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Jos Buttler and England’s spinners starred against Pakistan to level the IT20 series at Headingly. Batting first, Jason Roy set the tone as he so often does, hitting the second ball of the match for an enormous six, followed quickly by a four and a wicket. England’s stutter continued as Dawid Malan continued his horribleContinue reading “Spinners and Buttler dominate against Pakistan”

The English ODI side has been the best side in the world, by ranking, and by merit, since its re-modelling post 2015 World Cup. The batting order contains some of the most feared ball-strikers in the history of cricket. Joe Root still averages over 50 in the format, Jos Buttler has played some of theContinue reading “The second-string England ODI top 7”

In June England will see New Zealand pay their first visit for a test series since 2015, and whilst it is hardly shaping up to be as exciting as that series, there are some intriguing match ups in the offing. England will be without players such as Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and ChrisContinue reading “England vs New Zealand first test preview”

As Dawid Malan was dismissed for a 17 ball 14 – his third run-a-ball low score in a row- Twitter tongues were wagging. Malan’s slow starts have become increasingly highlighted, despite his incredible average and strike rate, and the concerns are definitely legitimate but the blame does not lay with Malan alone. We know MalanContinue reading “England can win the World T20 but need to be less rigid”

Recently Alex Hartley (Lancashire cricketer and pundit) joked that it was nice of the English men’s team to get their match finished in time for people to watch the women’s team play New Zealand. You’d hope this was the end of this particular ‘story’ wouldn’t you? Errrrr no. It seems as though there are aContinue reading “Alex Hartley should not have to apologise for bruising male egos”

If you had offered England fans -and I suspect, the touring team – a 1-1 scoreline coming into the day/night game at Ahmedabad they would have bitten your hand off without a second’s hesitation. The manner of the second test defeat sent everyone tumbling resoundingly back down to earth but the pure fact that EnglandContinue reading “India vs England third Test preview”

Since it was the first time in 15 years that England had played in a test match on terrestrial TV, Joe Root kindly decided that it would be a nice time to produce one of the best overseas innings of the last few years. Root swept, reverse-swept and switch-hit his way to a virtually flawlessContinue reading “Joe Root is rather good”