Posts tagged with ‘England in South Africa 2009/10’

South Africa scored a mammoth 240 in the 2nd Twenty20 International, yet England’s batsmen are being asked to answer for the failure of the bowlers

South Africa are just about the best team in the world right now. England are hopeful, but in reality they have got their work cut out. Here’s what they have to do to overcome the odds.

Jonathan Trott has played for England, but he is a South African. So why is so much fuss being made of Michael Vaughan’s comments about him celebrating a South African victory?

Shane Warne has a habit of saying things in the press that English cricket does not want to hear and that come back to bite us. Remember what he said about Ravi Bopara before the Ashes? Five months after becoming England’s latest pre-ordained Ashes hero, RavBop didn’t even make it into the Performance Programme.

So when Warne writes in his Times column that England will ruin Stuart Broad, now a bona-fide Ashes hero, we should start to worry. A lot.

The selection of Luke Wright and Liam Plunkett for England’s tour of South Africa this winter will surprise many. The lack of reserve batsmen suggests that England will continue with Prior at six and five bowlers. Steven Davies is the reserve wicketkeeper, and Adil Rashid will understudy Graeme Swann.