Four More Years
on Nov 19, 2009 in Australia England Ricky Ponting wants to go back to England for the 2013 Ashes Tour. If he goes he will be 38.5 years old. Will he be able to contribute in the same manner as he has done for the rest of his career? Can he compete at such an advanced age? If the Austra...

What does the future hold for Monty Panesar?
on Nov 17, 2009 in Cricket It wasn’t that long ago that Monty Panesar was comfortably England’s No.1 spinner. He never quite performed consistently enough, but he showed flashes of being a match winner for his country and everyone thought it was a matter of time before he...

On Top Down South
on Nov 5, 2009 in England South Africa England’s tour of South Africa is a litmus test for the side. They did well in defeating Australia but now have to tackle the South African’s in South Africa. The tour is a gruelling one and consists of two Twenty20 matches, five 50 over matches...

Strauss ready for tough winter
on Nov 2, 2009 in Cricket Andrew Strauss has had a fairly remarkable couple of years. Not so long ago, he was out of the England team and facing a challenge to prolong his international career. Now though, he has just spent the summer captaining England to Ashes glory and is...

Pietersen set for England return
on Nov 2, 2009 in Cricket England have been dealt a boost ahead of their tour to South Africa  with the news that Kevin Pietersen is likely to be fit for the one-day series and test matches in the country of his birth after recovering from an Achilles injury. The 29-year-old...

ECB 40 League draw/ Suggest a name
on Oct 20, 2009 in Cricket The draw for the new 40 over format was made on Monday. The new format sees 17 teams paired in 3 groups of 7. The 18 first class counties are joined by Scotland, Holland and an ECB Recreational XI. That team compromises of domestic players without f...

Cut the number of teams + cut the number of games = better level of cricket?
on Oct 19, 2009 in Cricket The failures of the two English representatives in the Champions League has agian brought up the issue in how the quality in the English domestic game is lagging behind the rest. The English domestic teams play the most amount of games in each format...

English Clubs Struggle in Champions League
on Oct 19, 2009 in Cricket Twenty20 English Clubs may dominate in football’s version of the champions league but this isn’t the case in cricket. It is probably even more galling for the English clubs given how the Twenty20 form of the game was invented in England. Sussex didn’t w...

Can Luke Wright deliver in test cricket?
on Oct 19, 2009 in Cricket One of the most fascinating aspects of England’s winter tour to South Africa is going to be how Luke Wright performs. The Sussex all-rounder has been picked in the test squad for the first time and it is fair to say that not everyone is convinced t...

The Next Big Challenge
on Oct 12, 2009 in England South Africa For England, the Ashes was one thing, but now they will want to do well in South Africa. After the Ashes, it is probably the biggest challenge for England and they will want to do well. If not for the reason of showing they are consistent. Consistenc...