Results tagged “Andrew Strauss”
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
He guided England to their first Ashes win in a generation but this summer Michael Vaughan walked away from first-class cricket, and he's glad he did so.
The former England captain, who enjoyed his finest hour with that 2005 series win, retired in June after years battling crippling knee injuries, and he admitted hanging up his whites came as a relief.
The Canary Wharf crease has been getting used to top cricketers opening up here in recent years and its not over yet.
Sir Ian Botham and current England captain Andrew Strauss have both been here in recent weeks and now they are being followed by former test skipper Michael Vaughan.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss is preparing for a tough tour in South Africa but he's confident his team are up there with the world's best.
Strauss led England to victory in this summer's Ashes series against Australia and he is determined to build on that success this winter.
England need to forget their Ashes euphoria and prove a point this winter according to one of cricket's all-time greats.
Sir Ian Botham, who was in Canary Wharf on Monday, thinks the forthcoming tour to South Africa is a bigger test for Andrew Strauss's team than Australia were in the summer, and he's expecting big things.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has had his Canary Wharf book signing next week cancelled.
Strauss was due at the Waterstone's store in Jubilee Place mall next Tuesday but England's progress in the Champions Trophy has put paid to that.
Cricket fans hoping to meet Andrew Strauss next week need to check their diaries.
England's Ashes winning captain is heading to Canary Wharf to promote his new book, Testing Times: On and Off the Field, but the signing has been moved to next Tuesday at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall.
The Ashes series is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 as England and Australia head into the final test match at The Oval.
England have to win to reclaim the famous urn and test veteran Mark Butcher is under no illusions about the scale of the task facing them.
