The first Test ebbed and flowed right up until the moment of uncertainty surrounding Brad Haddin's dismissal before the waters finally closed over AustraliaBrad Haddin re-marked his guard like a man who had given the possibility of losing barely a nanosecond's thought. England's fielders swarmed around him, convinced of the edge that would deliver them victory. James Anderson was not so sure, having...
England lean on Anderson again
Whatever they may say to the contrary, England are increasingly reliant on the skill, fitness and reliability of James AndersonIt was entirely fitting that James Anderson took the match-winning wicket at Trent Bridge. Never has England's reliance on him been so painfully exposed. Over recent months, England have lent on him like an elderly person might a zimmer frame, or like an alcoholic in search...
Azam, Talat give Zarai Taraqiati Bank last-over win
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited 156 for 2 (Azam 77*, Talat 37*) beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 155 for 6 (Waqas 41, Rehan 2-26) by 8 wicketsScorecard A flamboyant knock of 77 from 18-year-old Baba Azam and a stable 37 from Hussain Talat helped Zarai Taraqiati Bank chase 156 with two balls to spare against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in Karachi. Azam and Talat put on 112 for the third...
Finn must fly
Some say he is 24, with time on his side. Others say his Test career is going sidewaysTry telling Steven Finn that victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan. As England celebrated their victory over Australia at Trent Bridge he will have felt if not alone then certainly detached. Finn's relief at victory was probably greater than anybody's - had England lost, he might have been a Fred...
Jul
14
An English plan made in Australia
Something that David Saker had seen in Chris Rogers' batting led to a wicket and an on-pitch tribute from England's leading bowlerJames Anderson wasn't looking at his captain. James Anderson wasn't looking at the catcher. And James Anderson wasn't even looking at Graeme Swann in the seconds after his Chris Rogers wicket. Anderson was looking at someone though. He was pointing. He was screaming. He...
Australia lose openers' thread
The partnership between Shane Watson and Chris Rogers rattled England and made Australia's target look eminently achievable - but the men that followed could not keep it upFor 84 runs and 24 overs, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers left England's bowlers more bereft of ideas about how to confound Australian batsmen than at any time in recent memory. As a promising opening combination read faultlessly...
Hundred was Ashes best - Bell
Ian Bell rated his century his "best Ashes innings" after helping England into a strong position going into the final day at Trent Bridge. Bell, playing his fourth Ashes series, contributed 109 to help set Australia a target of 311 to win the first Investec Test. While it was Bell's second successive century in Ashes Tests - he also made one at Sydney in early 2011 - he admitted that the context...
Clarke draws line under Broad debate
With deed and then word, Australia's captain Michael Clarke has ruled a line under the debate that surrounded Stuart Broad's decision not to walk in the second innings of the Trent Bridge Ashes Test. Clarke himself declined to depart after none other than Broad procured a thin edge to Matt Prior behind the stumps as the tourists slid badly in their chase of 311 to win. Afterwards he said that while...
Jul
13
Essex booed off after paltry 74
Middlesex 77 for 2 (Denly 34) beat Essex 74 (Shah 39, Mills 3-4) by eight wicketsScorecard Essex were booed off the field by some members of the crowd after being crushed by Middlesex at Chelmsford. Essex were bowled out for 74, their lowest-ever Flt20 total, and lost by eight wickets. Only Owais Shah, with 39 from 43 balls, posed any threat as the rest of his colleagues were swept aside with...
Glamorgan thrash sorry Somerset
Glamorgan 126 for 1 (Allenby 47*) beat Somerset 125 for 6 (Trego 42*, Wagg 3-29) by nine wicketsScorecard Jim Allenby produced a fine all-round performance to help unbeaten Glamorgan to their fourth Friends Life t20 win thrashing Somerset by nine wickets at Cardiff. In front of a crowd of nearly 9,000 Glamorgan, who remain top of the Midlands, Wales and West Group, restricted Somerset to 125...
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