Listless England are out of excuses
Rarely have England looked so devoid of energy as they plunged to a miserable defeat in Hamilton, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian .
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
Rarely have England looked so devoid of energy as they plunged to a miserable defeat in Hamilton, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian.
This line-up was once regarded as aggressive in the modern mould. Occasionally such tigerish aggression might backfire. That happens. But now they bat like poodles.
Read Cricinfo's view by Andrew Miller.
Only two innings have elapsed since they were bundled out for 81 by Chaminda Vaas at Galle, and when they've not been getting out, they've been getting bogged down instead, as their disgracefully slow first innings testifies.
Also check Mike Atherton, in the Sunday Telegraph, trying to address the Harmison question.
Meanwhile in the Sunday Times Simon Wilde salutes Ryan Sidebottom.
His great service to English cricket is that he has reminded everyone of the simple virtue of putting the ball in the right place and asking the batsman to play it. As Steve Harmison has demonstrated, speed alone is not enough.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo