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Mike Holmans

Can England really be that bad again?

Can England really be that bad again?

As Senna the Soothsayer used to say in Up Pompeii , “Woe, woe, and thrice woe!” Except that she was usually wrong, whereas it is the only sensible reaction to England's dismal performance in the first Test against Pakistan, in Dubai.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The importance of Tremlett's scare factor

The importance of Tremlett's scare factor

Tim Bresnan's injury is a big problem for England in only one respect: they lose their mascot

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
England aim at unfamiliar heights in unfamiliar conditions

England aim at unfamiliar heights in unfamiliar conditions

It looks like I picked the wrong time to come back to Test cricket

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Playing the long game

Playing the long game

The India v England ODI series has seen the boot not just on the other foot, but planted firmly up England's backside

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Horrible batting, good outcricket

Horrible batting, good outcricket

England have at last managed to lose a cricket match , and a good thing too: it was getting monotonous

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
At last, Bopara and India perform

At last, Bopara and India perform

At last

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The era of great bowlers is not over

The era of great bowlers is not over

For my birthday, my mother sent me a copy of “Not In My Day, Sir”, a collection of letters on cricket published in Britain's most traditional newspaper, the Daily Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
A thank you letter

A thank you letter

Dear Mr Strauss and Mr Dhoni,

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Mission accomplished for Cook

Mission accomplished for Cook

Mission accomplished, and then some

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Hail Mahela

Hail Mahela

The best sort of cricket match to watch is one which your team wins and your favourite player on the other side gets a hundred or a five-for

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
An extraordinary Cardiff ending

An extraordinary Cardiff ending

Before play started on the fifth day at Cardiff, I was thinking what a prosaic Test match it had been

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Steven Finn - new and improved

Steven Finn - new and improved

I had hoped for more from my first live match of the season, but I didn't even get three days because I couldn't be bothered to trek up to the ground to watch Middlesex knock off 54 runs to win on the third morning

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Golden Goofs

Golden Goofs

Amid all the lists of top players, teams, innings and what have you of the World Cup, I haven't noticed any booby prizes being handed out, and that is a serious omission

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Six out of ten for England

Six out of ten for England

At least they weren't embarrassing

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
England win over West Indies a huge relief

England win over West Indies a huge relief

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping - so that's what I did.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Anything but dull

Anything but dull

The cricketing gods are merciless on those of us who pontificate about the game

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Let's hope the World Cup doesn't kill ODIs

Let's hope the World Cup doesn't kill ODIs

I know we are all supposed to be terribly excited about the World Cup, but I am having some difficulty summoning up the enthusiasm

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The importance of coaches

The importance of coaches

The more I think about what went on in the Ashes, the more I appreciate what a brilliant job the England back-room crew did

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The burden of expectation

The burden of expectation

The failures of Harmison and Johnson are not entirely their fault: we the public are partly to blame too, because we invest our hopes in them and expect too high a rate of return, and they go broke trying to meet the payments we demand.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Dear Santa

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
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