When England’s openers strode to the crease yesterday, one was a fresh faced youngster with just one test under his belt (in which he looked unconvincing), and the other was a seasoned test player with more hundreds under his belt than any other England player in history. People who had never watched a cricket match before would have assumed that Alastair Cook was the former, not the latter. Cook’s dismissal was so predictable it was painful. He should have been given out on Friday evening...
Selectors get it spot on
Warning. This is a positive post. If you’ve come here to bury Caesar not to praise him, you might be disappointed. I’m astounded. The selectors have picked, man for man, the exact twelve players I would have picked. Indeed, it’s the same squad I picked in the pub last night. I can only assume that Whitaker, Fraser and Newell were hiding behind the curtain hanging off my every word (wink). I don’t want to get too carried away, as they might not pick the same XI I’d field, but the signs are good...
Robson, Jordan, Vince, Ali impress selectors
As Paul Downton, David Collier and Gordon Lord* (more on him later) sit down and decide who the next England head coach will be, the players are stating their cases too. One man who’s guaranteed a place, Alastair “The ECB were so right to get rid of KP, but I can’t tell you why” Cook, scored his first century in any form of cricket since November. Ian Bell also scored an unbeaten century for Warwickshire. More interestingly, however, Sam “tie me kangaroo down sport” Robson also made a century...
