Tag: Ben Stokes

England’s Joe Root and Jamie Smith turn tables on West Indies

28 July 2024 0 comments

England overcame a difficult first hour against the West Indies at Edgbaston to finish day two firmly on top and strong favourites to secure a 3-0 clean sweep.

England’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class

28 July 2024 0 comments

England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did well to stay in the match after England threw everything at them but in the end Ben Stokes’ side were just too strong.

Harry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England

28 July 2024 0 comments

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

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

28 July 2024 0 comments

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

A Cricket Life Ian Bishop

28 July 2024 0 comments

The former Windies quick on his injury-ravaged career and the transition to becoming one of the most respected commentators in […]

Ben Stokes hopes packed international schedule is ‘addressed’

26 July 2024 0 comments

England captain Ben Stokes believes the international cricket schedule needs to be “addressed” and would like some input on future tour programmes.

Pope keeps the faith

21 July 2024 0 comments

By Jo Harman Ollie Pope began the Test summer in an unfamiliar quandary. The county runs which he’d plundered at […]

England analysis and comment: The need for speed

21 July 2024 0 comments

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

The Hundred returns

21 July 2024 0 comments

Supercharger: Ben Stokes will play in this year’s Hundred PICTURES: Alamy THE 2024 edition of The Hundred starts on Tuesday […]

Chris Woakes eyeing leading Ashes role as he takes up James Anderson mantle

16 July 2024 0 comments

The 35-year-old all-rounder is now the most experienced bowler in the England set-up. Chris Woakes has opened up the possibility […]

Great Anderson signs off in style

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Jo Harman July 10-12, Lord’s Cricket Ground, 1st Test Match West Indies 121 (Louis 27, Atkinson 7-45, Stokes 1-14) […]

West Indies need action not sympathy

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Phil Walker Raw: Mikyle Louis showed promise at Lord’s on his first-class debut outside of the Caribbean On some […]

Classy Smith fits like a glove

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Jo Harman In a single shot, Jamie Smith demonstrated why the England selectors have wanted to get him into […]

Slippery Atkinson barges into the future

14 July 2024 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE It is impossible not to get carried away with Gus Atkinson’s 12-wicket haul to kick off the international […]

6,000 runs, 200 wickets – A look at Ben Stokes’ latest Test landmark

11 July 2024 0 comments

Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis are the only other players to have achieved the twin feats. Ben Stokes joined […]

ACCESS ALL AREAS

7 July 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler RICHARD CLARKE SAYS ENGLISH CRICKET NEEDS TO GET ENGAGED Everything we’ve done up until now […]

Ali stars in first Worcestershire win of the season

7 July 2024 0 comments

June 30-July 3, Chester-le-Street Durham v Worcestershire Toss: Worcestershire, who elected to field Key man: Kashif Ali scored two half-centuries […]

Smith to take gloves for England

30 June 2024 0 comments

Reports in the Daily Telegraph suggest that Surrey’s Jamie Smith will keep wicket for England in the first Test against […]

England’s rigid approach strangled their chances of success

30 June 2024 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s ignominious exit from the T20 World Cup had been signposted for a while. From the moment […]

RED-HOT ROBINSON PILES PRESSURE ON BAIRSTOW

30 June 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER Not for the first time, England face a wicketkeeping conundrum as they prepare for the start of the […]

Big-hitting Kimber makes history at Hove

30 June 2024 0 comments

June 23-26, County Ground, Hove Sussex v Leicestershire Toss: Leicestershire, who elected to field Leicestershire’s Louis Kimber rewrote the record […]