Chris Tremlett: England are still dangerous despite wobbly start Jos Buttler’s Twenty20 side may have somewhat botched their run chase against Afghanistan in their World Cup opener on Saturday but they’ll be over the moon to have the first game hoodoo off their back. It doesn’t matter what kind of form you take with you into a World Cup; that opening match can be [...]
Chris Tremlett: T20 World Cup is a shopping window for cricket’s talent on the verge When the T20 World Cup gets going in Australia this weekend, the bigger teams will still have a little while to wait before their campaigns begin. England don’t start their World Cup until next weekend – when they play Afghanistan – but it’s still a good chance for the team, under Matthew Mott, to get [...]
Chris Tremlett: Era of Stokes and McCullum won’t see miracles on day one a new dawn When Ben Stokes leads his side out against New Zealand at Lord’s on Thursday with head coach Brendon McCullum watching down from the famous pavilion, it will mark a new era in English Test cricket. I was not surprised to see Stokes appointed captain – there weren’t too many other options around the squad at [...]
Chris Tremlett: ‘Warne took me under his wing, he saw the potential in me’ March 7, 2022 It’s a shame I can’t speak to Shane Warne again and thank him because I wouldn’t have got to where I got to, and played for England, without him. He will leave a legacy in so many different ways. People remember him for his antics off the field, he was a rock and roll cricketer, [...]
Chris Tremlett Ashes column: If that’s the best we’ve got it doesn’t bode well January 17, 2022 It was a glimmer of hope to see England get a draw in the fourth Ashes Test last week but that was soon swept from under me. There was a moment yesterday where I thought it was possible that England would finish the series with a win. The Zak Crawley partnership with Rory Burns was [...]
Chris Tremlett: This is one of the worst Ashes tours I can remember January 9, 2022 It’s been a horrendous Ashes tour, one of the worst. The only positive is that England will not lose this series 5-0. England may have snuck a draw in the fourth Test in Sydney on Sunday but that doesn’t paper over the cracks in the set-up that this tour has exposed. The way they lost [...]
Chris Tremlett: It’s curtains for England’s Ashes if they lose second Test December 12, 2021 At 1-0 down in the Ashes, after falling to a nine-wicket defeat at the Gabba on Saturday, England are in a very difficult position but not completely out of the series. Should they lose the second Test, a day-nighter in Adelaide which starts on Thursday, however, that will probably be curtains for their hopes of [...]
Chris Tremlett: Ben Stokes is the England player who Australia fear December 7, 2021 Unfortunately, England do not take great form in Test cricket into their Ashes series against Australia, which begins in Brisbane on Tuesday night. Of their 12 Test matches so far this year, Joe Root’s men have won four, drawn two and lost six. It has been a story of inconsistency. But they do have one [...]
Chris Tremlett: Ashes series in Australia are the stuff of dreams for England cricketers December 5, 2021 Playing for England in the Ashes – and especially in Australia, where the action begins this week – is what I dreamt about when I was growing up. I remember watching the likes of Merv Hughes and Glenn McGrath, and learning about the history of the series and the whole culture of playing Down Under, [...]
Chris Tremlett: Smart bowling can help England at World Cup October 25, 2021 England got their World Cup campaign off to a great start with a dominant six-wicket victory over the West Indies as they bowled out their opponents for 55. Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali impressed on Saturday but they have done for the last few years. Rashid is such an underrated bowler outside of England, [...]
