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Joe Root: Mentally Strong, But Technically Flawed

July 22, 2015

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By SB Tang Note: this piece appeared on The Guardian Sport Network on 21 July 2015.  Everybody loves Joe Root right now. And who wouldn’t? Since being dropped for the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney in January 2014, Root has plundered 1530 runs — including five hundreds, four of which were of the monster, unbeaten […]

England and Kevin Pietersen: Strange Ambivalence

June 8, 2012

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By SB Tang On Thursday 31 May 2012, Kevin Pietersen retired from international limited-overs cricket, just four months before England defend the World T20 crown which Pietersen, more than any other individual player, helped them to win in 2010. It appears that Pietersen wanted to retire from one-day internationals (“ODIs”) and play on in T20 […]