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Andrew Miller

UK editor, ESPNcricinfo

@miller_cricket

England's batsmen reap what they sow

England would happily have accepted a first-innings total of 425, if it had been offered to them in the immediate aftermath of their drubbing against South Africa A

19-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

Apathy in the Sleepy City

It would not have been fair to pass judgment until the apathy had been exposed in all its lack of glory

19-Dec-2004•The Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

The dividends of watchful accumulation

Andrew Strauss has added another remarkable chapter to his brief England career

18-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

The virtue of patience

If it works for the Australians, then it's got to be the correct tactic

17-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

'It was a good day of toil,' says Hoggard

Quotes

17-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

'I'm not about to give up' insists Boucher

Few players will have taken more satisfaction out of South Africa A's seven-wicket victory over England than Mark Boucher

17-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

A thirst for tradition

Once upon a time it was all about tradition, but these days cricket hasbecome synonymous with crass sponsorship deals, from Australia's Pura MilkCup to the Pepsi-fuelled and LG-cooled Champions Trophy

17-Dec-2004•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

Great, green and greased lightning

"The great, green, greasy Limpopo river ..." Celebrated in Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories as the place where the elephant got its trunk, and situated on the Zimbabwean border, it is not the most likely of places to spawn a Test cricketer -

16-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

England's fans caught in train derailment

At least half a dozen of England's travelling fans were caught up in a scare en route from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth, when their train was derailed near the town of Westley in the Free State

16-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

England prepare for a reinvigorated South Africa

After their humbling on the highveld, England's cricketers have arrived in Port Elizabeth ahead of Friday's first Test against South Africa

16-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

The real thing starts here

There was an eerie sense of calm surrounding Port Elizabeth on the eve of the first Test at St George's Park

16-Dec-2004•The Preview by Andrew Miller in Port Elizabeth

Thorpe urges England not to panic

As a man who has helped carry England's batting through thick and mostly thin over the past decade, Graham Thorpe is not the type of character to allow himself to be fazed by one blip in an otherwise matchless year for the national side

14-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

Jennings ready to let loose the young guns

Ray Jennings, South Africa's coach, was keen to downplay any suggestion that his team had gained a psychological advantage ahead of the first Test at Port Elizabeth, following England's emphatic seven-wicket defeat against the South Africa A side at

14-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Pretoria

Defeat was a 'kick up the arse', says Vaughan

Michael Vaughan was a concerned England captain in the aftermath of hisside's comprehensive seven-wicket defeat at Potchefstroom, describing the result as a 'kick up the arse'

13-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

England defeated in tour opener

It is a measure of the way England have been outplayed by South Africa A at Potchefstroom this week, that not even a spot of divine intervention could prevent them from slumping to an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat shortly after tea on the third

13-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

The virtues of hard work

Andrew Flintoff, England's best bowler of the day, and a relative successwith the bat as well, was extolling the virtues of hard work and netpractice as he faced the media at Potchefstroom

12-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

Undercooked England collapse again

One top-order aberration could be put down to ring-rustiness, but two in a single match smacks of carelessness

12-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

A day to forget for England as Langeveldt grabs five

The perils of being limited to a solitary warm-up game were made all tooapparent to England's probable Test team at Potchefstroom today, as they were bundled out for 225 shortly after tea on the first day of theirthree-day match against South Africa

11-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

'One or two of our players were a bit ring-rusty'

They are known in the trade as

11-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

Hazy, lazy days

Potchefstroom is a tranquil University town, 75 miles south-west of Johannesburg, and the sort of place that does exactly what it says on the tin, says Andrew Miller

11-Dec-2004•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller in Potchefstroom

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