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Root using Vaughan as the obvious role model
YORKSHIRE’S Joe Root is hoping he can emulate fellow Yorkshireman Michael Vaughan on the international stage.
Finn feels ready to make up for all his frustration
Steven Finn is out to prove a point once more in Abu Dhabi – where he first showed himself to be an England fast bowler of the future.
Flower in the mood to turn poor England around
Andy Flower can be in no doubt he has a major challenge on his hands, to arrest England’s decline in the desert, but he is nonetheless relishing the opportunity.
Bell axed but Flower resists wholesale changes
Andy Flower is confident the batsmen who took England to the top of world cricket are still the ones most likely to keep them there.
Bresnan’s road to recovery goes through Pakistan
Tim Bresnan was named this morning in England’s one-day international and Twenty20 squads to play Pakistan, but his participation is still subject to ongoing fitness checks.
Repeated failures of batsmen is set to cost England
England’s lead at the top of the ICC’s Test rankings has been cut to a point following their series whitewash against Pakistan.
England’s best players are here, argues Strauss
The repeated failures of England’s world-class batsmen against Pakistan have left England captain Andrew Strauss and team director Andy Flower still searching for answers as to what exactly has gone wrong.
Swann optimistic of England’s chances of reaching win target
England hope hard graft has given them a shot at redemption in the final throes of their hugely disappointing Test series against Pakistan.
Nick Ahad: Sad demise of Little Marsden proves salutary lesson to us all
The idea behind these here irregular columns of mine is to provide a bit of a light-hearted look at the trials and tribulations of the weekend cricketer.
Sporting Bygones: When Hobbs and Rhodes carved their names into glorious Ashes folklore
IT remains the highest opening partnership for England against Australia.
England’s struggling batsmen playing for Test places
England’s world-beating batsmen will be playing for their Test places, as well as pride, when Andrew Strauss’s tourists try to avert a 3-0 whitewash against Pakistan in Dubai.
Anderson determined England will have a united front
England are determined to remain united on and off the field as they try to muster a match-winning performance and avoid a 3-0 Test series whitewash in Dubai.
Bell adamant England batsmen have hunger to atone
England’s batsmen have obvious questions to answer as the tourists try to escape Dubai without a 3-0 Test series whitewash against Pakistan.
Phil Jaques heading for Yorkshire
FORMER Australia Test batsman Phil Jaques has confirmed he will retire from Australian first class cricket at the end of the current season to join Yorkshire.
Panesar points finger of blame at himself for slow wicket-taking
A CLUTCH of out-of-form England batsmen were doubtless still soul-searching yesterday, seeking a path to redemption and salvaged pride in this week’s third Test.
Chris Waters: Spinners of yore must be cursing their luck over review system
I am not a big fan of technology in cricket. It may be old school to say so, but I believe the umpire’s word should be final – even if said umpire should have gone to Specsavers.
England left in a spin over their batting choices after collapse
Andy Flower will be prepared to change England’s losing team to arrest the world Test No 1’s fall from grace in the Middle East.
Broad plunders valuable runs to put England back in driving seat
England were marginal favourites to level their three-match series against Pakistan thanks to Stuart Broad’s runs and Monty Panesar’s wickets by stumps on day three at the Zayed Stadium.
Panesar puts England in command of second test
England were marginal favourites to level their three-match series against Pakistan thanks to Stuart Broad’s runs and Monty Panesar’s wickets by stumps on day three at the Zayed Stadium.
Cook stays in positive mood after late twist in the tale
England believe they are still in a promising position to push for a series-levelling victory in the second Test against Pakistan despite losing three late wickets yesterday to Saeed Ajmal.
Kohli century proves in vain as Siddle strikes
Australia captain Michael Clarke decided against enforcing the follow-on after his side, inspired by Peter Siddle, made light of a fine maiden century by Virat Kohli to take command of the fourth Test against India in Adelaide.
