Pietersen’s selection as England captain was universally viewed as a high-risk appointment, a reliance upon a man with a record of volatility.
Moves to isolate Zimbabwe cricket gathered momentum this week when the England and Wales Cricket Board began preliminary talks with India.
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/ 16 February 2007
England’s tour of Australia ended in surreal fashion, with a browbeaten side recovering their vigour to win the Commonwealth Bank one-day series and Duncan Fletcher extolling the words of Mother Teresa as his inspiration during the bleakest period of the Ashes winter.
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/ 22 February 2003
The maturing of Ricky Ponting has been a long and uncertain process, but if Australia survive the unrest of their campaign to lift the trophy, it may be time to proclaim that the journey is complete.