Category: England

2 minute read England are overrated. We’re not saying they don’t deserve to be considered the best Test side around at the minute; we’re saying the best Test side isn’t automatically the favourite to win a given series. While England have mullered most sides in home conditions, it’s been a while since they

2 minute read England will be tempted to screw up their one-day plans and start again, but that would be the wrong move. There’s a reason why people talk about building a side. It’s because there’s no perfect, fully-formed team that’s just waiting to be compiled through correct selection. But what about [insert

< 1 minute read Here is our one-day batting philosophy – take it or leave it. It is not scientific. We are not scientific. We’ve never even owned a lab coat. To us, one-day batting works like this. Try and hit a single If it’s asking for it, try and hit a four That’s

< 1 minute read All Indians and Australians believe that everyone in England thinks the same thing. (Do you see what we did with that sentence?) We’d just like to refute this. If you see an article in the Telegraph that says England are going to dominate world cricket forever, it is important to

< 1 minute read For all their progress and despite all their resources, England still can’t compete in one-day cricket in India. We’ve thought of three things that would help their cause. 1. Hire a scientist It’s staggering to think that England don’t have a scientist on their staff. We’re not talking about nutrionists

< 1 minute read How’s that for a rallying cry? England are playing their least-favoured format in their least-favoured conditions. This series against India will show them at their very worst and as such, it will tell us a hell of a lot. England’s worst is not yet ‘middling’. They should aspire to middling