Eoin Morgan
The World Cup trophy With his Christmas list up the chimney, eoin morgan will be asking that come July his team’s World Cup hopes will not have gone up in smoke. Going into World Cup year, england’s chances have never been better. Ranked as the No.1 oneday international side and with the tournament being played on home soil, the squad should be illed with conidence. With the ODi line-up boasting a home record of seven straight series victories dating back to 2015 including wins over australia and india, the time has arrived for england to mount a serious challenge. Will morgan become the irst england captain to lift the coveted trophy? Steve Smith A full return to form since the ball-tampering scandal in march, the australian cricket public has had to endure multiple public embarrassments. slogans of ‘elite honesty’, and the forced pre-match handshakes to name a few. However, top of the list must be the team’s poor performances in the months following the bans that were handed to three players, most importantly steve smith. since then, australia have lost 17 out of 24 matches in all formats. Coming of four years in a row where smith averaged more than 70 in tests it is easy to see why he has been so sorely missed. Will the public get a smith iring on all cylinders when his ban is served? Ireland A Test victory at Lord’s it’s the 2019 summer and cricket fans all over the country are gearing up to watch another famous ixture. Justin Langer’s australia are here. must be them? No. england are in the World Cup inal? No, again. the queues that will be stretching down the st John’s Wood Road are preparing to watch ireland play england in their irst test visit to HQ. Having been given Full member status in 2017, and making their test bow in 2018, ireland will arrive in London looking to emulate the success of the ODi team that stunned england at the 2011 World Cup. Which players will st Nicholas reward with a chance to answer ireland’s Call? The Associate nations A last-minute World Cup U-turn For Collins Obuya, the 2003 World Cup will live long in the memory. Kenya stunned the cricketing world with a 53-run victory over sri Lanka. taking career-best igures of 5 for 24, Obuya dismantled the vaunted sri Lanka line-up. Kenya went on to scare australia in the super sixes and reached a semi-inal. so which associate will make a name for themselves at the 2019 World Cup, i hear you ask? Well, none. For the irst time there will be no associates at the World Cup, only Full members. this despite the fact that the standard at the top end of associate cricket is better than ever. any chance of a dramatic u-turn from Dubai? County Championship Division Two third-place promotion this is a one-season ofer from the eCB. the cricketing equivalent of a buy one, get one free. in 2019 the third-place inishers in the second tier will be handed promotion to the top division as the eCB have swapped the numbers in Division One and two to 10 and eight from 2020 onwards. “a year too late!” screams the disgruntled sussex membership. (Only one team will come down from the top light in 2019, whereas it has been two from eight in recent seasons). time to stock up on carrots and get the sherry at the ready, supporters to woo santa. One last thing: have you been naughty or nice this year, folks? The ECB The 100 to gain global popularity in a dramatic comeback not seen since the days of Lazarus, the eCB’s new brainchild the 100 becomes Britain’s most revolutionary sporting concept since Barry Hearn bought the darts. One can hear the announcer lubricating their voice box as we speak: “From the Pavilion end, Olly ‘the Rolling’ stone closely followed by “and his opponent, weighing in at 230 pounds, Cameron ‘abs of’ steel”. at that moment eCB chairman Colin Graves rises from his chair and waves to the adoring public, while sporting his internationally symbolic ‘make Cricket Great again’ cap. Whoa!!! Wake up, mr Graves. Christmas is over! you must have nodded of there for a minute. More on ipl 2019 latest news click here
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