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January 25, 2011Posted on 01/25/2011 in English cricket
What's wrong with England?
It wasn't long ago England were all-powering Ashes winners. Now they have lost four games in a row and their premier spinner is heading home with injury. So what's gone wrong? Paul Newman, writing in the Daily Mail investigates.
The first sign that England's muddled thinking - a feature of their one-day cricket since they came so close to winning the 1992 World Cup - may have struck again came when they announced their 15-man squad. In a major surprise, opener and keeper Steven Davies was dropped, despite a strike-rate of 108 from seven one-dayers, in favour of Test keeper Matt Prior, admittedly in the form of his life.
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