Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success 19 May 2024 0 comments BEN GARDNER “We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of […]
Time for transfer talk to get real 19 May 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. […]
England players return home ahead of IPL playoffs 19 May 2024 0 comments With the IPL play-offs looming, England’s T20 World Cup squad have returned home from India in preparation for the tournament, […]
What’s in The Cricket Paper: 19/05/24 17 May 2024 0 comments In the week after England’s greatest ever bowler announced his retirement from test cricket, Mark Butcher pays tribute to Jimmy […]
Playing the long game 12 May 2024 0 comments ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab […]
Future of contentious IPL Impact Player rule in doubt 12 May 2024 0 comments BCCI SECRETARY Jay Shah has said the IPL’s Impact Player rule is not “permanent” and its use in future editions […]
Jofra’s back! 5 May 2024 0 comments Fit-again paceman Archer gets nod for World Cup By Matt Thacker He might not have played a professional game of […]
Archer brings venom to England’s World Cup bid 5 May 2024 0 comments MARK BUTCHER The headline news from England’s T20 World Cup squad was Jofra Archer’s return and, fingers crossed, if he […]
Meet England’s Men’s T20 World Cup provisional squad 5 May 2024 0 comments The lowdown on the 15 players selected to defend England’s title in the Caribbean and USA and the preceding four-match […]
Backing the bat in the balancing act of T20 5 May 2024 0 comments BEN GARDNER A major fascination of international T20 cricket is its necessary get-what-you’re-given nature. While franchise teams don’t all follow […]
Holden sticks to traditional values 5 May 2024 0 comments By Jon Batham With the 2024 IPL resembling baseball more and more by the day, and scores going through the […]
Handle with care 5 May 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE This week, two contrasting voices uttered the most sacrilegious statement in British sport – the Premier League is […]
Salt and Jacks in fine form as Gleeson debuts 5 May 2024 0 comments THINGS LOOK promising for England’s batting unit ahead of the T20 World Cup with several of their squad having a […]
Key backs Archer to be England’s ‘special’ one at T20 World Cup 1 May 2024 0 comments Rob Key has backed Jofra Archer to prove he is England’s “special” one at the T20 World Cup but admits […]
Smith left out of Australia’s T20 World Cup squad 1 May 2024 0 comments Australia have dropped Steve Smith and overlooked rising star Jake Fraser-McGurk for this summer’s T20 World Cup. England’s Group B […]
Archer set to be included in England squad for T20 World Cup 29 April 2024 0 comments England are ready to include Jofra Archer in their T20 World Cup squad, with the seamer closing in on his […]
Jonny be good! 28 April 2024 0 comments BAIRSTOW BLITZ NUDGES WORLD CUP SELECTORS By Matt Thacker Jonny Bairstow hit a sensational unbeaten 108 from just 48 balls […]
What is going off out there? 28 April 2024 0 comments DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first […]
A Cricket Life with David Lloyd 28 April 2024 0 comments A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week Bumble looks back on a colourful […]
Melbourne Stars’ Kellaway signs for Pudsey St Lawrence 28 April 2024 0 comments Victoria Melbourne Stars batter Campbell Kellaway has joined Bradford Premier League side Pudsey St Lawrence as their overseas player for […]
Mohit concedes record as scores swell in IPL 28 April 2024 0 comments Mohit Sharma bowled the most expensive spell in IPL history for Gujarat Titans against Delhi Capitals INDIAN SEAMER Mohit Sharma […]
When points and pointlessness combine 21 April 2024 0 comments BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? […]
Buttler blasts another IPL ton as Royal on top 21 April 2024 0 comments Rajasthan Royals are the side to beat in this year’s competition JOS BUTTLER smashed a second IPL ton of the […]
What’s in The Cricket Paper: 21/04/24 19 April 2024 0 comments We’ll have the latest from every game in the County Championship, as the Dukes ball returns after two rounds of […]
Trescothick urges more sports stars to discuss mental health 18 April 2024 0 comments Former England batter Marcus Trescothick has called for more sports stars to open up about their struggles with mental health. […]