Star Wars, Mission Impossible, The Matrix, Indiana Jones, The Bourne Identity, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings. The greatest and most successful stories of all time are trilogies. They take you through all the ups and downs – mostly downs, before the epic conclusion that ties everything together. It’s the rule of three; things … Continue reading A Tale of Three Finals: The Surrey Trilogy
I thought why not make some predications for 2017, because who doesn’t enjoy being wrong? When I sat down to look up the fixtures England have coming up this year, I realised just what a big year this is for them. I started off focused on the ICC Champion’s Trophy, thinking only of the competition … Continue reading 2017 Predictions
As I started writing my first post for 2017, I realised that this full fixtures list of all the international cricket the England men’s team will play this year. I made sure to include the days of the week and cricket grounds, so you can make notes of any matches you want to attend. I … Continue reading Englands 2017 Fixtures
I know, I’m super late with this, but I think it’s still acceptable to publish as long as I do it before England’s test summer begins….tomorrow. So, just made it! I have way too many thoughts about everything that happened, so I split this into parts. Enjoy! Part 1: Did England Peak at the Right … Continue reading T20 World Cup 2016 Master Post!
Embed from Getty Images England: World Cup Runner’s Up! Doesn’t sound too impressive, but come on! Who guessed that they would come second? And they didn’t get there by luck either, they earned it, and they very nearly took the trophy, but they fell just a little bit short. This from the team whose T20 … Continue reading Part 5: What Next?
Embed from Getty Images One of the few causes for concern throughout England’s T20WC campaign was the captain’s form. I have to admit, I’ve really started to doubt him lately. It seems like only last year he was in the middle of another dry spell…..oh wait, it was. We’ve been here before. Yes, people say … Continue reading Part 4: Eoin Morgan
It seems like those 4 sixes from Carlos Brathwaite to win the World Cup for the West Indies were years ago, but I’m sure it will remain in Ben Stokes’ mind for a long time to come. I’m not going to go into that final over, it’s irrelevant. England lost. Ben Stokes had 19 to … Continue reading Part 3: Ben Stokes
Of the eleven players that made it into the World T20 XI Team of the Tournament, one was South African, two were Indian, one was Australian, two were from the West Indies, one was from New Zealand and four are from England’s side! If that’s not a sign that we have a pretty promising team, … Continue reading Part 2: The Four that made it in the World Cup XI
Back in December I wrote a draft for a post titled ‘Are England Peaking at the Right Time?’ which I then forgot to post…in fact, I forgot I even wrote it. Today I dug it up and was surprised to find that my opinions were actually pretty spot on, let’s take a look, shall we? … Continue reading Part 1: Did England Peak At the Right Time?
It’s been another year of ups and downs for English cricket, but I feel pretty confident in saying that things seem to be going in the right direction. Here are some of my favourite moments over the last year. Embed from Getty Images Jimmy Anderson breaks Sir Ian Botham’s Record Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy! This moment … Continue reading Best Moments of 2015