Tag Archives: Cricket

England At The Ashes Look Like Deer Caught In Headlights

What was billed as a close Ashes series prior to the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane has now been reduced to a one-horse race After a day that saw...

The Two Things England Need to Do at Old Trafford

This sports journalism piece was first published on Huffington Post (UK) here. The second Test between England and Pakistan beginning tomorrow (July 22)...

English Cricket is Losing the Plot

The article first appeared on The Huffington Post (UK) here It would have been okay if it were just about losing a test match to India at Lords Cricket...

Hat-Trick Boy Stuart Broad Brings England Right Back

A little after Rahul Dravid reached his 34th test hundred on the second day of the India-England test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Alan Wilkins expressed his gentle displeasure to fellow commentator Ravi Shastri about the nickname ‘Wall’ given to the Indian batsman. “A wall can be brought down”, he argued – thereby implying that Rahul...