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Rupert Procter

So it goes to a decider in the T20 series after new Zealand thrashed England to level the series 1-1 and how they deserved it. One bright moment for England was the swashbuckling innings of Jos Butler’s, who smashed a 28 ball 50, which included an amazing nine fours and a six. He was, however,

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Rupert Procter

So now England turn their attentions towards New Zealand with a tour in February after a morale-boosting win in the fifth ODI in India. Even though they lost the one day series 3-2 the England camp came out with the usual clichés, Alastair Cook commenting on England learning a lot from their loss and how

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Rupert Procter

England can bounce back in the third ODI starting at 6am on Friday morning. They lost heavily last time due to an all familiar batting collapse after starting brightly with KP doing the damage early on. India’s batsmen only cut loose in their last ten overs. So if there were any positives to take from

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Rupert Procter

It looks like the one day specialists are struggling to emulate the test match squad as England’s preparations for the one-day series in India went from bad to worse as they lost again in the space of three days and need to get their act together before the first ODI on the 11th January. You’d

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Rupert Procter

This Saturday is the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Louis Smith has been fancied for the majority of this over long dancing saga and it’s hard to see him beaten in these latter stages. His dance partner Flavia has already promised Smith’s admiring female fans that he’ll be dancing topless at some stage, surely a

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Rupert Procter

Today’s main news regarding the forthcoming Test series is that Yuvraj Singh is on course for a possible Test comeback for India against England after being included in a 15-man squad that also contains Harbhajan Singh. Nick Compton hit a maiden 50 for England on the final day of the tour match against Mumbai A

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