England cricket selectors must learn from World Cup mistakes made and look to the future

Andrew Strauss has made a brave and sensible decision which will help the England selectors to start planning for the next World Cup in four years’ time.

England should start preparing for the next World Cup and that means Andrew Strauss must go

Just after Christmas England were the World Twenty20 champions, had just won the Ashes and were on a high. We were not the best one-day side but we were not the worst and fancied our chances in the World Cup.

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.

GB’s Ashes thoughts – 4th test

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GB’s Ashes thoughts – 3rd test

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Kevin Pietersen showed what he can do when he cuts out the rash strokes

For me Kevin Pietersen’s double century in Adelaide was one of the best innings I have seen him play because he played with such controlled aggression.

This is men against boys but Pietersen needs to play his part

FORGET the pitch, because whatever type of surface we play on, England will beat Pakistan.

KP’s move a sign of the times

I wasn’t surprised to hear that Kevin Pietersen is leaving Hampshire at the end of the season because I recall someone saying to him in South Africa when he first got into the England side that travelling from London to Southampton was a fair old journey and KP replying: “I won’t be playing much for [...]

Michael Clarke is not a Twenty20 player

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoffrey Boycott discusses England’s change in fortune, what makes Pietersen click and more…

There need to be at least six fewer counties

In his regular CricInfo ‘Bowl at Boycs’ feature, Geoff Boycott speaks on why Cook needs to think ahead, the buzz about the Mongoose, and England’s impending domestic crisis…

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    Geoffrey Boycott was a leading light in English cricket for a quarter of a century making over 48,000 runs and scoring 151 hundreds in an often controversial career with Yorkshire and England. After his distinguished peformances on the field he faced the biggest battle of his life – against cancer. He recovered to become an outspoken commentator on the game, his trenchant views on all aspects of cricket at home and abroad highly respected.

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