Thursday 28 February 2008

Like the previous week many people's blogs on cricket have been dominated by the Indian Premier League. This new event seems to have captured the imagination of people the world over, although for many of the purists it is not seen as a good thing for the world game. Not suprisingly the most excited fans seem to be the Indian fans who live and breathe cricket.

Away from the IPL, England have come in for heavy criticism following their one day series defeat to New Zealand. With the test series just a few days away England will be going all out for revenge. One of the biggest critics of England is the BBC radio commentator Jonathon Agnew. Agnew's opinions on cricket are very highly respected so it is unsuprising that the BBC have set up a blog for 'Aggers.' One of Agnew's main concerns about England is their batting order, especially at the top of the order. His main concern is about Alastair Cook and Ian Bell being in the same team. Agnew says: "Both are fine batsmen, don't get me wrong, but they are one-dimensional and incapable of innovation in one-day cricket - it just isn't the way they bat." In his opinion Kevin Pietersen, England's most talented batsman, should be promoted to bat at number 3. The blog can be viewed at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/02/england_pay_for_batting_uncert.shtml

The BBC website, especially on the cricket site, use blogs a lot. Especially for touring parties such as the England team. Other blogs available are by the cricketer Graeme Swann and another journalists called Adam Mountford. Swann's blog gives an insight into the life of a cricketer and the feelings inside the team. It has some use for people who are interested in having a deeper look at cricket.

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