Tag: Australia

POPEWATCH: ANALYSING THE SKIPPER

25 August 2024 0 comments

Derek Pringle @derekpringle Mike Brearley wrote a whole book on the art of it while Richie Benaud distilled it down […]

Tattersall tuning up for big finale

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Guy Williams THE RETURN of Jonny Bairstow to the county’s Championship team for the highly significant match against Sussex […]

England Over 70s win the World Cup

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards IN SPORT, as in life, it’s important to hold onto your dreams. Something that John Evans, the […]

England Women to play first Test at Lord’s in 2026

25 August 2024 0 comments

LORD’S WILL host its first Women’s Test match in 2026, exactly 50 years after Rachael Heyhoe Flint first led out […]

Brook ready for Sri Lanka test

18 August 2024 0 comments

By Guy Williams First of many: Brook scored his first Test hundred on home soil at Trent Bridge PICTURE: Alamy […]

England to deliver second whitewash of the summer

18 August 2024 0 comments

England’s series against the West Indies was a whitewash and Ebony Rainford-Brent thinks there will more of the same against Sri Lanka, with the hosts winning 3-0.

A Crick et Life Herschelle Gibbs

18 August 2024 0 comments

The South African thrill-seeker recalls the defining moments of his cricketing life Interview by Phil Walker Taking the plaudits: Gibbs […]

James Anderson considers shock return to white-ball cricket

13 August 2024 0 comments

James Anderson is considering an unexpected return to white-ball cricket following his England retirement and is weighing up a farewell lap on the franchise circuit.

Graham Thorpe 1969-2024

11 August 2024 0 comments

Phil Walker pays tribute to the life and career of the great Surrey and England left-hander, an everyman hero touched by magic.

Thorpe in excelsis: Six of the best

11 August 2024 0 comments

113* (280 balls, 11 fours) England v Australia, Trent Bridge, Third Test, 1993 England, two matches down in the series, […]

Hughes making the most of first English stint

11 August 2024 0 comments

By Sam Dalling Golden touch: Hughes has been a revelation for Sussex PICTURE: Alamy GIVEN THE global T20 merrygo-round, Daniel […]

Hundreds at Hove, Sibley in form

11 August 2024 0 comments

Purple patch: Dom Sibley is in great form for Surrey PICTURE: Alamy SUNDAY 4 AUGUST Hampshire 222-8 (Organ 74*) beat […]

A Cricket Life Allan Lamb

11 August 2024 0 comments

The England and Northants legend on switching allegiances and taking on the Windies Interview by Jo Harman A loyal servant: […]

One of England’s best – tributes paid to ‘wonderful person’ Graham Thorpe

6 August 2024 0 comments

Graham Thorpe has been hailed as one of England’s best players as tributes were paid to the former batter following […]

Mark Ramprakash backs Andy Flower to replace Matthew Mott

4 August 2024 0 comments

Former England batter Mark Ramprakash has joined a chorus of past players urging England’s top brass to bring “deep thinker” Andy Flower back into the men’s white-ball set-up following the departure of Matthew Mott.

Irreplaceable Woakes leaves England with real dilemma

4 August 2024 0 comments

The quality of the opposition wasn’t the highest by any means, but there was a maturity in the way England went about their business in their 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies.

England v West Indies player ratings from 3-0 whitewash to hosts

4 August 2024 0 comments

Ben Stokes’ England secured an impressive 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies in their recent series – here we rate all the players from both teams out of 10.

Regal Rashid ready for more

4 August 2024 0 comments

By Guy Williams AS ENGLAND’S top white-ball spinner, leggie Adil Rashid, 36, prepared at Headingley for clashes in The Hundred, […]

What makes a good captain?

4 August 2024 0 comments

Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain – and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need to give him some time to get more experience.

Dattani says South Asian representation still lagging

4 August 2024 0 comments

By Evie Ashton LESS THAN 2% of domestic female cricketers competing in this year’s Hundred are South Asian, despite British […]

Matthew Hoggard

4 August 2024 0 comments

A Cricket Life The Ashes-winning seamer on the swings and arrows of his brilliant career. Interview by Ben Gardner HOW […]

Panesar plying his trade in East Anglia

4 August 2024 0 comments

AFTER TRYING to launch careers in media and politics with mixed degrees of success, the one thing we should all […]

Great survivor Jason Holder keeps holding on vs England

28 July 2024 0 comments

At 115-5 on day one of the Edgbaston Test, having won the toss and elected to bat first on a placid surface, the West Indies threatened to be blown away as they had been five days earlier in Nottingham.