TagAlex Hales

Can England’s lions retain the World T20?

Everyone was behind Colly and the boys in 2009, but will Broad’s team cause a few surprises too? Let’s break this one down. The World T20 is being played in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is part of cricket’s subcontinent. England are rubbish at limited overs cricket in the subcontinent, so what are the chances of England winning a trophy there? As slim as Andrew Flintoff’s chances of becoming a world boxing champion I reckon. Or are they? T20 cricket is essentially what the Americans call ‘a...

County championship roundup – with an eye on England

Right then. Two rounds of the county championship have been completed. Lancashire have lost twice and Andrew Strauss has been dismissed for a low score twice. I’ll leave you to decide which is the more surprising. As an England fan first and foremost, my main interest in Championship cricket is seeing which players are on the cusp of test selection. It’s even more interesting this year as there’s actually a vacancy in the test side to fill; if Patel plays against the Windies in May I’ll eat...

The elephant amongst the Lions

If I had a quid for every fan who thinks England should drop a couple of batsmen after the debacle against Pakistan, I’d have enough money to set up my own television channel, re-employ Tony Lewis and Jack Bannister, and put live test cricket back on terrestrial TV. In a way, I can understand where these people are coming from: they see Bell and Pietersen struggling to pick Saeed Ajmal’s doosra and they want blood. There’s just one problem with this rather knee jerk response. Who exactly do...

Ravi Olé

West Indies 125 (19.4 overs) England 128-0 (15.2 overs) England won by ten wickets Excuse the rubbish pun. We get a bit punch drunk at this time of year. It has been a bloody long summer. I want to write a good headline, but the mind isn’t willing. It’s the end of September for heaven sake. We really shouldn’t be playing cricket at this time of year. Imagine how the players feel; they reported for pre-season training seven months ago. Having said that, Ravi Bopara doesn’t mind. He’s having an...

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