England offered revised tour schedule by Indian authorities. But should they go back?

Indian cricket bosses claim the ECB has provisionally agreed to the Ahmedabad and Mumbai Tests switching location, to Chennai and Mohali, the first Test starting on December 11. A scheduled three-day warm-up match has also been scrapped.
It’s clear that the Indian authorities are [...]

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English journeyman underestimates opposition

India beat the unbeatable Aussies - comfortably, too - in this autumn’s gripping Test series. Then they destroyed England in the first two one-day internationals, with more humiliation set to follow for Kevin Pietersen and his workmanlike team-mates.
If our maths is right, surely that entitles the Indians to call themselves world-beaters? They [...]

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Our friends at chickendinner are adamant it’s not over yet

England were thrashed in the first of their seven one-day internationals in India which means they need four victories out of six to win the series. The performance today suggested that there is absolutely no chance of that happening but our friends at chickendinner are convinced [...]

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England and India don’t get along

Durung a net session ahead of tomorrow’s first ODI, India “accidentally” sprayed a number of slogs in the direction of the English tourists, who were also practising at another corner of the Madhavrao Scindia ground.
One ball almost hit England assistant coach Andy Flower, prompting Big Freddie Flintoff - England’s enforcer [...]

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And here he is scoring his first ever century…

The above clip is from 1990, when Tendulkar was about nine, and he took our boys apart at Old Trafford. If everything goes according to plan, he should surpass Lara’s whopping total of 11,953 Test runs, when he strides out against the Aussies in Bangalore in the [...]

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James Foster will have plenty of spare time this winter… 

The ECB have today announced the fifteen man squad to take on India in this winter’s test series and yet again there was no place for Essex’s wicketkeeper-batsman James Foster. England’s current gloveman Tim Ambrose averaged just sixteen with the bat against South Africa but has been [...]

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