Team of the day: England...just!Player of the day: Jacques KallisAndrew Strauss elected to bowl after winning the toss, citing the good overcast conditions and the patches of green on the wicket as the reasons for his decision.He also revealed that Paul Collingwood was to participate after his finger injury, meaning an unchanged England eleven took to the field.I take it back about South...
England needed to get quick wickets this morning, Jacques Kallis in particular, and we did, taking the remaining 4 South African wickets in just 17 balls with only 12 runs being scored, making 291 runs in the innings.Kallis was the first man to go in the South African collapse, he went for 108 to his first ball of the morning after he edged a super delivery from Graham Onions pitched on off stump ...
· Shane Watson: Was one of the rare Australian batsmen who looked comfortable at the crease, till the moment he kept getting out. Unfortunately for him and the team, it was always after he got a start. He was the 2nd leading run getter for Australia with 435 runs at an average of just over 48, but the fact that he didn’t score a single century in 5 tests should give pause to those who t...
The suspense is over as the touring party for the Ashes series in Australia has been announced. The squad so selected is more or less on expected lines, though there would always be a debate over the selection or non selection of a few fringe players.The squad Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior, St...
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