write a match report after every game. However, tempting as that was after our capitulation in the first match of the series – it’s perfectly acceptable to push a run a ball when you need 7 off 7 lads – I thought it was best to simply write a...

Lamentable Lions

Snow. It used to mean carefree days off school and sledging in local parks. These days it means relentless childcare and having snowballs chucked in your face. Sigh. However, at least I’m having a better time than the England Lions. They’ve just been thrashed 0-3 in their ‘test’ series against West Indies A. That’s the West Indies A side of 2018, not 1978, by the way. Many people assumed this tour would be a breeze. Instead it’s turned into a winter hurricane. We might be feeling a tad...

Lions Watch

I always enjoy following the England Lions. In some ways they’re a barometer for the general health of English cricket. If the Lions team is buoyant, successful, and looks mouthwatering on paper, then I usually feel optimistic about the full England side’s future. If, on the other hand, the Lions team is populated by journeymen who really should have made it by now, or youngsters who probably never will, then it’s safe to assume that the post Anderson, Broad and Cook...

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