I was in London while the extraordinary second Test between New Zealand and England was being played at Wellington’s Basin Reserve. London is an even … Read More
And Now for Something Completely Different
Having seen almost none of the extraordinary first Test between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi, I don’t really feel qualified to say anything about it. … Read More
Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? I’m not saying this just because England won. England won in the Caribbean in 2010 and I barely noticed, … Read More
Bazball Bonanza
“ Well, it was pretty fun doing it”. This was Joe Root’s on-the-spot description of England’s remarkable pursuit of a target of 378 in the … Read More
Red Ball Re-Set
We knew things couldn’t get any worse. And most people thought it would take a while before they got better. In almost every respect England’s … Read More
Brave New World
England cricket supporters are well used to looking forward to the dawn of a new era. The last seismic change came at the end of … Read More
Take Your Pick
“It is not the strongest squad England have taken to Australia – nor is it the weakest.” This was Mike Atherton’s decidedly non-committal verdict, published … Read More
England: The New Pakistan
In the bad old days overseas teams especially from the so-called new Commonwealth – not Australia, South Africa and New Zealand – could be summarised … Read More
Why Manchester Mattered
What should we make of the first (unsponsored) Test between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford? Of course the first thing to note is that, … Read More
England v Pakistan – a Magical Mystery Tour
The relationship between England and Pakistan as cricketing nations has always been “interesting”. Things started to go wrong almost as soon as Pakistan achieved Test … Read More
Going Viral
On Friday 14 March 2020 COVID-19 made its first impact on international cricket, and we had our first, decidedly untantalising taste of the immediate and … Read More
Series Triumph Hints at New Dawn for Root’s England
Rarely can an England Test side have enjoyed such dominance in an away Test series against major opposition as they did in the recently concluded … Read More
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