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After England’s recent abysmal failures in the Test series against Pakistan, where none of the batsmen emerged with their pride intact, some honour is finally being restored thanks to some solid batting performances in the current one-day series. Of course, many fans and commentators cannot help asking why the likes of Pietersen and Cook struggled so badly . . . → Read More: England redeem themselves after test debacle  Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex bowler, is due to be sentenced this week after being prosecuted for spot-fixing. Last month, 23 year old Westfield pleaded guilty to receiving £6,000 per bowl to make sure that the correct amount of runs were scored over the first half of an Essex and Durham match that took place in . . . → Read More: Former Essex bowler found guilty of spot-fixing Alistair Cook is a cricketer who is not naturally suited to playing one-day events but his recent performance has impressed people who were critical of the player, as he has recently scored the first hundred of the tour. His career has mostly been playing for England and so when it comes to one-day cricket he has . . . → Read More: Alistair Cook bats off his critics Former captain Michael Vaughan has called on theEnglandteam not to make any drastic changes despite their embarrassing defeat toPakistanearlier in the week. Set a target of just 145 to win the second Test in Abu Dhabi, England, currently ranked as the number one Test nation in the world, were bowled out for just 72, handing Pakistan . . . → Read More: Michael Vaughan says don’t make drastic changes after defeat The Cricketer magazine for February featured an interview with Alistair Cook and he was asked whether England’s cricket system was so strong because of the way the county system worked. His response to the question was, “They are really two separate events and I don’t think one really has any effect on the other at all.” England’s . . . → Read More: The state of English cricket Sri Lanka is going to be going on a cricket tour of Australia late in January and it is expected that the cricket team, as well as the coaching staff, will have been significantly changed. It is expected that the current captain, Tillakaratne Dilshan is going to be replaced by the former leader of the team, . . . → Read More: Sri Lanka shake up for Australian tour Since India won the World Cup in the summer of 2011, the team has basically collapsed, have enjoyed no further success, and it seems that nothing has gone right. After the World Cup the team lost their number one world ranking to England in a whitewash which saw the team defeated 4-0. The team are also suffering . . . → Read More: India in decline since World Cup England began their winter tour of the United Arab Emirates with a win over an ICC Combined XI – though the victory was far from the resounding success many would have anticipated. A match that was heading for an uneventful, if surprising, draw was suddenly thrown wide open when the ICC Combined XI declared on 164-9, . . . → Read More: England cricket in United Arab Emirates Graeme Swann has recently completed an autobiography called ‘The Breaks Are Off’ and Kevin Pietersen has been described in the book as not being a natural leader. Mr Pietersen disagreed with what was written and has said, “The book is not very clever and this is not going to undermine the team plays in the coming . . . → Read More: The Breaks Are Off Graeme Swann The Indian cricket team have recently had to defend themselves from the Australian media who are saying that they have been considering boycotting warm-up games in the country because of the weather. The media manager of the team is Mr Walia and about the accusations he has commented, “There is no truth in these accusations at . . . → Read More: India and Australia argue over weather |
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