Alec Stewart is possibly my favourite England test batsman of all-time. Not the most naturally talented player but he worked so hard on his game that he self-improved to be a world-class all-rounder with bat and gloves. I think that what Cook needs is not work ethic but an extrovert like...
What I don't understand is that England replaced Graham Gooch with Mark Ramprakash as Batting Coach, and there's no sign yet that he's succeeded in his two primary jobs, which were to get Cook and Trott scoring again.
The pundits stress the importance of the mental side of test cricket. For...
Good effort by Balance and Root last night in seeing off the new ball and accumulating handy runs in that final hour.
The Windies have no spin threat, the captaincy is poor, once you've blocked the new ball bowlers it should be happy days and 400+ totals every time.
I'm very worried about...