Posts Tagged ‘International Cricket’
September 8, 2010

As a blog writer I will admit I read very few blogs (I know), but one blog I tend to always read is that of Oliver Brett on BBC Sport and when I recently read his Ashes Pick and I realised it is just over 8 weeks until England’s tour of Australia to defend the ashes begins in earnest.
Don’t worry we’ll have another 3 weeks down under before the first test begins in Brisbane. After reading his informative blog, it made me wonder;
Who would make my 16 man squad for the test series in Australia?
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Tags:Andrew Strauss, Australia, Cricket, Cricket Australia, ECB, England, International Cricket, Sport, Test Cricket, The Ashes, Tour Of Australia
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July 11, 2010

England cricket is experiencing a change in fortune over recent months, as the post-ashes slump appears to have refrained from happening like it did back in 2005.
This time around ‘team England’ have gone from strength to strength, having respectably drew a test series in South Africa, won the ICC T20 World Cup and defeated the Aussies in a pointless one-day series recently.
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Tags:Andrew Strauss, Andy Flower, Bowling Coach, Cricket, David Saker, ECB, England, English Cricket, International Cricket
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April 23, 2010

When Andrew Flintoff announced his retirement from test cricket last summer it left the England cricket side requiring a new all-rounder to strike a balance within the team, a balance Flintoff had given for all of his 70 plus tests.
Many believe that Stuart Broad will one day fill this position and subsequently fill it for many years to come, but I feel the position at number 7 should go to Yorkshire’s Tim Bresnan (pictured above).
He is the ideal replacement for many reasons in my opinion and his stature continues to grow within the game as he becomes more experienced.
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Tags:Andrew Flintoff, County Cricket, Cricket, Cricket All-Rounder, England, International Cricket, Jacques Kallis, Sport, Test Cricket, Tim Bresnan, Wasim Akram, Yorkshire CCC
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February 11, 2010

As cricket fans, we have honestly been spoilt with a plethora of fantastic cricketers to watch in recent times and many of these can easily adopt the dubious title ‘legend’.
The names simply roll off the tongue; Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Shane Warne, Allan Donald, Stephen Fleming, Sourav Ganguly, Michael Vaughan etc…
Yet one man’s name seems constantly missed off this list and he is arguably the greatest all-rounder of his generation.
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Tags:Cricket, Cricket Icons, ICC, International Cricket, Jacques Kallis, South Africa, Sport, Sport Legends, Test Cricket
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January 16, 2010

Life throws many a challenge at all of us in everyday life and Iain O’Brien (OB), the now retired New Zealand international cricketer it was no different.
I caught up with Iain (pictured above) on Friday, to discuss life, moving to England, twitter, English weather and even cricket!!
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Tags:Black Caps, County Cricket, Cricket, England, English Weather, Iain O'Brien, International Cricket, Interviews, Lord's, Middlesex, Moving to England, New Zealand, Sport, Sports Interviews, Twitter
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