Simon Hughes's Blog, page 26

England v Sri Lanka: Five lessons that Andrew Strauss's side must learn from the series victory

Simon Hughes: what England must learn from Sri Lanka series.

Simon Hughes: England batsman Ian Bell inspired by self-belief, intent and purpose in third Test

Ian Bell's third hundred in five Test innings confirms he is a batsman at his peak.

England v Sri Lanka: Stuart Broad's failure to find the right length will continue to see him fall short

England seamer's barren spell, which has seen just nine wickets in five Tests, shows little sign of coming to an end.

England v Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene crushed by weight of expectation

Apprehension is a sportsman's worst enemy.There are fine batsmen riddled with it in this series.

England v Sri Lanka: Steven Finn reaches 50 Test wickets at an impressive strike-rate

The Analyst: Steven Finn is the most potent England bowler for more than 100 years.

England v Sri Lanka: Andrew Strauss' bowlers must stop falling for batting tease Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan is a classic example of a player who, if he were English, would not have played Test cricket.

Sri Lanka offer England their toughest day in the field since Brisbane

England's towering attack fail to offer Sri Lanka a headache, metaphorically or physically

Master England batsman Alastair Cook passes his A Levels with flying colours

Alastair Cook has his A game with him at the moment. A stands for Abstinence, Application and Accumulation.

England's Kevin Pietersen is left in a spin once again by Sri Lanka's Ragana Herath

Kevin Pietersen remains adamant that he does not have a problem against left-arm spin. Simon Hughes begs to differ.

England's Andrew Strauss, the man who has perfected the art of captaincy

Some captains are born, some are made. Andrew Strauss belongs in the latter category.