T20 DIET LEAVES NO ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE

Mark Butcher Oval Invincibles ran out convincing winners in the Men’s Hundred Final at Lord’s, defending 147 thanks to a fine...

Hundred shows the way for England undercard

Ben Gardner You’ve got one of the best players to have ever played the game, and you’ve had him on toast...

NO WAY BACK AS MONEY RULES

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The rowers of Team GB keep their strategy simple. This country’s second most successful Olympic sport...

‘We’ve always stuck together’

Sangakkara & Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, two towering giants of Sri Lankan cricket, look back at their years of...

Mark Butcher: Make Baz an offer he can’t refuse

Mark Butcher discusses the candidates talked about to replace Matthew Mott as England’s white-ball coach - and gives his view on...

Brave fail to ride the wave

For the first time in four years of The Hundred, Southern Brave women won’t be in action in the knockout stages.

THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP –NOW WHERE WERE WE?

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Netflix has a lot to answer for. It has taught us to expect our entertainment in...

Release height, weighted average, self-assurance?

Certainly, if Rob Key and co have added another off-the-wall metric to their selection criteria, Jordan Cox would be first in...

My mission statement: Turn England into World Cup winners

It’s two years since Kent released me but the fire still burns and I’m certainly not hanging up my boots just...

PACE ISN’T EVERYTHING

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke on the incomparable Derek Shackleton, who would have turned 100 this week During the...

Derek Pringle: Fearsome Mark Wood embodies the need for speed

Derek Pringle relished watching England paceman Mark Wood dismantle the West Indies batting during the third Test at Edgbaston.

The colour of cricket

Annie Chave asks why the One Day Cup cannot be played with a red ball

What makes a good captain?

Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain - and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need...

FORGETTABLE AS AN AIRLINE MEAL

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke laments the ephemeral nature of the Hundred It was Tyler Durden, the cynical anti-hero...

England’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class

England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did...

Harry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England

There would have been sniggers as well as knowing nods over Harry Brook’s credentials to be an England captain when the...

The Hundred’s for sale but will the buyers come?

As the 2024 edition of the Hundred gets underway, the battle in the boardroom will be fought as keenly as the...

LET THE KIDS PLAY

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke says the One-Day Cup is the perfect summer holidays day out Arsene Wenger is...

England analysis and comment: The need for speed

Derek Pringle explains that out-and-out pace is just one part of the equation.

A TRUE TEST FOR ENGLAND WOMEN

KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney laments the lack of red-ball cricket for Heather Knight’s side England completed an unbeaten summer with a...

LAST OF THEIR KIND

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke says we are unlikely to see true glovemen play international cricket again In July...

CARIBBEAN ADVENTURES ACROSS THE SHIRES

DARREN STEVENS I was sorry to see the West Indies succumb so feebly in the first Test, but their arrival on...

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, JIMMY

MARK BUTCHER Mark Butcher looks back on one of the all-time great careers Stuart Broad’s hot streaks are the stuff of...

Slippery Atkinson barges into the future

DEREK PRINGLE It is impossible not to get carried away with Gus Atkinson’s 12-wicket haul to kick off the international red-ball...

ANYONE FOR TENNIS?

Richard Clarke Richard Clarke wonders, with Test cricket likely to be played in a window in future, what the sport could...