West Indies selection mistakes prove crucial to England comeback. Cricket is all about mistakes. Fielding mistakes, dropped catches, poor shots, poor shot selection. Wrong team, wrong call at the toss.

Angelo Mathews has never spoken publicly about the Big Three takeover of our sport. At least not with words. But his series-winning Headingley masterpiece in June felt like a statement of defiance. It was a century that stuck a finger in the eye of the English cricket establishment and proved that off-field clout, and all it pays for, is still no match for on-field nous. As if to demonstrate the inequity, England pinch.

To write on cricket tha wants to watch it. No Longer Known At This Address. So retune now to stay in touch. See you on the other side! January 18, 2015. Mid-January, and the cricket pitches of England lie fallow, as does this blog. There have been one or two .

On a sleepy March Sunday when the world has turned a shade of brilliant white for the second time in three weeks, it seems incongruous to be musing on the retirement of a cricketer. But actually it is appropriate, as this feels like no ordinary day and Kevin Pietersen was no ordinary cricketer. In the back row of seats on the eastern side of the Oval, in front of the ageless gasholders as the distinctive afternoon warmth of September, muggy but with a hint of changing temperatu.

The inner ramblings of a Kiwi cricket tragic. Saturday, May 17, 2014. In the past two days I have taken a close interest in the views of those I follow via various social media channels in respect of fixing in cricket. Many, whilst saddened, believe that recent revelations are a step forward - a clear opportunity to begin to purge our once great game of those who use it as their personal play thing, a sporting stock exchange rife with insider trading. Monday, May 20, 2013.

A Fine Double Teapot and an Old Hat. 8221; or All Hales and the Humidor. Hail Hales , we all said. Any of those Cohiba Behikes.

Test 4, Day 4. What the heck could she possibly want? And so I sighed heavily and picked up my phone and called her back. Test 4, Day 3. The next my sister and I were eating l.

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Musings on society, politics and cricket. Nowadays, William Morris is associated with wallpaper and fabric, the stately foliage of middle class homes. Few remember his commitment to revolutionary socialism, best embodied in his novel. Innings defined by their total. Attempted to understand the Paki.