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As I said a few posts up, England miss a good old fashioned single nurdler who is quick between the wickets. Collingwood and Thorpe both did this to great effect. Don't seem to have someone who fulfils this role now, but Joe Root could be the player suited to playing that role.

Yes that modern day mind set of hitting the ball out of the ground at every opportunity that in the Melbourne test saw Ian Bell score 2 runs off 32 balls in 55 minutes and Michael Carberry score 12 runs off 80 balls either side of the lunch interval.

Wasn't that Derek Randall he did that to? I remember reading in Botham's autobiography that later in the same test match when Boycott was batting slowly for his own benefit when the team needed quick runs, Botham called Boycott and got him run out, on the instructions of Bob Willis who was...

They need a player in the middle order who is able to scamper singles when the opposition are keeping it tight. Graham Thorpe and Paul Collingwood used to be good at performing that job as they were good runners between the wickets. We don't seem to have a player who has that mentality now and...

He also went on the South African rebel tour in 1982 which effectively ended his England career. Admittedly he was 41 years old by then, but it shows he prioritised his finances over his patriotism. Boycott talks a good game and I always enjoy listening to what he has to say. But, he is not...