With England tottering at 25 for seven in Jamaica and the home supporters carnivaling like it’s 2009, the Sky cameras switched to the man leading the new era, Andrew Strauss, on the team balcony. Alongside, fellow opener Alistair Cook, he was laughing. A few minutes later, Flintoff and Ryan Sidebottom met in mid-pitch for a [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 5, 2009
Umpires get benefit of the doubt – for now
Cricket took a turn down a new avenue today when England became the latest guinea pigs in the referral system. So now we have a situation in which in any given situation the umpire must give the batsman the benefit of the doubt and if a player requests that the decision be processed further upstairs, [...]
February 5, 2009
Jamaica’s bunsen burner puts Australia to back of my mind
In the excitement of witnessing the unearthing of a Jamaican wicket that turns square within the first 75 minutes of its use – and the many and varied attempts of England’s top order trying to come to terms with it – the announcement of Australia’s squad to tour South Africa for the three-Test series almost [...]
