We were struck that England actually had a good batting line-up today; one with rare solidity.
With Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott opening, England have grown-ups at the top of the order. There’s a dependable feel about both of them and the rest of the line-up hangs off that.
In the middle order, Kevin Pietersen’s ace, Paul [...]
The days of Gentlemen and Players are long gone, but Paul Collingwood would have been the latter – a man who never lost sight of the fact that it was all about scoring runs; taking wickets and catches; and occasionally missing the ball often enough that your team salvaged a draw.
He was a state school [...]
As Indian bloggers(and commenters like yours truly) went rabid on Aussie blogs, annoying the sh*t out of the latter by use of the word ‘karma’, quietly, the tough b**tards went to work. The unlikely duo of Pup and Mr.Spirit-of-Cricket(jr)* a.k.a. Brad Haddin quietly hauled Oz back into the game. As things stand, Australia stand on the verge of breaking the door open for a famous victorySo, one...
In the Sun they may even say Wicketory!England one-day captain, one day player, Paul Collingwood had an Owais up his sleeve – an Owais Shah. The game started off as a one-dayer, but to make it competitive there was rain, and Ireland chased a gettable 116 in 20.Ireland had the game, but then the game had them. That’s when Owais Shah came on to bowl, and boy did he bowl – 2 overs, 2 runs, 2 wi...
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