June 8th, 2007
This is why we love Freddie so much. Embroiled in a “row” over Fredalogate following comments from Michael Vaughan, we were all waiting to hear what Fred had to say about it all. Stoic as ever, Fred shrugged it all off. After meeting Vaughan for lunch, Fred’s outlook on the whole issue was, for want […]
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May 31st, 2007
Andrew Flintoff will have another operation on his ankle, which looks set to put him out for a considerable amount of time. Rumours have been floating around that he may even be forced to stop bowling and concentrate on a career as a batsman. Other rumours say that the earliest he’ll be back in action […]
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May 4th, 2007
Oop. You know it’s bad when you start typing an entry and you’ve already used it before. Well, it did save me a few characters typing when the autocomplete thingy did it for me. But yes, Vaughan, bless him, has injured himself again. This time it’s his finger after copping one on the hand from […]
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March 20th, 2007
The first week of the World Cup came chock full of shock, surprise and unexpected things. Ireland beating Pakistan, Bangladesh beating India, Flintoff getting dropped from the England side, and, of course, the sad news about Bob Woolmer. All things were ‘go’ from the off. But things have settled now as the major teams in […]
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March 15th, 2007
And I’m not referring to the injury to Little Jimmy Anderson*, which will conceivably keep him out of the World Cup, but instead an amusing piece by Ian Ward on Sky Sports last night, commenting on England’s training.
“Yeh, Ravi Bopara has a slightly tight hamstring… oh, and a wasp landed on Kevin Pieterson, and stung […]
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October 10th, 2006
Ex-England spinner Part-time England spinner Rubbish England spinner Injured England spinner Ashley Giles has said he’s confident of playing in Australia this winter. He’s currently out in India with the Champions Trophy squad, finishing his recuperation from a serious knee injury.
A knee injury that has kept him from playing for the best part of a […]
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October 6th, 2006
Michael Vaughan was a great England captain. Inspirational. Led the team to a series of victories, ultimately summeting with the Ashes. Hurray for The Ashes! As every English cricket fan clings relentlessly to the victory (much like English Rugby Union fans cling tenuously to the fact that England, are, technically World Champions, even though my […]
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September 6th, 2006
As if the injuries to a handful of key players wasn’t enough, Fletcher et al now have to contend with Trescothick pulling out of the Champions Trophy. On the face of it, it doesn’t seem like a big deal, because the Champions Trophy is a waste of space, and the result will be mostly marginal […]
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July 12th, 2006
Hurray for still being able to hide behind the injury excuse. If I had the inclination, I’d go through all the cricket news stories from the BBC and CricInfo in the last couple of months and figure out what proportion of them are do with an injury concern with the English cricket team. Since I […]
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July 6th, 2006
Michael Vaughan will miss the Ashes. In fact, I’d be surprised if we see him in a set of whites again. Apparently, further knee surgery has revealed even more problems. It’s OK though, because Freddie will lead the side in Australia. (Except he’s injured now). That’s OK though, we have plenty of other bowlers, […]
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