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Andrew Bloxham
Wed, April 11 2012
Kevin Pietersen – a flawed genius who has not got his rightful due
By Andrew Bloxham
It’s taken five Tests, a great deal of soul searching, unceasing running repairs to increasingly damaged reputations and a dose or two of severe humiliation along the way. But England have succeeded in winning a Test match in Asia for the first time this winter, seizing their final opportunity to do so in a performance reminiscent of the rise to the summit of world cricket that garnered such widespread acclaim.
Fri, March 23 2012
England, Sri Lanka have genuine match-winners, but wickets hold the key
By Andrew Bloxham
As England’s second three day warm-up match of this two-Test 'mini-tour’ of Sri Lanka culminated in an unexpectedly exciting finale, thus averting one of those all too familiarly insipid draws so often associated with this beautiful isle, a sense of foreboding ahead of the upcoming five-day stuff had still managed to lodge itself deep within my admittedly negative psyche.
Fri, March 16 2012
Team India five years from now: The world’s greatest?
By Andrew Bloxham
As reigning One-Day International world champions, and with the ever burgeoning success of the Indian Premier League (IPL) seemingly gaining precedence amongst a number of supporters, players and of course the money men, the question of whether India are going to be sufficiently equipped to compete in Test cricket in the long-term is a valid one.
Sun, March 11 2012
Rahul Dravid’s five memorable hundreds in testing English conditions
By Andrew Bloxham
As news broke of his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday, a tide carrying fitting tributes of the masterful heroics ofIndia’s Rahul Dravid swept unabated through the cricketing world.