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The Ashes is a year and two months away. A lot of things could change between then and now. England have not held the Ashes in 10 years. They have not won in Australia in 13 years with the last 3 series being absolute drubbing. 0-5, 0-4, 0-4 in Australia shows disaster threadbare. It can …
Is this the correct word to use? Well, it may not be ethically correct but it is nothing wrong to say that Sri Lanka embarrassed England. Sri Lanka is just like every other Asian team who struggles against the swinging ball. They were thoroughly outplayed in the first and second Tests. So much so that …
Brendan McCullum, the man who is credited with creating a whole new philosophy of playing Test cricket, has been handed over the white-ball coaching as well by the ECB. On the other side, Nathan Lyon, wants a 3-match Test series to decide the WTC winner. Let me pass my two cents about McCullum’s role and …
The next chapter in the Kevin Pietersen autobiography is Pietersen and the final chapter On the way to Sydney, before the final Test, Pietersen asked Broad about Flower. Broad told him that Flower hasn’t spoken to him for 3 weeks. How come? Broad was the only saving grace of the tour and yet, Flower did …
The next chapter in the Kevin Pietersen autobiography is Pietersen and the final breakdown Just after the 1st Test, Andy Flower, shook Pietersen’s hands and told him that he was right. Flower must have listened to him. It came as a shock for Pietersen. Flower tells him that he was correct. What was the reason? …
The next chapter in the Kevin Pietersen autobiography is Pietersen and confronting abuse With the reintegration complete but things were not that great in the England dressing room. The on-field abuse continued. The Big Cheese, as Matt Prior likes to call himself, was at it. If it was one of the little cheese, the protected …
The next chapter in the Kevin Pietersen autobiography is Pietersen and his disillusionment. At this point, PIETERSEN had fallen out with everybody, the team, the coach and the ECB. He was left out of the England squad for the tour of India. He was also denied the central contract and dropped from the T20 World …
The next chapter in the Kevin Pietersen autobiography is Pietersen and the textgate. The Textgate. This will go down as Pietersen’s biggest blunder. As news caught on that KP had texted some of his South African friends during the series, Andy Flower, Andrew Strauss and Hugh Morris called him for a meeting. They asked him …
The next chapter in Pietersen’s autobiography is Pietersen and controversies. KP starts this chapter with the 2012 tour of Sri Lanka. Prior to the start of the 2nd Test, KP practiced exhaustively against the local net bowlers. With the weather being so hot in Sri Lanka alongwith it being humid, if at all KP has …
The next chapter in Pietersen’s autobiography is Pietersen and The Big Cheese. Who was The Big Cheese? Let’s find out. KP was playing for Surrey where his performance and confidence did not improve. KP insists that if only there had been an empathetic coach, his problems could have been sorted. Again, he expects sort of …