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England Bowlers Dominate Australia But Lose the Fifth ODI Narrowly

January 27, 2014 R K Gupta

Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

England almost won the fifth ODI at Adelaide on January 26, 2014. Irrespective of the final result, it was the first time in the ODI series that England laid Australia low, after losing the toss and fielding first. Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes dominated the top-order Australian batting and accounted for early wickets. Broad clean-bowled […]

Stokes and Buttler offer future hope for English cricket

January 24, 2014 John Welsh

Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

The name of Jos Buttler may not have been enshrined on everybody’s lips when England began their ODI series against Australia this January, especially when the tourists collapsed to an insurmountable 3-0 deficit after being whitewashed 5-0 in the Ashes series. Yet the young Lancashire cricketer has proved in three of the four one day […]

England facing another 5-0 whitewash in forgettable tour

January 19, 2014 John Welsh

Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

England must just wish their winter tour to Australia could just end at this moment after yet another defeat in the latest ODI match in Sydney. The host have now claimed an unassailable 3-0 win in the series after defeating the tourists by seven wickets and it seems that the England players are destined to […]

James Faulkner and Clint McKay of Australia Cricket celebrate victory

Exuberant James Faulkner Scintillates in the Heart-Stopper at Brisbane

January 18, 2014 R K Gupta

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England held an upper hand over Australia nearly till the very end of a heart-stopping second ODI at the Gabba on Friday. When Australia lost Mitchell Johnson in the 44th over, with the score reading 244/9, it was England’s game for taking. With just a single wicket in hand Australia still required 57 runs in […]

Another Ashes Campaign Begins in Australia

January 11, 2014 R K Gupta

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When England arrived in Australia, nearly two months ago, the critics and knowledge pundits alike, put their money on England as favorites to retain the urn full of Ashes. Cricket specialists, who sided with critics, included Ian Chappell, Geoffrey Boycott and others. These guys were circumspect about the ability of the Australian cricketers to put […]

A Sad Saga of Shameless Surrender at Sydney

January 6, 2014 R K Gupta

Ashes series, Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

When Alastair Cook went for the toss at the Gabba on the morning of November 21, 2013, he would never have imagined the kind of Australian domination that his team would face subsequently. After the third test at Perth, when a 5-0 whitewash could have possibly been avoided, the English side buckled further, rather than […]

Inquests guaranteed in England camp after Australia whitewash

January 5, 2014 John Welsh

Ashes series, Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

On the third day of the Fifth Test between Australia and England, it was expected that the tourists would summon one final effort to draw some fleeting pride from perhaps the most embarrassing Ashes series from an English perspective. Dismissing the host for 276 offered some hope but another pitiful display with the bat, in […]

England Bungles to Lend Australia Further Advantage in the Ashes Series

December 29, 2013 R K Gupta

Ashes series, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

On the first two days of the fourth test at MCG, England came close to salvaging some prestige after the series loss. On the third day, however, the English batting fell like a pack of cards, when they lost their last five batsmen in the second innings to some rejuvenated bowling by Nathan Lyon and […]

Nathan Lyon of Australia picked up his 100th Test wicket

England lose Fourth Test from a winning position

December 29, 2013 John Welsh

Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket

England managed to rescue defeat from the jaws of victory when losing the Fourth Test match in Melbourne to offer the distinct possibility of a 5-0 whitewash for Australia in the current Ashes series. After a second day in which the Aussies had been reduced to 164-9 at close of play, even the most ardent […]

Graeme Swann Drops a Bombshell

December 22, 2013 R K Gupta

Cricket, England Cricket, Graeme Swann

As if a quick series loss, astonishingly easy from Australia’s viewpoint, was not enough for England, the sudden news about Graeme Swann’s mid-series retirement comes as a complete shocker. In a statement made yesterday, the 34-year old Swann said he was retiring from first-class and international cricket with immediate effect. Until recently, Graeme Swann was […]

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