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The Strauss Tapes Part XXII
Click. “Okay lads. You remember that last night I asked you all to write the one thing that would improve the team? Well, Belly has folded up each piece of paper and put them in KP’s helme… more →
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The Strauss Tapes Part XXII
tootingtrumpet wrote 1 day ago: Click. “Okay lads. You remember that last night I asked you all to write the one thing that wo … more →
Archive Cricket Evening - November 16 2009
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 weeks ago: Archie Jackson - more talented than Bradman? After a weekend in Liverpool (with only radio coverage … more →
The Strauss Tapes Part XX
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 weeks ago: Defying Sarf Larnden’s never-ending postal disruptions, a small packet arrived at the Trumpet … more →
Champions Trophy - England Report Card
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tootingtrumpet wrote 2 months ago: England's Numbers Four and Five for the next two World Cups? At full strength, England would win … more →
England vs Australia First ODI Performance of the Day - County cricket
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 months ago: Perhaps we’re punch drunk after a fantastic World Twenty20 and a topsy-turvy Ashes series and … more →
In praise of... Thilan Samaraweera
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 months ago: On 15th April 2009, Cricinfo caught up with the cricketing victims of the Lahore terrorist attack of … more →
The Ashes - England report card and a competition
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 months ago: Andrew Strauss – England’s best player. Seized the initiative when it mattered on the fi … more →
The Fifth Ashes Test - Day Four
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Fifth Ashes Test Day One Video Report
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 months ago: WordPress video WordPress video … more →
The Ashes - A controversy and a competition
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tootingtrumpet wrote 3 months ago: Prior to the Lord’s Test, Nestaquin set out some of the historical context in which any Ashes … more →
The Ashes - Third Test England Report Card
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tootingtrumpet wrote 4 months ago: Due to disciplined Australian batting, Edgbaston's Test turned into as damp a squib as the groun … more →
A lack of competition and a competition
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tootingtrumpet wrote 4 months ago: Nesta, below, has set out the quandries facing big Merv as he ponders options for the Australian XI … more →
What England need to learn right now
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tootingtrumpet wrote 4 months ago: At Cardiff, despite all signs to the contrary, England grew a backbone, but did little else to convi … more →
England vs Australia First Ashes Test - England Report Card
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tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: Andrew Strauss – Two nothing scores in a match that showed his captaincy was neither inspirational n … more →
The Strauss Tapes Part XIX
tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: Click “Right gentlemen, take a seat. Belly – go and get Swanny will you? If he’s p … more →
The Strauss Tapes Part XVIII
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tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: As an England XI face Warwickshire in a practice match, an Australian XI faces the preposterously ti … more →
Farewell then, Michael Vaughan
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tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: As expected, Michael Vaughan retired from playing cricket today in time to slide into a commentator … more →
The Strauss Tapes Part XVII
tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: Click “Is that you Charlotte? It’s me, Andrew… Captain of the England Cricket Team … more →
The Trumpet salutes Pakistan
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tootingtrumpet wrote 5 months ago: Ostracised after the horrors of Lahore and not much welcomed before then, Pakistan’s mercurial … more →
