TagTim Bresnan

The Friday Roundup

The big bit of breaking news is that Bresnan’s back is bust (is that a record for the number of ‘B’s in an opening sentence?). Poor Bressie lad suffered a stress facture after the Durham Test. We cannot either confirm on deny the fictional rumour that he hurt himself piggybacking Stuart Broad across the outfield after consuming several schooners of Drambuie in the post-match celebrations. His most likely replacement at The Oval is Chris Tremlett, who obviously plays his county cricket south of...

The Ashes are ours. But we hardly set the world on fire.

Well, we did it. Or to be more accurate, the rain did it. Despite losing three quick wickets in the only short passage of play possible, we got an ill deserved draw and retained the Ashes. Hallelujah. The problem is, it all feels a bit empty. Nobody wanted it to materialise this way. Call me daft as a brush, but I didn’t want it to rain today. I wanted us to bat out the day with no alarms, just to demonstrate our blatant superiority: to show the Aussies that days 1-4 were an aberration, and...

Here we go

So the day has finally come. The players have talked the talk; now it’s time to walk the walk (not that we’ve seen many Aussie batsman walk over the years). Everyone has made their predictions. The country seems split. Some think 5-0 is on the cards. Others are jumping on another bandwagon: the one which claims the Aussies are actually a good side and it will be closer than people think. However nobody, and I repeat nobody, in the UK actually thinks Australia will win. Even Glenn McGrath...

Bresnan puts a cat amongst the pigeons

Look out Wendy. Look out Wendy junior junior. England’s line-up for the first Ashes test has been thrown up in the air. It’s all because a big cat, in the form of Tim Bresnan, has been thrown into Bill Lawry’s five-star pigeon coop. The big Yorkshire man rescued his team with an unbeaten century against Essex. It was a really impressive innings from a guy who hasn’t yet set the world on fire with the bat for England. When our lower middle-order apply themselves, and choose their shots wisely...

Glory at the SWA-LAKE

England 169 all out (23.3 overs). New Zealand 159-8 (24 overs) Back in stereotypical English conditions (or is perpetual rain and damp typically Welsh?), England marched into the semis yesterday. There was no drama about the pace of the innings – even our top 3 realise you’ve got to play shots straight away in a 24 over match – and our bowlers rediscovered their teeth; who needs to tamper with the ball when you can move it off the seam for fun?! The shorter format seemed to liberate our batsmen...

All’s well that ends well?

India 226. England 227-3 (47.2 overs) It’s amazing how a decisive victory in a dead rubber can lift our spirits. When you see the England cricket team play like they did yesterday, with so many first choice players missing, everything seems right with the world. Alternatively, you’ be forgiven for thinking: “why the hell didn’t we play like that in the three games beforehand?” It all depends on whether you’re a glass half empty or a glass half full person. Today I’m part of the glass half full...

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