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The England team is to tour India later this year. But passing comments and mudslinging has begun already. At a time when the teams should be preparing for the series, the former English cricketer, Geoffrey Boycott says that the Indian team is a team of Grandpas.

London, Oct 5 (IANS) Former Pakistan spinner Mustaq Ahmed may be the next spin bowling coach of the English team.Mustaq Saturday said he is inclined to fill in for the position of spin coach with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Today while I was going through several cricket articles, I came across an article titled “England’s Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison can blow away India’s fading greats” by popular cricket analyst, commentator and former legendary English cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.

David Boon, the famous Australian batsman was admired for both his looks and aggressive style of batting. The star batsman of the 80’s and the beginning of 90’s was known over the field for his witty ways of cracking jokes and abiamble behaviour. He was also famous for his off field booze sessions.

Indian cricket board has recently announced a venue change for fourth ODI of the seven-match ODI series against England in November. England cricket team would come on a tour to India to play seven one-day internationals and two test matches in November.

Ahead of England’s tour of India, English selectors have named 15-member squad that sees former Captain Michael Vaughan being left out of the tour due to his poor recent form. Michael Vaughan’s axing has not come as a surprise as there were rumors like that around the corner following the batsmen’s

Image via Wikipedia This time Lalit Modi is determined to recruit the big names of English cricket for IPL. To recap, the ECB has done its utmost to prevent current English players from playing in IPL, saying that the IPL clashed with their domestic season.

Without Michael Vaughan in the side, England need to find someone who can play with the required skill, character and patience

The touring squad for India has just been picked, and there are no major surprises anywhere.  Which is all a bit tedious if you ask me. The three main areas of contention were.. The replacement for Mickey V, him of the central contract and the straight ball issue. The choices.

Lalit Modi on why IPL does not split its riches with other cricketing boards. "It's a domestic tournament. When county cricket (in England) was going well for hundreds of years, we never got the spoils." Put this way there is a compelling logic behind IPL's parsimoniousness.