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England once again failed to compete in the ICC trophy, this time against Australia, slumping to a 6 wicket defeat after failing to post a score again.  More worrying then the result is the form of Harmison who again went for 20 form his first over and bowled 29 extras. which went for 45 runs - when defending a small target (in fact when defending any target), that is simply not good enough.  Let’s hope he re-gains some form before the ashes start. He surely going to be targetted by the Ozzies now, which if he does find his old form could work in our favour.

What on earth is Geoff Boycott going on about though?  His call for Fletcher to resign is nothing short of ridiculous.  His arguement seems to be that he has never been successful at the one day game and that he has reached the end of his “shelf life”.  Talk about a knee jerk reaction to some poor results, which let us not forget are off the back of a number of injuries to key players.  Changing Fletcher so close to the ashes would be a disaster and send out totally the wrong message, giving the Ozzies the pyschological edge before a ball is bowled. 

I’ve always felt that Boycott almost revels in poor England results, and seems to look for the first chance he can to snipe at the top players and management team.  I seriously believe he would have been gutted at Englands win last year - his own game, which would have been totally unsuited to today’s style of play, was boring to watch and completely self centered, and his commentary more often than not seems to be racked with jealousy.  Now is a time for country to get behind the team and not try and undermine their confidence.

Fraser