Whither James Tredwell?

2 minute readAsked which of his team-mates he least enjoyed facing in the nets recently, Moeen Ali said: “James Tredwell. Annoying. You just try and smack him and you can’t hit him anywhere.” It’s one of the mysteries of the age how Tredders doesn’t go for seven an over, but it’s a

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James Tredwell is a cult hero, right?

< 1 minute readWe just want to confirm this really. He seems to have all the requisite qualities. Deluxe Nineties cricketer Of all England’s current players, James Tredwell is the one we think would have seemed most at home in England teams of the Nineties. He boasts a kind-of-okay first-class record and no

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James Tredwell brings more wonders

< 1 minute readWhen England won a Test series in India, we felt moved to ask: “Will wonders never cease?” It wasn’t a rhetorical question, so in light of England winning a high-scoring one-day international in India, we now have an answer: WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE. England don’t do high-scoring one-day matches well.

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World Cup heroes finally selected

< 1 minute readThe England camp has been struck by a few cases of the wild shits this week. This might not seem that interesting in itself, but it has allowed us to answer one important question. Is Luke Wright a batsman, a bowler or simply a blank canvas who doesn’t get injured?

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England World Cup heroes update

< 1 minute readWe named our England heroes for the World Cup before it had started. We remember now that cricketing heroism is more about what you do on the pitch than the shape of your head. That said, the man named on the basis of head shape, Tim Bresnan, has been something

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