We select the A-Team. Will Kabir Ali make the final XI?
One day last week during a rain break at the ‘Gabba, someone asked which initial letter produces the best cricketers?
With the 2011/12 cycle of fixtures well under way, we take a look at the progress or otherwise of each team thus far.
Firstly in our not-quite-weekly round up of England’s not-quite-stars playing around the world, to South Africa, where Owais Shah helped Cape Cobras to victory over Dolphins in the one-day tournament.
Saj Mahmood will forever remain England’s great young hope. But how did this genius fast bowler, with a unique mixture of deliveries (wides, no-balls, beamers and the legendary slower ball long hop), fail to achieve anything of note?
Owais Shah appears to be finding some form for the Cape Cobras in the South African Franchise 1-Day Cup
We don’t like cricket. We love it. Sorry. We’ll never resort to this again. But such has been the thrill and brilliance of Test matches recently, that it needs to be said.
Phase with us once more as we consider that there just might be another way…
The penultimate piece in this series catapults James Foster front and centre.
Attention turns to Matt Prior in our ongoing discussion about who should keep wicket in ODIs for England.