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All Hail The Beard
On Friday, we named Matt Prior as our Player of the Day for a typically punchy half-century that helped England to wrestle back some control following their poor start. Despite a slight stumble in the nervous nineties, his fifth Test Match century, from just 107 balls, was rightly celebrated on Saturday morning. In the post-Gilchrist […]
England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 2 Review
Close of play England 486ao Sri Lanka 231/1 (Dilshan 127*, Paranavitana 65) In a sentence Sri Lanka throw down the gauntlet with a titanic opening stand that puts them right back in the match and renews lost confidence from the debacle of Monday. Player of the day Tillakeratne Dilshan. Starved of the strike early on, […]
The Bell Tolls For Pietersen
Yesterday’s play at Lords saw a few unusual events: Jonathan Trott was out cheaply, Alastair Cook displayed a rare lapse in concentration and there were 177 runs in the evening session, a vast amount in test cricket. But two things that didn’t seem unusual were the contrasting performances of Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. While […]
England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 1 Review
Close of play England 342/6 (Cook 96, Morgan 79, Prior 73*) In a sentence After being put in to bat, England recovered from an early wobble to put themselves in a solid position Player of the day Matt Prior. Honourable mentions to Alastair Cook and Eoin Morgan, but Prior stole the show in the final […]
Fortress Lord’s
England head into the second test with Sri Lanka not only buoyed by the thumping they gave the tourists on Monday, but also safe in the knowledge that they have made the home of cricket something of a fortress over the past few years. Four teams have tried but the rest of the world is […]
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 […]
England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Review
Close of play England 496-5d (Trott 203, Cook 133, Bell 103*) Sri Lanka 400 and 82ao (Perera 20, Swann 4-16, Tremlett 4-40, Broad 2-21) England win by an innings and 14 runs. In a sentence An unbelievable few hours saw England steal victory from the jaws of a damp squib of a draw. Player of […]
England’s Number One Number Three
As with all statistics, analysis of cricket trends and performances often needs to be taken with a large pinch of salt. Beyond the results, do the numbers really matter? Once the margin of victory has been printed in the record books and the trophies engraved with the special little tool by the man in the […]
England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Review
Close of play England 491-5 (Trott 203, Cook 133, Bell 98*)Sri Lanka 400 (P Jayawardene 112, Anderson 3-66) In a sentence Easy pickings for England as Trott continued his serene progress while Sri Lanka pursued a defensive attitude, seemingly fearful of final day gremlins in the pitch. Player of the day One IJL Trott. A […]
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