Cricket springs the suprise

I don't think I was the only one who anticipated England winning the test match series and India winning the one day series. Well I was wrong, and so was anyone who thought the same. After surviving by a solitary wicket in the first test, India somehow found strength from somewhere to take England by storm. Terrific bowling performances from the likes of Zaheer Khan and RP Singh, coupled with some poor England batting, led to India being one up with one to play. England were not able to pull it back in the final test

Then came the one day internationals. After their defeat in the one day series to the West Indies earlier in the summer, the England management had said to judge their team at the end of the summer, and a good judgement has been cast. England now have a young exciting team with bags of potential, players who know how to play one day cricket, players who can score runs quickly, players who can take wickets, players who can save runs in the field and take outstanding catches; just what English cricket has been crying out for! Some excitement!

And who knows, maybe we can spring another suprise at the Twenty20 World Cup. That gets underway today, with the hosts South Africa taking on the West Indies. England's first match is on Thursday, and I believe we can give a good showing, especially because of the Twenty20 experience held within our squad.