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England G-Eoin Places At Last, But Still Room For Much Moores

Embarrassed in Australia. Humbled at home to India. Second best in Sri Lanka. 2014 was a forgettable twelve months of One Day International cricket for England. An annum confined to the archives of history filed under D for disaster; then torn, burned and buried alongside folders labelled ‘Mood Hoover’ and ‘Kevin Who?’ But what’s worse …

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Cricket World Cup 2015 in 140 Characters… Each

Australia Good form, powerful players and home advantage. Tough to look past the 4-time winners going all the way again. #Potential India Limited overs specialists; creative and big hitting. A lot of players who can be match winners. Might not like the bounce in Oz. South Africa Perennial chokers on big stage but some of …

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One Day, England Will Get It Right

It’s the form of the game where England have never really found the right balance or tactics to be consistently good. OK, they have been in five limited overs major finals, but have they ever won? And the majority of those runner-up ‘successes’ came in an era of lesser competition both numerically and ability wise. …

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End of the Innings for One Day Internationals?

Perpetually predictable and persistently patched with changes to soften the punch of Twenty20, yet still permanently polluted by it’s younger sibling, it seems the end of the innings for One Day Internationals and 50-Over cricket in general, is fast approaching. And for many, the perceived position of ODI’s in the world game – a position …

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