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Articles by Dan
Return of the Old Guard
It’s a comeback as ill-advised as when Sylvester Stallone made Rocky V. Yes, Sri Lanka have recalled Sanath Jayasuriya for the upcoming ODI series against England at the ripe old age of 41, despite him being omitted from the World Cup squad mere months earlier. Their hand has been slightly forced by the unavailability of […]
England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Player Reviews
England Andrew Strauss: Just four runs in the match for Strauss whose middling form is starting to attract attention. He was undone both times by the left-arm seam of Welegedara, which will not have gone unnoticed by a certain Mr D Fletcher, with Zaheer Khan set to arrive in England in the coming weeks. Too […]
England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Preview, Lord’s 3-7 June
In a sentence: After one of the great Test match victories, England will enter this game in full confidence of wrapping up a series victory at a venue where they have not lost a Test match since 2005. The home team: James Anderson will miss out with a side strain and will almost certainly be […]
England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Player Reviews
England Andrew Strauss A quiet match with the bat for the skipper as he was undone by a rare threatening ball from Lakmal. Barring one sharp drop off Swann, his slip fielding was as exemplary as ever and his captaincy equally so; allowing Bell to make his century avoided any loss of morale and a […]
Don’t It Always Seem To Go, That You Don’t Know What You Got Til It’s Gone?
Joni Mitchell sang that. Other than her narrow-minded viewpoint on city centre car parks and allowing the awful Counting Crows to cover her material, Joni had the right idea. Today, we saw for the first time that the retirement of Paul Collingwood could hit England harder than at first anticipated. By the end, Collingwood looked […]
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