Hello and welcome to my latest blog.
I spoke before the Ashes about my hopes for the lads out in Australia. That seems like a long time ago now and obviously, like all England fans, I was disappointed that we didn’t get anywhere near keeping the urn.
I know Andrew Flintoff quite well and I feel bad for him and the lads because I know they went out there with the intention to win it, just as we went out to Germany last summer with the intention of winning the World Cup.
Sometimes things don’t go that way, but I know the lads gave it their all but it hasn’t gone right for them.
I love my cricket and the next big event – after the current one-day tournament - is the cricket World Cup.
So do we have a chance? I think it’s going to be very tough because our form isn’t brilliant at the moment. Australia are playing fantastically, and then you’ve got teams like India, Pakistan and South Africa who will all be hard to beat.
We’re certainly not one of the favourites but as an England supporter you have to hope that we put up a good show.
As for my own chances with England, I hope to start against Spain this week. Even though it’s been a while since the last match, Steve McClaren has stayed in contact with his players.
You obviously don’t find out whether you’re playing – but he keeps in touch in between international weeks. He came to our training ground about two weeks ago to meet all the England lads that are at Chelsea and we had a good chat.
So, I hope I’m going to start - I feel like I’m playing well at the moment and my form’s good. It’s a great honour to represent your country – the ultimate for a player – and I’m really looking forward to the game.
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All the best
Frank
