Big picture: sedentary England flavors the series It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. England’s T20 World Cup defense didn’t exactly go as expected in the Caribbean five months ago, but at least by reaching the semi-finals they can say they fared better than the hosts. The West Indies had … Read more
England 329 for 5 (Livingstone 124*, Salt 59, Bethell 55, Curran 52, Forde 3-48) beaten West Indies 328 for 6 (Hope 117, Carty 71, Rutherford 54) by five wickets In the battle of the captaincy centuries, there was a clear winner. Liam Livingstone’s devastating 124, not out from 85 balls, outshone Shai Hope’s much calmer … Read more
Big picture: Rawalpindi? Rawalspindi… Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Has any team ever taken Mike Tyson’s famous aphorism more literally than Ben Stokes’ England? Their attitude to risk and reward has resulted in a glut of remarkable Test matches in recent years, but in Multan last week their fifth … Read more