Tendulkar and Gambhir needed to occupy crease
Australia struck two late blows with the ball late on day two of the fourth Test against India after double centuries from Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke had led the hosts to 604-7dec at Adelaide Oval.
Panesar’s self-doubt consigned to past on Test return
It has been a long road from the valleys to the desert, but Monty Panesar kept the faith and claimed just reward with his 40th Test cap for England.
Strauss aware of need to lead from front but experience has taught him not to get stressed
Andrew Strauss knows the best captains lead from the front, and accepts it is time he did so again for England.
Corruption not a problem – Graves
YORKSHIRE chairman Colin Graves has scoffed at suggestions that corruption could spread from international to domestic cricket.
Lifetime bans must be mandatory in effort to keep corruption at bay
THERE will always be MPs who fiddle expenses, journalists who hack phones, policemen who take bribes and sportsmen who fix matches.
‘Constructive’ talks held over proposed changes
The England and Wales Cricket Board have described an initial meeting with representatives of all 18 first-class counties and the MCC to discuss the recommendations made in the Morgan Review as “constructive”.
Cook believes milestone partnership with Strauss will inspire Test fightback
ALASTAIR COOK and Andrew Strauss believe their 100th opening partnership in Test cricket can inspire England to erase the memory of a woeful batting display when the second Test starts in Abu Dhabi tomorrow.
Chris Waters: Blueprint for change will only drive away county cricket lovers
IT is difficult not to feel a deep sense of boiling indignation and overwhelming helplessness at what is being done to the glorious institution of county cricket.
2 commentsAjmal’s performance in the first Test was not the first time England had been left in a spin
IF you think England had problems against Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal last week, who claimed match-figures of 10-97 in the 10-wicket victory in the first Test in Dubai, it was nothing compared to those experienced against Abdul Qadir a generation ago.
Prior confident England can bounce back from Dubai dip
England have taken one “slap in the face” from Pakistan, and have no intention of letting their hosts land another blow in the second Test.
Only way is up for world’s top team – Flower
England may still be top of the world in Test cricket – but after their 10-wicket hammering against Pakistan, Andy Flower believes the only way is up for his team.
England left with plenty to prove after poor show
England’s woeful performance during the first Test against Pakistan has cast doubt on their ability to remain world No 1 in the rankings, writes Chris Waters.
England can bounce back from Dubai collapse, insists Strauss
Andrew Strauss stressed England must be honest about their own shortcomings after Pakistan delivered a shock to the system for the world-beaters.
Late blows give England hope of Test turnaround
England believe they can still win the first Test after their late fightback on a tough second day against Pakistan.
Fears scourge of cricket corruption could spread to domestic competitions
English cricket was congratulated for its attempts to tackle spot-fixing as one of the game’s top officials warned that domestic competitions are under ever more threat from potential corruption.
Broad leads England fightback against Pakistan
England spent day two of the first Test playing catch-up, and eventually eked out seven Pakistan wickets, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Prior admits England at fault as Pakistan take early command
Saeed Ajmal reflected on the best performance of his life yesterday, yet also had to respond to questions about the legality of his action after he had put England in dire trouble in the first Test.
Ajmal has upper hand as England toil
England collapsed to Saeed Ajmal at the start of their first Test series as the world’s top team, against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Strauss’s men must learn to thrive on pressure
England go into their Test series against Pakistan in Dubai today having risen to No 1 in the world rankings. The question now is ‘can they stay there?’ Chris Waters reports.
Strauss believes England have required desire
England appear to be over two late injury scares ahead of the first Test against Pakistan and can at last begin the next stage of their mission to become one of the greatest teams in history.
Top status dominates England’s thoughts
England will make no concession to any spectres of 2010 when they set out in defence of their world-beating Test status against Pakistan.
Slow over rate sees Dhoni pay the price for struggling India
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been banned for the final Test against Australia due to a slow over rate during his side’s innings and 37-run defeat to Australia in Perth.
Panesar is hungry to return from Test wilderness
Monty Panesar is ready to at last play his 40th Test if England decide they need him against Pakistan.
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