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Bowl India A Googly. Hit Them With Pace.

Next week England will try to beat the No.1 ranked test team in the world in their own backyard. It will be hot, confidence will be low, and the Indian curators are likely to serve up enough bunsens to stock a sizeable chemistry lab. England, I think it’s safe to say, will be under the cosh. However, things needn’t be as bleak as they seem right now. There’s still a glimmer of hope if – and I admit it’s a big ‘if’ – England’s management team stop trying to eat tarka dal with chop sticks...

Cricket In The Jungle: Singapore

As England lick their wounds after their capitulation in Bangladesh, we’ve got some time to … err … try to forget about it all. Here’s a new article from an old friend of the site, a certain Mr James Hindle. He’s been living in Singapore for the last couple of years and has been plying his idiosyncratic brand of cricket with a league side over there. Here’s his report on the local cricket scene … After Tristan Allen’s excellent 2013 piece on Australian...

Banglageddon

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Yesterday’s batting collapse, like our performance in most of the second test, was utterly abysmal. Perhaps vomiting is the best response? The only highlight for England was Ben Duckett who played the ultimate ‘screw this I’m going to have a hit’ innings. What’s particularly galling is that the result wasn’t even a surprise. There’s been nothing between these sides throughout the series, and batting last was always going to be a tall order – especially when...

Tension – Day 2 in Dhaka

We’re only two tests into England’s winter odyssey and I’m already in danger of repeating myself too much. Our batsmen can’t play spin well enough and our bowlers can’t bowl it well enough either. It’s a bit of a problem considering that all we’re going to see in the next two months are dustbowls. Perhaps I’m being a little unkind. Our batting against spin does seem to have improved a little bit. There’s no way our numbers nine and ten...

Mo Succeeds, Top Order Fails – Day 1 at Dhaka

At 11am this morning I thought England were having a great day. Bangladesh had collapsed from 171-1 to a dismal 220 all out and we had all the momentum. I was an idiot to think the game was in the bag. I’ve watched England enough over the years to know that disaster is never far away – even when you’re playing the 9th ranked test team in the world. Even though the rational side of my brain said “this pitch seems to be moving off the seam and spinning quite...

A Day In The Life Of A Cricket Nut

It’s all been a bit negative around here recently (yes, I realise it’s mostly my fault) so it’s time for a change of pace. Today we have an enjoyable guest post from cricket writer Sam Blackledge. Play it, Sam I need help. I think cricket is taking over my life. It has become so bad that I’m seeing everything that happens to me through the prism of the game. I wake up ready to face a new day and peer through the curtains. Ominous clouds suggest a patchy session; bright...

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