Tag: Ashes

We must keep the old-timers going for Ashes success

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Richard Edwards CHRIS TREMLETT has urged England to treat Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad with kid gloves this summer […]

Paul Nixon column: Well done Surrey, it’s great to have KP back

14 March 2017 0 comments

Kevin Pietersen has rejoined Surrey for this season’s T20 Blast and it’s great to see the big man back playing cricket in this country.

Shield cricket could be just the ticket for Hampshire’s Crane

14 March 2017 0 comments

English cricket fans are used to seeing overseas players in domestic cricket but they are a rarer sight in Australia.

Martin Johnson column: Getaway trip on hold now the Aussies are losing!

14 March 2017 0 comments

Phew. That was a close one. The way things were shaping up in India I’d started planning one of those […]

Peter Moores – the right man at the wrong time to lead England?

14 March 2017 0 comments

By Peter Hayter With England preparing to depart West Indies after completing their winning ODI series, it is unlikely much […]

Peter Hayter column – Freddie’s dream becomes a living nightmare

28 February 2017 0 comments

When Andrew Flintoff was at the peak of his powers, thrilling England fans with his rumbustious presence and match-changing exploits […]

Former England batsman Richardson passes away

17 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Peter Richardson, who played for England between 1956 and 1963, has passed away at […]

Alastair Cook: the first two years as captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Following Alastair Cook’s resignation as England captain, we profile his leadership’s progression and the moments that provided a stern, sometimes […]

Cook calls time on his term as England Test captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Alastair Cook has announced his resignation as the captain of England to call time on his record 59 Tests in […]

Derek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s

17 January 2017 1 comment

The seeming prevarication over the future of Alastair Cook as England captain seems to be based on achieving the right […]

County Archives – Nottinghamshire 1981

17 January 2017 0 comments

Rice’s relentless charges proved too strong for all-comers Paul Edwards casts his county net back 36 years to look at […]

Martin Johnson column – You don’t need style to make runs, just ask Colly!

17 January 2017 0 comments

I was watching a clip from an oldTest match the other day and was mildly surprised, given that the Government’s […]

Tristan Lavalette column – Aussies gearing up for an Ashes hijack…

10 January 2017 0 comments

There is much goodwill suddenly fostering within Australian cricket after a successful rebirth and seamless transition into a new era. […]

County archives – Derbyshire 1936

13 December 2016 0 comments

The local lads who delivered the county’s finest moment Respected cricket writer Paul Edwards goes back 80 years to run […]

When Harmy had them on the hop at Sabina Park

13 December 2016 0 comments

Garfield Robinson relives the carnage at Sabina Park of 2004 when Steve Harmison gave the Windies some of their own […]

Tristan Lavalette column – Enough is enough. Let’s stop Shielding the blame

13 December 2016 0 comments

For Australia and its beleaguered fans, a ray of sunshine has suddenly emerged from the bleak clouds thickening after a […]

We’ve come a long way but work still to be done

13 December 2016 0 comments

Francis Kelly speaks to England Women’s head coach Mark Robinson just over a year into the role Mark Robinson took […]

Adelaide still in pink as England prepare for big Ashes turn-on

6 December 2016 0 comments

Alison Mitchell analyses the ongoing experiment with day-night Tests and discovers the numbers are still stacking up What a difference […]

Martin Johnson column – Gloves labours lost – Or a comedy of errors

6 December 2016 0 comments

The first cricket related Christmas present I ever got was a scorers’ book, although I’d only got through one pencil […]

County archives – Durham 2013

6 December 2016 0 comments

When Onions and the boys showed that Northeast spirit… Continuing our new series, Paul Edwards rewinds only three years to […]

The cricketing career of Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent contains many notable achievements, such as the first black woman to play for the England cricket team, captain of Surrey and a member of the world cup winning England team in 2009.