Recent content by lewissaffin

That looks a very decent team for the T20s for us. Maybe keep an eye on Leicestershire's Josh Cobb for the future too. If we replace Ravi Bopara with James Taylor in the Test team, we have a very settled squad.

You just got demolished in every Test Match and whitewashed 4-0 in a month. I suggest you focus on your own team, rather than ours.

Very impressed with the humility and good grace of certain Indian members; unsurprised about the lack thereof of other Indian members. This will go down as one of my favourite ever England series, just for the overratedness of the opposition and the level of domination exerted by us. Spare a...

Chin up, India, you're still the best at IPL ;)

Finally, some fight from India! Mishra and Dravid had a really good go in the morning session and they ought to be proud of themselves for that - however, let's not paper over the cracks here; India just haven't turned up since Sharma's spell at Lord's..

I'm off to the Canary Islands for two weeks' holiday. I think I've signed off from any leagues I was in (2 have finished; 1 I exchanged teams in) and I'll get back posting during the 4th Test of the Indian Tour of England :)

When RHB, Davies and Roy don't fire, it is usually up to Maynard and de Bruyn to provide some substance to the scorecard. When none of them do so, you have to hope that Arafat will have an amazing time of it because otherwise there just aren't any runs in our team. Of course, when the top three...

The Left-hander's XI looks good - Rehman, Jadeja and Cook were the only three decent players I had, all tournament :p

Not forgetting The Viscount (Tim Linley) ;) 42 wickets in his last 7 Championship games :)

Sorry to veer off-topic but I saw that reviewed in the Wisden Cricketer magazine. Is it any good?

I think "James Anderson can't bowl effectively in flat conditions" is a tired and petulant argument. You only need to look at his form in Australia to see how much he has improved since 2008 on flat pitches.

Amen to that :cheers

Very well run league, mate. An honour to participate :)

Yes, and both times England have shown some resistance in the lower order and India haven't had an answer until the threat had been significantly averted.

I'm going to have to give up my team for the rest of the season unfortunately as I'm going to be on holiday from Saturday... sorry :(