Once again we find ourselves debating whether now is the right time to tamper with England’s top six in the Test batting line-up. In such situations the old adage of form being temporary and class permanent rings very true.
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Renowned fielding coach Julien Fountain recently spoke to CricketWeb, answering questions posed by the active community within the CricketWeb forums.
As West Indies head into the third Test match against Australia, they do so with aspirations of leveling the series at 1-1. The Frank Worrell Trophy is now out of their hands, but there is still the pride of a drawn series up for grabs. And whatever hope the home team bears depends largely on the potency of the front line bowling attack, particularly Fidel Edwards. A cursory look at the series statistics locates Edwards second only to Brett Lee in wickets. His 11 wickets are already a series high, though he has only once played more than 3 Tests in a series. Now it remains to be seen how far he can extend his personal record in Bridgetown.
A look at what made the cheap plonk team of the IPL into champagne winners.
After all the glitz and glamour of the IPL, Test cricket was back with a vengeance this week with two memorable Test matches held on opposite sides of the world.
If all had gone well, we would have seen the return of Andrew Flintoff to England’s Test team today. We’ve read quite a lot about Flintoff lately, and indeed over the past year during the time he’s been out of Test match action. He’s copped a fair bit of criticism since the end of the 2006/07 Ashes, and we will now look at how fair, or not, this criticism is.
What if the IPL was held 10 years ago? Who would the top players be and who would they play for? Part I of this article does a bit of inverse crystal ball gazing.