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Bopara must cut out copying Pietersen

I am all for players having fire in their bellies and I repeat that I am a big fan of Broad, but being a fired-up youth all the time has to be tempered

Strauss and Flintoff could do no wrong

Pietersen devastated and heartbroken

Put legitimacy doubts to rest

Visitors must think of the scoreline being 3-3 after eight Ashes Tests, with two to play

Just when you thought that England could not bowl better after their first-innings performance here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, they have done so in Australia's second innings

That extraordinary drive and enthusiasm are what make Tendulkar so special

Although there are few chinks in the batsmen's armour, some of the bowlers have an Achilles' heel

England set the perfect template on how you should prepare for and then perform in a very important game of Test cricket