Joe Root is a world-class player but he looks like he has the world on his shoulders right now, so it might be time for him to have a break from the captaincy. Pass the armband to someone else, goodness knows who, because there is hardly a posse of candidates, and allow him to concentrate […]
To listen to Joe Root’s interview with David Gower after England’s 10-wicket humiliation by West Indies in Grenada was to understand the scale of the denial and delusion that has come to define English cricket. His team, said Root, had shown a brilliant attitude. There were good things to take away from their latest series […]
The West Indies registered a series win against England and the World Champions in the 50-over formats digested another series defeat that certainly needs some soul searching. Victory for @windiescricket 👏 West Indies complete a ten-wicket win to take the Test and the series 🏆#WTC23 | #WIvENG | https://t.co/8vvmZqjdsh pic.twitter.com/KRe5N0TUzT — ICC (@ICC) March 27, 2022 On Day 1, England slumped to 67 […]
Australia, deservingly, won the Test series in Pakistan. The Pakistanis prepared tracks to negate Australia’s strength and the strategy remained the same throughout the series whereas, Australia kept on pushing hard and maintained their attacking intent and when a team shuns their defensive mindset, they are bound to reap a rich harvest. Australia register a […]
“The loyalty of the Tigers towards Bangladesh had paid off and let’s hope, this loyalty doesn’t lose its way in the coming days” With the Indian Premier League (IPL) knocking at the doors, obviously, the focus of the players always shift to the crazy money train which offers everything except cricket – cricket is just […]
The West Indies showed determination and grit to deny England victory in a tense final session of the second Test at Bridgetown Barbados. Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has steered West Indies to a hard-earned draw ? The series is heading to a decider in Grenada.#WTC23 | #WIvENG | https://t.co/bnf0fU7dtG pic.twitter.com/DZsE0K0jCU — ICC (@ICC) March 20, 2022 On Day 1, Joe Root was […]
“196 runs off 425 balls are just numbers that can’t justify the resolve, guts and technical efficiencies Babar displayed for two days amid the hot and humid conditions at Karachi. Numbers cannot judge a Tiger – numbers cannot measure the sacrifice during the battle between bat and ball, numbers become irrelevant in front of a […]
If the Test match at Rawalpindi was a stalemate then the one at Karachi just burst into life. It produced moments to saviour and it started to build into a nail-biter as the day progressed. A thrilling stalemate in Karachi ? It ebbed and flowed in the final session but Pakistan, led by centuries from […]
Sri Lanka have been very poor and they seemed to have given up as soon as the Test series commenced. The bowler wasted the conditions while the batters never exhibited the patience and positive intent – a defeat was always on the cards. ?????? ????? ?????????! ? ?@Paytm #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/Cm6KZg7y0s — BCCI (@BCCI) March 14, 2022 On Day […]
After 21 wickets had fallen on the first four days of the match, the likelihood of England forcing victory on an unforgiving surface at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium had always been slim. And slim seemed to have left town when it was confirmed that Wood – who had been withdrawn from the attack before […]