All posts tagged "Alastair Cook"
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County Championships
/ 11 months agoElgar and Critchley grind Kent down
By Martin Smith April 12-15, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 530-7d (Critchley 151*, Elgar 120, Garrett 2-80, Parkinson 2-125) Kent...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 11 months agoOf county and country
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch bullied...
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A Cricket Life
/ 11 months agoA Cricket Life with Jonathan Agnew
A regular feature charting the lives of the game’s stars, this week the TMS frontman – who will stand down as...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoEssex
Ground: The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Captain: Tom Westley (CC/ODC), Simon Harmerr (T20) 2023 results: CC1: 2/10; ODC: 9/9 Group A;...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 1 year agoEngland legend Sir Alastair Cook announces retirement
Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has brought the curtain down on his record-breaking cricket career, saying: “It is the right...
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England News
/ 1 year agoRoot says former England opener Cook retires as ‘greatest ever’
Joe Root hailed Sir Alastair Cook as the “greatest ever” after England’s record Test run-scorer announced his retirement from professional cricket...
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England News
/ 1 year agoNo sweat: England great Cook was always cool in the heat of battle
Sir Alastair Cook famously never sweated throughout his record-breaking career. Even back in December 2010 after seven hours in the 40...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year agoTradition runs deep amid power disparity
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much like...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 1 year agoChef’s still Cooking! Retirement talks on hold for now, say Essex
Essex will talk to Sir Alastair Cook about his future at the end of the season after a newspaper report claimed...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCook has not given up hope
By Martin Smith Twist and out: Middlesex’s Josh de Caires took eight first-innings wickets and 10 in the match overall OVERSEAS...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoYadav jets in for title push
By Phil Walker Indian test star Umesh Yadav has been signed on a short-term contract to spearhead Essex’s title charge. Now...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoDestination India: Can Bazball do dustbowls?
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Not content with Bazball wowing us last summer, the sceptics immediately wondered how it would go in the...
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England News
/ 2 years agoThe making of a legend
A trip through Stuart Broad’s 17 years at the top August 28, 2006: Only T20I v Pakistan, County Ground, Bristol Stuart...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoThe best of the tributes to Stuart Board
Test best: Broad walks off after hitting 169 against Pakistan Glenn McGrath, writing for the BBC: Australia may have always cast...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoIt was the series that just had everything!
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in the...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoBotham leads tributes as Broad bows out on high in England win
England great Sir Ian Botham led the tributes to Stuart Broad after the 37-year-old bowed out of Test cricket on a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPorter pummels Hants to boost Essex pursuit
By Alex Smith “Jamie worked really hard in the winter and has come into the season for the first time fit...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoThe last days of summer
OVAL OVATIONS – THE ASHES IN THE 21ST CENTURY A look back at Ashes Tests this century at The Oval where...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoHarmer leads Essex with all-round class
By Martin Smith Essex made heavy weather of scoring the 30 runs required to beat Kent by seven wickets and secure...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoLyon has an impressive milestone in his sights at Lord’s
Nathan Lyon is set to play his 100th consecutive Test when Australia and England meet at Lord’s from Wednesday. The second...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEvergreen Dhoni leads Super Kings to fifth IPL
By Taha Hashim Run machine: Shubman Gill was in scintillating form for the Gujarat Titans PICTURE: Alamy CSK forever: MS Dhoni...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBEN’S THE BEST YET!
Anderson fires Aussies a warning By Neil Harvey Mutual respect: James Anderson, right, has so much faith in his England captain...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoCook rolls back the years to lift Essex
By Jon Culley May 18-21, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 442 (Montgomery 177, Slater 57, Clarke 57) (Critchley 3-33, S Cook 3-58)...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHERE COMES THE SUMMER
Ahead of a bumper summer of Ashes action, we’re back! By Taha Hashim BEFORE we get into what’s to come, let’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCook rolls back the years to lift Essex
By Jon Culley HAVING scored only one first-class fifty in 14 previous visits to Trent Bridge, former England captain Sir Alastair...
