The game we all love, however
Brendan McCullum, the former New Zealand captain has been appointed as the new England coach. It was a rather unexpected decision because his name was never mentioned as being in the reckoning. Everyone was talking about Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene and there was even news going rounds that Ravi Shastri would be interested …
Ben Stokes has been named the captain. He has said that he will consider very hard as to who he wants to be his vice-captain. There are quite a few contenders. Who is likely to be England’s vice-captain? Let me analyse. Who are the contenders? Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Rory Burns & Johnny Bairstow. Johnny …
It is a foregone conclusion that England need a new captain. There is no doubt about it. Joe Root, the incumbent, wants to continue as the captain for the foreseeable future. I can think of only one reason for him wanting to continue. He hasn’t won the Ashes in multiple attempts. A couple of times …
For quite sometime now, I have been thinking about whether both Root and Stokes are overrated? I have my own reasons to think along those lines. They are good cricketers. There is no doubt about that but are they great cricketers as they are made out to be? This is something that is not clear …
England lost the series to West Indies for the umpteenth time. It was a foregone conclusion. I for one fully expected England to lose the series. Not because they dared to drop Anderson and Broad but because of their inherent fear of West Indies. Mind you, West Indies are no way near the great sides …
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The West Indies vs England series and the Australia vs Pakistan series are boring advertisement test cricket. There isn’t any other way to say this. There were lot of expectations before the series began. England have traditionally struggled against West Indies whereas Australia have not travelled well in Asia. Especially, against Pakistan, they have not …
James Anderson and Stuart Broad, England’s most successful new-ball pair have been dropped from the squad for the tour of West Indies. This is a significant development. The two elder statesmen, who have been part of so many English wins are no longer required by the ECB. There are arguments on both sides. Some of …
0-4 defeat out of home, in Australia. All the defeats were of humiliating in nature. This is enough for any board to change the setup and the ECB have ringed in the changes. Chris Silverwood, the head coach, Thorpe the batting coach and Ashley Giles have all been removed from their respective positions but the …
One more year and one more Ashes is done and dusted. Australia swept to an easy win. England were nowhere found in the entire series. It was a complete one-sided affair. For the 3rd consecutive series, England were humiliated in Australia. 0-5 in 2013, 0-4 in 2017 and now 0-4 in 2021. All said and …
The Ashes is gone and England are down and out. They did well to draw the game at Sydney but the day-night game at Hobart will be a real challenge. Will they be able to defy Australia one more time? Will someone or a group of players stand up to be counted? Or will Australia …