England paceman Chris Woakes says he can thrive in the West Indies
Chris Woakes smiles at his new status as the leader of an inexperienced England bowling attack, charged with conquering the West Indies minus their two champion bowlers.
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Jim Cumbes tells incredible story of his double life as goalkeeper and cricketer
Fumbling with his bootlaces, and struggling to turn the spaghetti into orderly knots, Jim Cumbes was greeted by a voice across the dressing room.
NASSER HUSSAIN: You can't end a superb career in a five-minute call
It is little wonder Stuart Broad has reacted with such anger and frustration to England’s decision to drop him and Jimmy Anderson for their Caribbean tour.
Lack of fury over fate of Broad and Anderson should have ECB worried
The Ashes aftershocks have rumbled on over the past week, and on Tuesday peaked with the news that neither Jimmy Anderson nor Stuart Broad will feature when the so-called “red-ball reset” begins in the Caribbean next month.
STUART BROAD: I'm waking up angrier each day after shock England axe
I have to confess that I wasn't expecting the phone call I received from Andrew Strauss on Tuesday that started with him saying: 'I've got some bad news.' That's not what you really want to hear on selection matters, and not something I have heard very often during my career of 152 Test caps.
Whatever happens next, Anderson and Broad deserved a better ending than this
It’s the beginning of the end, then, for the two finest fast bowlers England have ever had, the decision to drop them as sudden and unexpected as a bullet in the back. Like they say in the Sopranos: “Our line of work, it’s always out there, you probably don’t even hear it when it happens.”
Strauss: dropping Broad and Anderson for England is a ‘strategic decision’
Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad are insisting their omission from England’s squad to tour West Indies next month is “not the end of the road” and are focused on forcing their way back into the Test side, according to Andrew Strauss.
Michael Vaughan ‘quite happy’ with call to drop James Anderson and Stuart Broad
Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels it was a “smart” move by Sir Andrew Strauss to drop James Anderson and Stuart Broad for next month’s tour of West Indies.