The ramblings of a Toxic mind…
two? The not unexpected news that England opener and ex-captain, Alastair Cook, has announced his retirement from international duty at the end of the current summer, gives the selectors a headache. read the rest of this rubbish
for dropped slip catches. England dropped a couple of what looked like at the time very costly slip catches in the first test match against India, luckily they didn't cost England the win they might actually have helped in the long run. read the rest of this rubbish
stay. Alastair Cook's stint as England cricket captain had run its course before the drubbing in India. read the rest of this rubbish
runs. How bad are India at Test cricket? They had England one nil down, down and out, and walk away with a 3-1 series defeat with the most miserable displays you've seen. read the rest of this rubbish
lost yet another cricket final. Even though this one didn't end up as a 50 over game, rain reducing it to a T20 bash, they still couldn't help themselves from choking. read the rest of this rubbish
is slightly over the top. Would it really have mattered a bit what he scored if England's bowlers couldn't take 20 wickets? read the rest of this rubbish
this series thumping. Has there ever been a team to come to these shores and be on the end of such a shellacking in a test match series? read the rest of this rubbish
disguise? England yet again stuff India, this time by an innings and plenty, to take over from the visitors as the number one ranked team in the world. read the rest of this rubbish
again? If you didn't know the test rankings but were told one of these was number one and then watched the first two tests of this series you wouldn't pick India, would you even have them in the top 5? read the rest of this rubbish
for the set. Ian Bell wasn't naive but just slack and stupid to be run out before tea on the fourth day of the second test. But apparently he was only partly to blame. read the rest of this rubbish