The World Cup is just 12 days away, and for now, all I can feel is genuine excitement. Sure, I’ll be just as annoyed as the rest of you when the tournament feels like it’s been going for months and England and Bangladesh play out a boring dead match in front of nobody. But for…
Sunday’s Tri-Series final represents England’s final competitive preparation for the World Cup. Since their arrival in Australia, and the sacking of the Alastair Cook, England appear to have found a new lease of life. Two good victories against India and some competitive performances again the hosts, have left England with a feeling of genuine…
England completed a workmanlike victory over India this morning to ensure qualification for the tri-series final. The manner of the victory, while frustratingly including a batting collapse, will be cause for optimism in the England camp. Learning to win ugly is a skill that is highly valued with a World Cup around the corner. One…
Ahead of the World Cup, and with England having only a maximum of 2 ODI’s to play before their opener against Australia on February 14th, I thought now was the ideal time to take a statistical look at their chances. There are many ways to approach this task; you can look into England’s historical record…
They did it. England have finally won an ODI in a convincing fashion. Sure, other teams do it quite often; some even make a habit of doing it a few times, perhaps even to win a series. But this is England, and we are used to a few close defeats, the rare hiding and the…
Both Australia and England began their final preparations for the World Cup this Friday at the SCG, and it was nice to see the tri-series back on the Australian cricketing calendar, but this event is only serving as a competitive warm up for the ‘big three’ sides involved. The two sides could not have entered…
The England One-Day side is as it’s lowest ebb since… well, since it’s last lowest ebb. They seem to come along with increasing regularity these days! After a damning and humiliating 3-1 thrashing versus India this summer and a 3-2 defeat against Sri Lanka earlier in the year, England have won just 3 of their…
In the wake of England’s crushing defeat in Sydney and with his side 3-0 down in the current ODI series, Alastair Cook gave the strongest indications yet that he may step down from his current role as ODI captain. When asked about his position as captain Cook responded saying. “I’m going to have a decision…
Jack Vittles 