Ian Botham's Blog

England enjoyed a cracking start to their Test series in India and showed everyone what I thought all along, the tourists can more than just hold their own out here.

Test cricket is a tough environment, full stop.

England have made the right call and could well have pulled off a masterstroke in selecting 19-year-old Haseeb Hameed to face India.

Chairman Beefy.

It came as no surprise to see Ben Stokes lead the way for England in the first Test against Bangladesh. It is what he does.

England's one day side are under starter���s orders again and as long as they are kept together as a unit they can achieve something amazing.

England haven't become a bad side overnight, but they are going to have to win this series the hard way if they want to claim all the trophies available to them by the end of this summer.

Chris Woakes just keeps getting better and better ��� and he fully deserves to be a part of history with his name on the honours board at Lord's.

Mohammad Amir is a lucky, lucky boy.

Before the summer started, I thought the only thing that would stop England winning all seven Tests was the weather.