Simon Hughes's Blog, page 20

England v West Indies: captain Andrew Strauss learns to cope with that morning after feeling at Trent Bridge

Captain's innings showed maturity as he changed his approach to match the situation of the game, writes Simon Hughes.

England v West Indies: Kemar Roach pays price for overstepping the mark in second Test at Trent Bridge

Pace bowler's repeated no-balls undermined his performance and deflated West Indies.

England v West Indies: tourists' top order wobble under onslaught from James Anderson and Stuart Broad

England bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad employed new variations of seam bowling to make early inroads

England v West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul adheres to the task and leaves England in sticky situation

Simon Hughes on another masterclass in concentration from the world's top-ranked Test batsman.

England v West Indies: tourists pacemen offer up only toil and not the terror of old

Shannon Gabriel looks a decent find but the rest are not a patch on sublime Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson.

England v West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul's stay at the crease will not give Andrew Strauss sleepless nights

Simon Hughes: England may not dismiss Shivnarine Chanderpaul at all this summer, but I doubt they're overly concerned.

Innovative shots like switch-hit must be encouarged, not penalised, in on-going battle between batsman and bowler

Simon Hughes: time to debate whether a right hander turning himself temporarily into a left hander (or vice versa) - is fair.

To save the shires, English cricket needs to follow the IPL's franchise model

Franchises based in England's big cities would inject new life, and new money, into the domestic game.

To reclaim your lost youth sign up for the IPL as Rahul Dravid and fellow veterans show youngsters how it's done

Simon Hughes: rejuvenated by fact you only have to bat, and field, for 20 overs, veretans show up younger counterparts.

You can't blame West Indies talent deserting the Test team and chasing dollars in the India Premier League

Simon Hughes: flicking between West Indies v Australia on one channel and Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors on another is a weird experience.