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If at the beginning of the year, someone had said that England will be most flamboyant and team that will be held in awe, everyone would have laughed. England! Flamboyant! It just is not possible. However, that exactly what happened. Castigated by everyone, including their supporters and ridiculed by everyone outside of England, following the …
It is hard to believe that Joe Root has been around for just 10 years. It seems he has been playing the game non-stop. In such a short span, he has already played 127 Tests. That is 12 Tests per year. The importance ECB and Joe himself gives to Test cricket is quite heartening. In …
England have won the 2nd test and the series against Pakistan with a test to spare. Is this England team for real? It is quite unbelievable. Throughout history, they had won only 2 Tests in Pakistan. Within a fortnight, they have equalled that and with a very good chance of overtaking that effort next week. …
Ian Chappell in his weekly column on www.espncricinfo.com has called for the number of nations playing Test cricket to be reduced to 8. He raises certain pertinent points to justify his argument. He says that only the countries that has got the infrastructure or that can build the infrastructure for Test cricket must be allowed …
7 wins in 8 eight Tests with 6 extremely commanding wins. A far cry from the 1 in 17 Tests last year. This is England’s record this year. An extraordinary transformation from how they were under Joe Root. This England team overcame sickness among almost the entire squad before the game, a pitch that was …
More than 500 runs in just 75 overs on day one of a Test match against Pakistan outside of home. Just imagine that. It was an incredible assault by the English batsmen. For the non-believers that England have not turned a corner, there is the proof. It was led by none other than the embattled …
The mindless schedule is taking a heavy toll on a lot of players. Add the various franchise cricket, it is incredible how busy most of the players are. The strain of such non-stop cricket has already began to tell. Ben Stokes has retired from one form of the game and Trent Boult has withdrawn himself …
India against New Zealand. England against Australia. A couple of series right after the end of the T20 World Cup. What was the need of pointless series? The growing chorus to limit the number of games that does not have any meaning seems to have fallen on deaf ears. For New Zealand cricket, this series …
The whole cricketing world now envies England. The same England that until 2014, were more content to play conservative cricket is now the holders of the ODI World Cup and T20 World Cup. Never before in the annals of international cricket have the same team held two different trophies. A generation of South Africans never …
The league phase is done and dusted in the ongoing T20 World Cup. There has been surprising results and some expected ones. Outrageous batting and excellent bowling. Excellent Perth pitch and quite a few close games. This World Cup has so far lived upto the expectations. It again goes onto show that good pitches will …