Today is the last of the Cricket County Championship. Notts, Somerset, Durham – and to a lesser extent Hampshire – can all still win the title. The games will be concluded on Saturday – click here to follow all the action on the BBC live text.
I watched Marcus Trescothick smash a fantasic 50 from 20something balls yesterday for Somerset against Worcestershire. Such clean hitting, all round the wicket, with the minimum of bodily economy. Its such a shame he’s completely mental, because he is one of the best one day openers in the world. This on the back of a [...]
Prior, Bell, Shah, Pietersen (c), Flintoff, Bopara, Wright, Patel, Broad, S Harmison, Anderson Was the team for the last one-dayer, and is likely to be so for tomorrow after the excellent performance in the first. Can England kick on and take a 2-0 lead? The team looks balanced, with a very strgon batting line up [...]
England have a 20/20 game against South Africa tomorrow – my two-penneth worth on the England side: Bell Prior Peiterson (Can’t spell his name for some reason) Shah Bopara Collingwood Flintoff Swann Broad Harmison Anderson Batting down to 9, 4 genuine bowlers plus Swann and Collingwood (and perhaps Peiterson) – gives us a decent chance. [...]
