• Tigers won’t be taken lightly
    Wednesday, 10th March 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    AT the end of a competitive one-day series and a tough warm-up match against a second string side, England will have come away with plenty to ponder ahead of the first Test match, which starts on... [Read more]

  • Eoin has talent and bottle
    Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    EOIN MORGAN’S knock in Dhaka yesterday was as good a one-day innings as you’ll see. The young Middlesex batsman is blossoming into a big player on the one-day stage and the character he showed in... [Read more]
  • Craig has world at his feet
    Wednesday, 24th February 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH
    ANDY LLOYD
    HE may have only been on the scene five minutes, but Craig Kieswetter is almost nailed on to retain his place in the side for the three one-day internationals with Bangladesh, starting on Sunday.... [Read more]
  • Finding that match-winner is England’s aim in Dubai
    Wednesday, 17th February 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    CAPTAIN Paul Collingwood talked about this being a big week for England’s Twenty20 side, but I feel this tour of the middle east is being seen more of a fact-finding mission than the start of a... [Read more]

  • Strauss will rue his clanger
    Wednesday, 20th January 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    I’VE been one of Andrew Strauss’ biggest supporters since he took over the mantle as England captain. He took the reigns at a difficult time, yet brought togetherness to the side, eventually... [Read more]
  • Tourists on brink of a top-notch victory
    Thursday, 14th January 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    FINALLY, after six or seven weeks of character-building and good old-fashioned hard graft, this is it. The fourth and final Test in Johannesburg, starting this morning, is simply a massive game for... [Read more]
  • Collingwood could be key if England are to salvage draw
    Thursday, 7th January 2010
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    ANDY LLOYD
    LET’S give credit where’s it’s due, South Africa have played extremely well these last two days to take this stranglehold on the third Test. Graeme Smith, in particular, batted superbly in the second... [Read more]
  • Crazy hour mustn’t haunt us
    Tuesday, 22nd December 2009
    AT THE CREASE WITH
    BAR that last “crazy” hour, as Andrew Strauss described it, England played some fantastic cricket in the first Test at Centurion over the weekend and have every reason to be encouraged ahead of the... [Read more]
  • England can end a fine year in style
    Wednesday, 16th December 2009
    AT THE CREASE WITH ANDY LLOYD
    Andy Lloyd
    LOOKING back, you have to say 2009 has been a pretty successful year for the England cricket team. Bar the disastrous one-day series against Australia, which England lost 6-1, captain Andrew Strauss... [Read more]