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barmyarmy submitted a new article An Open Letter to Michael Vaughan Dear Michael Vaughan, This morning you said to the world via twitter: “Anyone else struggling to explain to their 9 yr old that KP isn’t allowed to play for England?” I have some suggestions for what you might say. You can...

barmyarmy submitted a new article An Open Letter to Colin Graves Dear Mr Graves, As you’re about to take up the position of ECB chairman I thought I would tell you how I and so many England fans are feeling right now. We have had enough. Enough of defensive negative play. Enough of the same...

barmyarmy submitted a new article Australia vs New Zealand - Cricket World Cup Final preview As Sunday’s final at last draws to a close a World Cup that started nearly 2 months ago, few can deny that the two preeminent sides of this tournament are undeserving of their place at the MCG. This...

barmyarmy submitted a new article Second XI - Cricket in its outposts reviewed As far as the ICC is concerned the World Cup proper is just starting. Unlike previous editions no associate has had the temerity to gate-crash the later stages, and now the “World” cup can be contested by the...

barmyarmy submitted a new blog post Cricket World Cup – Last chance to see Imagine a football world cup where only the top 10 nations in the world were allowed a place. Perhaps Wimbledon with only seeded players in the draw or Formula 1 with only 10 cars on the grid. All sports have big...

PlanetCricket submitted a new blog post Why Cricket Is Remarkably Like Poker Cricket has long been a game played in the mind. From when the bowler pitches the ball, to how a field is set, to how aggressive a batter decides to play the first over - it all adds up to an enthralling sport...

barmyarmy submitted a new blog post This is now an angry blog Ever since England’s best batsman was fired for no apparent reason, English cricket fans have been trying to get someone to tell us why. Various of the cricket hacks on twitter suggested that there were very good reasons which...

barmyarmy submitted a new blog post What blew down the ECB House of Cards? KP - the autobiography reviewed So what blew down the ECB House of Cards in the end? Was it Mitchell Johnson running in with the Fremantle Doctor behind him? Or was it KP, ace or knave, the man who never quite fitted...

barmyarmy submitted a new blog post The mysterious case of the possibly-tampered-with non-dossier KP: “I’ve read there is a ‘dossier’, a four-page document that lists my crimes in Australia ... The problem is, it doesn’t actually exist" When in the week that Kevin Pietersen was doing media...

barmyarmy submitted a new blog post KP - dispelling the myths My, my, the establishment is out for traitor’s blood. The anger inherent in every KP discussion seems to stem in large part from the insistence of #TeamECB that none of his complaints are valid and that his own actions are beyond...

In a running trial the coach watches two athletes run the same time. One is lean, fit and has great technique; the other, carrying extra weight, less fit and making basic mistakes. Who do you choose to train??When I?ve written previous reviews of cricket games, I?ve speculated that maybe we?ll...

Reports emerging that England are set to give debuts to Gary Ballance, Scott Borthwick and Boyd Rankin (in place of Carberry, Panesar and Bresnan). We all know how well that strategy went at the Oval.

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England squad for fourth Test: Alastair Cook (Essex, captain), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Onions (Durham), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Joe Root...

Usual Rules apply. There will be write-ups so do some research on your character. Alignments will be revealed on death but not roles. You get one ghost post and you may not reveal any game information in it. Alive TheDon5 aka Edvard Munch Dead User2010 aka Alex Drake Manly aka Ian Botham Ste...

Thought I'd see if there were any other cycling fans around? Anyone got thoughts on the TDF? Froome and Contador favourites but I reckon Rodriguez and Valverde will be in with a shot as it's more like a Vuelta than a Tour with all the ascents. No-one really knows what the effect of a double...

At the Ashes Cricket 2013 preview event last week Chief described the game while we watched a example of England vs Australia at Lord's. We're going to split this into parts as it's quite long. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Personally I think Stewart is living in the past with this team. A team of "once were"s. Hard to argue with the two of the three SA pacers but Ashwin? Sangakarra and Kallis in the middle order? Pakistan with no players at all? I would have KP in for Sangakarra, Ajmal for Ashwin. I'd be tempted...