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Freddie to Quit Test Matches
Flintoff announced today that he is going to stop playing test matches after the current Ashes series. This isn’t something I saw coming, although now it has I can see the reasoning behind it
Read More »Outplayed, but we didn’t lose!
For a while during the first Ashes test match it felt like I was back in Australia like 07/08 watching us get hammered by the Aussies, but for a few hours on Sunday night
Read More »Vaughan Retires
Over the weekend it was in the papers and well rumoured that Michael Vaughan would retire from cricket this week. It’s a shame to see one of the best English players of recent times
Read More »Tougher Tests Ahead
A comprehensive test series win over the West Indies sets us up nicely for the rest of the summer, although I think its safe to say that we won’t get too ahead of ourselves.
Read More »England vs West Indies (again)
On Thursday in two weeks time I’ll be sitting on the Mound Stand at Lord’s watching my first live England test match. I can’t really believe I’ve never been to a test match, but
Read More »What a Crap Test Series
Despite England trying their best to make something of the final test, it came down to one innings in the first test in which our batsmen were horrific, to account for a series loss
Read More »Can We Salvage This Series?
Three (or two, whichever way you look at it) matches into the test series and we must start having serious doubts as to our ability to get us out of this series deficit we
Read More »Dear Oh Dear
What can I say about the horrific, dreadful, abject “performance” of the England team in the first test? Since it happened I’ve been trying not to think about it, taking the “if I don’t
Read More »West Indies vs England begins!
I’m always quite happy at the start of an English test series, when its in the warmth of the West Indies and the timings mean I can watch a fair bit of action I’m
Read More »England in West Indies – what bats are they using?
The first warm up game is taking place out in the West Indies and with club nets starting around now for the new season I thought it might be worth checking out which England
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