England Lead Series After Emphatic Win

England's One Day tour of South Africa has taken a major step forward, with an incredible bowling performance from James Anderson, giving England a 2-1 lead with one game to go.


England bowled South Africa out for 119, with 13 overs left to go. In reply, England got up to 121-3, with 19 overs remaining.


James Anderson finished with bowling figures of 5-23, his best ever in one day cricket, and a very economical spell from Tim Bresnan, who took 1 wicket from his 8 overs, going for only 15 runs.


There was also a good batting performance from the ever prolific Jonathan Trott, who scored an unbeaten 52, with Strauss and Morgan also contributing, with 32 and 28 not out respectively.


View Pictures from the match, and view the Scorecard by clicking on the links.

Ukraine vs England - What Happened????

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Hello avid readers. Sorry for the lack of posts this week but i've been (and still am) pretty ill. Not great but there we are. Anyway, i've left the comfort of my bed in order to write a new post for you, so be grateful!!! The only problem is that it focuses on an abysmal weekend for English football, where one record came to an end, and an equally negative one was set. Lovely!

Last week, the very, very wise Wayne Rooney said he wanted England to go through to the world cup finals unbeaten... ha! This is England... it was never gonna happen and it didn't... Thanks Wayne.

The embarrasing 1-0 defeat in Ukraine also marked the start of a new English football record. Goalkeeper Robert Green, became the first keeper to be sent off for England. That's quite an honour Rob... cherise it...

Overall, just an awful, if not hilarious, weekend for English football. But, looking on the bright side, we've already qualified, so its not a major catastrophe after all!!!

Click here to view 'Highlights' of the match

England vs New Zealand

New Zealand 147-6 beat England 146 by 4 wickets

Click here for Scorecard and here for a Run by Run account - courtesy of BBC Sport

That certainly wasn't one of Englands best performances... especially since we have beaten Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka in the last 10 days. Still, at least we're into the semi finals on Friday. But we're going to need a vastly improved performance if we have any chance of getting anywhere in this tournament.

What do you think??? Leave your comments after the post

Champions Trophy - England vs New Zealand

England face New Zealand in the final match of the group stages today, with nothing but a win required for the Kiwi's, this should be a tough game.

The match starts at 13:30 GMT and is live on Sky Sports 1

Enjoy!