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Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter England’s tour to the UAE has been a somewhat chastening experience.  The test team, maybe a tad unluckily, lost 2-0 to Pakistan in a series characterised by attritional cricket, worrying collapses and crucial dropped catches.  However, redemption has come in the form of a 3-1 series victory in the ODIs featuring perhaps the most remarkable display of hitting ever witnessed by an Englishman on the international stage. View...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The 2-0 series defeat in the Arab Emirates tells a familiar tale for England Cricket supporters; a side that fell short in all three departments, with only the seam department worthy of praise in what is another abject and disappointing display from Alastair Cook’s side. At least, that is how the press has reported it this morning. The BBC’s Stephan Shemilt brought the gauntlet down on Ian Bell, Moeen Ali and Jonny...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr  @TLE_Sport It feels like it is all over before it even started.  This topsy-turvy Ashes series has been the shortest ever Ashes series, and was completed in just 18 days of cricket.  At times the series more closely resembled two drunks attempting to run the 110 metres hurdles than a thoroughbred horserace, but England did enough to secure a decisive lead in the 4th test at Trent Bridge. As ever in the relentless...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Rewind just six months and English cricket was in a very different state to the victorious euphoria it currently finds itself in.  England had just suffered a disastrous World Cup, topped off by a humiliating defeat to Bangladesh in their final group match and they were being led by an uber-intense coach, in his second spell, with a ropey record at international level.  All sounds a far cry...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter Hands up who saw that coming. Anyone who says they predicted the Edgbaston whitewash is either clairvoyant, an incurable optimist, or a liar. This Ashes series is predictable in its unpredictability; the teams are consistent in their inconsistency; cue many other paradoxes.  What will happen at Trent Bridge on Thursday is anybody’s guess. So, how did England go from a crushing defeat at Lord’s to a comprehensive victory at Edgbaston? Obviously the answer is...

By Richard Bannan If you're reading this you're a sports fan. If you're a sports fan, you're a fan of Test Match Cricket. To claim otherwise is akin to being to a lover of sketch comedy with a blind spot for Monty Python. And if you love Test Match Cricket you must see Death of a Gentleman. This new documentary, from journalists Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber began life in 2011 as a love letter to Test Match Cricket and an...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter Well I did not see that coming.  If you had told me that England would win the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, and at a canter, I would have questioned your sanity and probably referred you to a psychiatrist.  In winning by the emphatic margin of 169 runs, England have sent a strong message to Australia that they won’t just roll over and capitulate like they did 18...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter I have many pet theories about sport, all of which are revolutionary, incredibly well-reasoned and, of course, absolutely correct.  One of them is on the relative importance of sporting events, which could be summarised as i=lu, where i=interest, l=length of time between occurrences and u=the unusualness of the event.  Therefore in my opinion the most interesting sporting events are a Lions tour, the Olympic Games and the Ryder Cup.  Incidentally if...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport The London Economic’s Noy Shani was in Old Trafford on Tuesday to watch the international T20 between England and New Zealand, witnessing the hosts see the tourists off in style with a smashing comeback. It was a more than worthwhile evening at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.  An evening that re-established England as a cricket power to be reckoned with and concluded a highly entertaining series with the touring New Zealanders. Having won the...