Tag: IPL

Ben Stokes opts not to enter IPL auction

7 November 2024 0 comments

England Test captain Ben Stokes will be absent from next year’s Indian Premier League after electing against entering this month’s […]

Phil Salt excited to work under Brendon McCullum in new year

29 October 2024 0 comments

Phil Salt is optimistic Brendon McCullum can get the best out of him when the England Test head coach also […]

Invincibles make it back-to-back titles

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Phil Walker Into its fourth year, some much-needed narratives have begun to form around the shaky foundations of the […]

Return of cricket’s Champions League ‘inevitable’

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards Sydney Sixers win the Champions League in October 2012, the last tournament in which English sides appeared […]

Two into one doesn’t go

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards The two-coach experiment always set up one to fail – and bringing the red and white ball […]

WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?

8 September 2024 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler It is all very well agreeing a “direction of travel” but what happens when you […]

NO WAY BACK AS MONEY RULES

25 August 2024 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The rowers of Team GB keep their strategy simple. This country’s second most successful Olympic […]

What does the future hold for The Hundred?

21 August 2024 0 comments

A television rights deal until 2028 means continuing whispers about converting The Hundred into a T20 competition are on the […]

Gregory full of praise for coach Flower

18 August 2024 0 comments

By Will Kirkup Not easy going: Gregory and Trent Rockets have had a middling campaign PICTURE: Alamy IT’S NO surprise […]

Hampshire takeover first step on slippery slope

18 August 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards THE DELHI Capitals’ takeover of Hampshire is unlikely to herald a headlong rush from private investors looking […]

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 […]

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.

FORGETTABLE AS AN AIRLINE MEAL

4 August 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke laments the ephemeral nature of the Hundred It was Tyler Durden, the cynical […]

Bangladesh hosting of women’s T20 World Cup in doubt

4 August 2024 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi THE REAL ADIL Rashid primed for further white-ball success Page 13 Bangladesh has recently experienced its worst […]

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.

The Hundred could be expanded after ‘positive conversations’

24 July 2024 0 comments

The ECB are in dialogue with IPL owners and other potential investors about buying a stake in The Hundred teams.

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 […]

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 […]

Bracey’s best shows recovery is possible

14 July 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER The Gloucestershire keeper has put his unfortunate England experience behind him at last Any one of the following […]

High fives: Bowlers taking bags in North Yorks South Durham

14 July 2024 0 comments

Five-fer: Nathan Rimmington was one of five NYSD players to take five wickets last weekend THE BOWLERS were in form […]

“It’s about money, Sri Lanka needs money to invest in the game” – Kumar Sangakkara

11 July 2024 0 comments

By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat SRI Lankan cricket legend believes investment partnering national cricket boards could help smaller nations compete at […]