As the England boys sit in first class comfort on their long-haul to Australia ahead of the Ashes, Matthew Hoggard has been revealing the secrets of his success. Hoggard, who will be a vital component of England’s bowling attack, as had a magical couple of seasons and is now a considered a lynchpin. I’m not sure how many other metaphors I can invent to say that he can bowl a bit. Stupidly, though, he’s given the game away, and no doubt Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath will read with glee on finding the missing piece of their bowling jigsaw, as …read more

Hurray for still being able to hide behind the injury excuse. If I had the inclination, I’d go through all the cricket news stories from the BBC and CricInfo in the last couple of months and figure out what proportion of them are do with an injury concern with the English cricket team. Since I don’t have the inclination, I’ll guess, and say “a lot*”. Heck, you’d need more than two hands to count all the posts on the subject right here at Six and Out.