Tag: cricket

Griffith relishing ultra-attacking role

11 August 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi CORDELIA GRIFFITH, London Spirit’s top order batter, is having a great Hundred, not that a cursory look […]

PACE ISN’T EVERYTHING

11 August 2024 0 comments

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

Cheshire end Berkshire’s Trophy streak

11 August 2024 0 comments

CHESHIRE ENDED Berkshire’s hopes of winning the National Counties Trophy for a fifth successive season with an emphatic semi-final victory […]

Richmondshire dominating in North Yorks South Durham

11 August 2024 0 comments

RICHMONDSHIRE FURTHERED their case to be crowned North Yorkshire & South Durham champions after an eight-wicket win over Stokesley took […]

NEWS IN BRIEF

11 August 2024 0 comments

Bangladesh unrest puts World T20 in doubt PROTESTS AND widespread violence in Bangladesh over the last few weeks has resulted […]

Sri Lanka players raise security concerns over UK riots

11 August 2024 0 comments

WITH THE firstTestbetween England and Sri Lanka set to start at Old Trafford on August 21, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) […]

The making of Jamie Smith

11 August 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards JAMIE SMITH didn’t so much make an impact in his debut Test series as smash it out […]

Nasser Hussain: Few better options than Andy Flower for England white-ball boss

7 August 2024 0 comments

Nasser Hussain believes there are not many better options than “serial winner” Andy Flower for the vacant England white-ball head […]

Andrew Flintoff says Top Gear crash caused ‘anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks’

5 August 2024 0 comments

Andrew Flintoff struggled with anxiety, experiencing “nightmares and flashbacks” and was “crying every two minutes” after being seriously hurt in […]

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.

Derek Pringle: Fearsome Mark Wood embodies the need for speed

4 August 2024 0 comments

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

Bears squeeze past Surrey to maintain perfect start

4 August 2024 0 comments

By Brian Halford August 2, Rugby School, Rugby Warwickshire 311-9 Surrey 308-9 Warwickshire won by 3 runs Toss: Surrey, who […]

Glamorgan remain unbeaten after Sussex thriller

4 August 2024 0 comments

By Peter Miller August 2, Neath Cricket Club, Neath Sussex Sharks 200 Glamorgan 203-9 Glamorgan won by 1 wicket Toss: […]

The colour of cricket

4 August 2024 0 comments

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

Filer has eyes on 80mph and Bangladesh World Cup

4 August 2024 0 comments

Need for speed: Lauren Filer (furthest right) thinks she can bowl even faster “THE LAST 18 MONTHS have been a […]

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.