England strikers 80s

"I'm loving the job I have at the moment. I feel there's a little bit of unfinished business with this team and where we're heading, and I've got a little bit of cricket left in this body. But I'm not looking too far down the track." … [Read more...] about Ashes 2019: Fifth Test puts ‘dampener’ on Australia success – Paine

India will have to dismiss Steve Smith, David Warner cheaply to win the series: Ian Chappell … [Read more...] about Smith’s form masks Australia’s batting cracks

On his Test debut, which incidentally was also against Australia in Cape Town, Smith batted at No. 3 and scored 68 in the second innings against an attack that included Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee and Shane Warne. In his fifth Test innings he scored 200, even if it was against Bangladesh, which established his hunger for runs and his ability to bat long. Two double-centuries in his first five innings as captain - both 250-plus scores in England - further established him as a special talent, and while he never touched those heights again in terms of sheer runs scored, he made plenty of vital contributions that led to victories for South Africa. (The 714 runs he scored in England in 2003 is the seventh-best by any captain in a series, and the best for a South African captain.) … [Read more...] about Fourth-innings hero, and captain extraordinaire

A hugely popular signing by Ruud Gullit in November 1996 who later returned to work at Chelsea as assistant to Maurizio Sarri, Zola scored 59 Premier League goals and grabbed the winner off the bench in the 1998 Cup Winners' Cup final triumph over Stuttgart. There was also FA Cup and EFL Cup success during his time in England, just no league crown. … [Read more...] about Steven Gerrard turns 40: Notable players never to win the Premier League

Make no mistake, this is an England squad alright. A larger one than normal, to be sure, but an England squad nonetheless. These are the 55 players England will pick from this summer. More than that, given it includes 14 uncapped players and a large number of recent Lions tourists, this is a group the selectors see taking English cricket forward longer term. What hope, then, is there for those who didn't make the cut? The message would seem to be that England aren't interested now and won't be in the future, unless something drastic changes. And while plenty of players were not selected in the 55-man group announced yesterday, the exclusions of Hales and Porter seem particularly harsh. … [Read more...] about For excluded Hales and Porter, the message is clear