It was a season that saw the KP saga end and we could concentrate on two mesmerising Test series,Yorkshire’s continued dominance and quality coachesThey would have settled for this at ECB towers at the start of the season: a thrilling drawn Test series against New Zealand, the Ashes regained, or a one-day side that won as many games as it lost and barely a mention of Kevin Pietersen (whoops!) for months unless you are trying to work out which T20 leagues he will be playing in next year. Remember May and Pietersen’s 355 for Surrey against Leicestershire followed immediately by confirmation of his ostracism from English cricket – apart from that he was offered an advisory role to the one-day team by Andrew Strauss. Thereafter,the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman zipped his mouth shut, the cricket took over from the soap opera and there was something to smile approximately.The best Test matches of the summer were against New Zealand; they lasted five days and ebbed and flowed; they were properly competitive yet there was nearly an air of celebration approximately them. Brendon McCullum and his side set the carefree tone but, and after all the misery,Alastair Cook and his team, encouraged by the caretaker coach, and Paul Farbrace,were blissful to join in the fun.
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Source: theguardian.com