Australia should have won this by a country mile. They were better than us in all departments and especially so when batting. I guess this result was payback for the drawn test up here at Old Trafford four years ago. For the next test I don’t expect the selectors will make any changes to the [...]
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Ashes 2009.
It all starts tomorrow and I’m still baffled by the decision to stage the first test in Wales. Surely England’s home test matches should be played at home? Obviously money is at the bottom of it all. Also why the Wednesday start? So we’ve give up home advantage as we can’t be sure how the [...]
Michael Vaughan OBE.
Sad day but understandable from a purely cricket point of view. It did cross my mind last year that Michael might retire back then. As a Captain of England I put him right up there with Mike Brearley. In 2002 he scored over 900 runs in the home series against Sri Lanka and India. He [...]
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Netherlands 163-6 beat England 162-5 by four wickets.
