England Series Ratings vs Pakistan

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England Series Ratings vs Pakistan After coming to the UAE with hope of being the first side to down Pakistan in their adopted home, England came up short. A spirited display in Abu Dhabi, in which Alastair Cook’s men came within a few overs of victory, was followed by damaging defeats in Dubai and Sharjah. […] READ MORE


Life After James Anderson: England’s Answer to a Post-Jimmy World

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It’s coming. We’ve known it had to, and don’t know when yet, and when it happens, we’ll all be rocked to our cores. One day, James Anderson is going to retire from international cricket. Yes, it will eventually happen. Much as we’d all love the Burnley Lara to play for England well into his 50s, […] READ MORE


England Regain the Ashes: What Next for the Future?

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They may have been written off by some critics — and Glenn McGrath inevitably predicted that Australia would win 5-0 — but four one-sided Test matches saw England regain the Ashes with a game to spare. This is their fifth Ashes win in ten years, four of which have come at home, meaning that Australia […] READ MORE


Ashes Twists and Turns Continue

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If a week is a long time in politics, the Ashes must seem an age? In a series that is remarkable for its capricious twists and turns with scant regard for the notions of form or momentum, one can only wonder what next anachronistic puzzle we’ll find at Trent Bridge? England scored a morale boosting […] READ MORE


England Hold Ashes Edge Heading to Lord’s

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In the aftermath of England’s comprehensive 169-run victory over Australia in the first Test at Cardiff, the two sides could not be more at odds in their preparation for the second Test starting at Lord’s this Thursday. England have announced an unchanged 13 and will entertain no thought of altering a line-up which astutely claimed 20 […] READ MORE




England vs New Zealand: The England Perspective

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There appears to be a fresh feel about the England cricket team right now following the appointment of new Director of Cricket, Andrew Strauss. 2015 has thus far not been kind to England after a terrible World Cup and an alarmingly below-par tour of the West Indies, so under new management there are calls for […] READ MORE