Looking back on a golden summer for England as India were put to the sword
From Ian Bell’s epic innings to Stuart Broad’s bowling heroics, Geoffrey Boycott looks at the highs of England’s Test cricket summer and what the future holds.
Top teams will fancy facing inconsistent England
If England get through to the quarter-finals I will not be putting my money on them.
England selectors have lost the plot
Before the one-day series started, I had high hopes that England would do well in the World Cup — and might even win the thing. After the Sydney Test, we all thought they were in magnificent shape. They were confident, focused and well organised.
There was no reason not to go with the on-field umpire — Ian Bell was out
Technology is never going to be 100 per cent perfect. It can’t possibly get every single decision right.
GB’s Ashes thoughts – 4th test
Each day’s play reviewed by Geoff Boycott…
England must sort out batting flaws in order to bounce back against Australia in Ashes series
If the Australians have any brains they should try to produce a bouncy pitch in Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test.
England’s batsmen lucky to be playing in this era
Now that the dust has settled on the four Test series in South Africa it’s time to take a closer look at England’s performance. On the face of it drawing the rubber 1-1 is a good result but to be honest we could have lost it 3-1 and probably should have. We were lucky enough [...]
Ball-tampering row is much ado about very little really
If anyone needs their wrists slapping after this risible ball-tampering row, it is South Africa.
England’s harum-scarum batsmen need to be less exciting
The first thing that came out of the Centurion Test was that life without Andrew Flintoff is going to be very tough. There is simply no balance in this England team without a world-class all-rounder.
Now win in South Africa
It’s a fantastic achievement by England to win the Ashes, and we’re all thrilled to bits. Like the last home series four years ago, it was a contest of tiny margins.
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