
His first four appearances were so disappointing that in another, more successful side, he may have been forced to wait a very long time before being invited back for another go...

There's never a great deal of free time on cricket tours these days but the England team bonded with a visit to Lion Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday, taking the opportunity to get close to some cubs, even stroking a couple of the cute youngsters...

In Kimberley I've been in South Africa for a few days now and am getting into the swing of the England tour...

With the opening match of England's tour of South Africa already under way, I thought it would be a good time to let you know some more details of BBC Radio's coverage of what promises to be a really exciting next few weeks...

In the middle of October I saw this thread on the 606 message boards: "Not a wind-up attempt, but as your side is half full of South Africans, if you had to choose an English XI, who would be in it...

Early next week, there will be a change to how you leave comments on this blog - we're upgrading our current registration system to a new and improved one...

As soon as news filtered through that Daniel Vettori wasn't fit to the play in the Champions Trophy final, hearts began to sink at the prospect of Australia marching to victory in a one-sided contest...

We're on the verge of the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy, and this tournament has by far exceeded expectations...

A couple of weeks ago, it seemed impossible that England would win a game at the Champions Trophy, let alone reach the semi-finals by beating two of the favourites in emphatic fashion...

Even if the injuries that have dogged Andrew Flintoff's career prevent him from playing a full part in England's limited-overs cricket for the next three or four years, the British public could see quite a lot of him in the years to come...

Here are my ratings for the England team in the one-day international series against Australia. Why don't you tell us yours? Andrew Strauss 7 - The England skipper was a rock at the top of the order during the Ashes series and he took that form into the one-dayers...

I am delighted to announce that former England captain Michael Vaughan is joining TMS as an expert summariser and he will make his Test match debut with us during our ball-by-ball coverage of this winter's tour of South Africa...

One of England's most famous artists, a 90-year-old former Lancaster bomber pilot and a member of the Bee Gees... it could only be another interval on Test Match Special...

Before it actually happened, it was quietly taken as read by some journalists and fans that Australia's selectors would move to appoint a new captain across all formats if Ricky Ponting was to lose a second Ashes series on English soil...











