Tag: England

England v Sri Lanka: Bad light intervenes on day 2 of third Test

8 September 2024 0 comments

Bad light brought about an early finish for the second successive day in the third and final Test at The Oval.

Sri Lanka fight back in the London gloom

8 September 2024 0 comments

Bad light brought about an early finish for the second successive day in the third and final Test at The Oval, frustrating an England side seeking to complete their first men’s summer Test whitewash since 2004.

England’s Ollie Pope plays to his favourite audience

8 September 2024 0 comments

Any player, no matter how good, is allowed a few quiet games, or at least they should be. Luckily for Ollie Pope, The Oval is his happy place.

Derek Pringle: Small is beautiful for England opener Ben Duckett

8 September 2024 0 comments

At 5ft 6in Ben Duckett is in the small camp. But small batters have advantages even if looking up to everyone else on a cricket field isn’t one of them…

Ebony Rainford-Brent: After a solid summer, England will look to dominate winter tours

8 September 2024 0 comments

It’s a new-look England team at the moment and it is a direction that Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have wanted to go in.

Mark Butcher on Gus Atkinson: A new star with old-fashioned virtues

8 September 2024 0 comments

An incredible start to Gus Atkinson’s Test career. His century at Lord’s was outrageous, it will be fascinating to see how he develops.

Pete Thompson on Josh Hull: From club to country in a year and a bit

8 September 2024 0 comments

JOSH HULL was sending stumps cartwheeling in the Northamptonshire Premier League just over 15 months before making his England debut.

Joe Root in numbers: A look at England star’s stats

8 September 2024 0 comments

Joe Root’s brace of hundreds at Lord’s took him past Sir Alastair Cook as England’s all-time leading Test centurion. Here we take a look at the stats behind his extraordinary Test career.

Sibley and Curran see Surrey to Finals Day

8 September 2024 0 comments

Touch: Sam Curran continued his great form in T20 cricket PICTURES: Alamy DOMINIC SIBLEY and Sam Curran shared a stand […]

Gloucestershire squeeze the life out of the Bears

8 September 2024 0 comments

By Jon Culley BIRMINGHAM BEARS suffered a fourth consecutive quarter-final exit as Gloucestershire stunned the North Group winners with a […]

Ben Gardner column: The problem of the stuffed suitcase

8 September 2024 0 comments

That was the quarter-finals week that was. It wasn’t quite a classic, with only one game threatening thriller status, but still the first round of T20 Blast knockouts have justified their status as hipster’s choice for the best entertainment that the English summer has to offer.

Dawid Malan ends England career to focus on franchise cricket

8 September 2024 0 comments

Dawid Malan said that he definitely wants to continue playing franchise and county cricket after he announced his retirement from the international game last month.