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We’re just moments away from the first meeting of five between the Australians and the English in a ODI series. It doesn’t seem that long since we saw them in the Ashes last summer, and it certainly wasn’t that long since we faced them in the Champions Trophy or the Twenty20 final. What’s more, it [...]
Rafa Nadal - good after all
The worry was that his knees might never be able to fully withstand the aggressive game that he plays, but Rafa Nadal is still standing, and wakes this morning French Open Champion and world number one. He arrived there by demolishing Robin Soderling, the only person to ever beat him at [...]
Red Bull keep the fizz in the F1 season
The season the world thought might be one of the greatest of all time really owes a great deal to Red Bull. Forget the rules and restrictions that have been in place this year which were set to kill the drama after the first race of the year [...]
Apologies to SWS readers for the delays here - technical issues delayed this bulletin by 24 hours, with broken internet confirming that websites are literally nothing without the internet, but like our first feature below, we thought better late than never.
England are World Champions. In Cricket!
After 4 major finals including 3 world cups, England have finally delivered [...]
Snooker
So we have a World Champion, and he’s Australian. Neil Robertson was brilliant up until the final, but then again so was Graeme Dott. The contest, last more than half a day of solid table time, showed the fragile line between brilliance and mediocrity. These two players had been exceptional on their routes to the [...]
This morning the Telegraph had a bit of a headstart on the competition with news of the choice for England’s bowling coach. Our man was to be an Australian, no less, by the name of Craig McDermott.
Australian Craig McDermott offered job as England bowling coach
The England and Wales Cricket Board has again decided to turn to an [...]
It’s Easter weekend, and in the spirit of things we’ve decided to resurrect an old favourite - the writings of Mihir Bose. Since his resignation from the BBC he has resurfaced with a weekly interview for the Evening Standard. This week he’s been interviewing Owais Shah, and doing his best to spin a comparison that [...]
Six Nations
France duly claimed the Grand Slam this weekend, and they were surely the best side of the tournament, but their tactics were spoiling and unadventurous on Saturday when they faced England. That was a disappointment, as they have largely been good to watch, but on the other hand there was good news as England put [...]
Put simply, there was more sport this weekend than you shake a proverbial stick at, which ranged from excellent to tawdry, and had everything in between. For those events we have missed, we can only apologise.
Better than expected
Ernie Els did a fine job to win his first tournament since 2008 with a round of 66 to win [...]
So for reasons best known to the ICC, a 30 man provisional squad for the World Twenty20 Championships has to be submitted this week, and England have announced theirs. Amongst the thirty names there is no space for the stand-in ODI and Test captain Alastair Cook.
Geoff Miller, doing an interview in relation to the announcement, said [...]
