Following yet another Pakistan batting collapse, it's time to take a good long look at team composition and strategy The tale of the Pakistani batting slump is nothing new. A combination of poor shot selection, insecurity, lack of confidence and a fear of Rangana Herath led to a familiar story repeating itself at the SSC. Pakistan was given a target of 271 to chase down in four sessions but it...
Hales 'like nobody else we have' - Morgan
Eoin Morgan believes Alex Hales is a unique talent within the English game and has the potential to flourish in all three formats having witnessed at first hand one of his most destructive innings. Hales, who has England's lone T20 international hundred, is expected to be named in England's one-day squad to face India on Monday, and is in line to make his ODI debut at Bristol on August 25, as they...
England emerge from the darkness
Having been in chaos three Tests ago, England can take credit, pride and encouragement from this result #politeenquiries: Do India need more Test cricket? Perhaps the darkest hour really is right before dawn. Exactly a month since England succumbed to one of the more depressing Test defeats of recent years at Lord's, they clinched the Investec series with a crushing victory at The Oval....
Spirit departs sorry India
The details of India's capitulation at The Oval did not bear repeating as even their Man of the Series, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, gave up the fight 'We never really competed' - Dhoni Capital punishment is all but abolished in India. Since 1995 there have been only four official executions. It has, rightly, stopped being a spectacle. Yet, if you still want to see what people walking to the gallows...
Aug
17
USACA T20 title split after final rained out
New York and South East were announced as co-champions of the USACA T20 National Championship after the final was stopped due to rain after six overs with South East 34 for 3. After waiting more than three hours during heavy rain showers, play was finally called off with both teams sharing the tournament title. Adil Bhatti of the Atlantic Region was named Best Batsman of the tournament while Camilus...
Ishant front foot highlights big problem
Umpires are simply not watching for the no-ball closely enough and it is creating trouble for bowlers. When an umpire fails to call your foot faults, he is basically omitting to tell you all is not right 'India's bowlers stuck to their task' In the tour game in Derby - it seems like an age ago for the hobbling Indian team now - Ishant Sharma bowled nine no-balls. Those sitting in the press...
Dainty says USA too busy to have domestic events
Gladstone Dainty, president of the USA Cricket Association, has said the reason USA was unable to hold a domestic national tournament for the last three years was because the organisation has "been busy participating in ICC events". Prior to this weekend's USACA T20 National Championship, there had not been a national domestic championship at the men's level since June 2011 in New Jersey. USACA has...
USACA runner-up games scrapped after player walkout
'Very disappointing we didn't get a semi-final' - Dave A pair of consolation matches between the second and third place teams from each group at the USACA T20 National Championship were cancelled after players from all four teams decided they did not want to play the games. Originally the tournament schedule called for quarter-finals and semi-finals on the final day, but persistent...
Aug
16
Worcestershire stumble after Miles four
Gloucestershire 181 for 2 (Roderick 88*, Gidman 57*) trail Worcestershire 194 (Oliver 52, Miles 5-54) by 13 runsScorecard Promotion favourites Worcestershire endured one of their worst days of the summer in the Championship when dismissed for 194 by Gloucestershire on a seaming surface at New Road. Having come into the match with a game in hand and 43 points ahead of second-placed Surrey, they...
Ervine, Wood revive Hampshire
Hampshire 343 for 7 (Ervine 75*, Wood 61, Smith 56) v KentScorecard Sean Ervine made the best of a placid Canterbury pitch to ease Hampshire into the driving seat on the opening day of their Championship Division Two clash with Kent. The 31-year-old Zimbabwean scored an unbeaten 75 from 110 balls to resurrect a Hampshire innings that, at 187 for 5, had threatened to seriously underachieve. With...
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