Tag: Joe Root

Still so many questions to answer on new T20 event

31 March 2017 0 comments

Alison Mitchell Alison Mitchell looks at the caveats we face if the new city-based T20 tournament kicks in from 2020 […]

Innovative partnership is changing lives at Yorkshire’s Cricket College

23 March 2017 0 comments

Just under a month ago, one of Yorkshire’s finest, Joe Root, was named as the captain of England’s Test side […]

We must keep the old-timers going for Ashes success

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Richard Edwards CHRIS TREMLETT has urged England to treat Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad with kid gloves this summer […]

Hales set to be recalled for West Indies tour

24 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Alex Hales is in line to be recalled for the upcoming three-match ODI series […]

Martin Johnson column – Getting to the Root of English captaincy pitfalls

21 February 2017 0 comments

Twenty reasons why the ECB chose Joe Root as their new England captain. 1. He’s a jolly good batsman. 2. […]

Derek Pringle column – Not many tweaks needed to keep Tests relevant

21 February 2017 0 comments

One of the slogans coming from England’s new captain and his deputy, is their mission to make people “fall in […]

Stokes not guaranteed to captain in Root’s absence

16 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Andrew Strauss, England’s director of cricket, has claimed that Ben Stokes, the new vice-captain, […]

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

15 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess No sooner had reports emerged that Alastair Cook’s desire to continue with the England […]

ECB confirm Root as new Test captain

13 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) Joe Root has been appointed the new Test captain of England after being offered the post by […]

Cook calls time on his term as England Test captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Alastair Cook has announced his resignation as the captain of England to call time on his record 59 Tests in […]

Derek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s

17 January 2017 1 comment

The seeming prevarication over the future of Alastair Cook as England captain seems to be based on achieving the right […]

Handscomb can solve top order woes – Gale

17 January 2017 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith ANDREW GALE is happy to joke that it was his own bad form that cost Yorkshire the […]

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

10 January 2017 0 comments

The Champions Trophy next June will be England’s main white-ball focus for the medium term, but they could do with […]

Alastair Cook ready to stand down as England captain, Joe Root next man in

9 January 2017 0 comments

A big shake-up expected in the England camp.

Club Spotlight – Sheffield Collegiate CC

3 January 2017 0 comments

Stardust is sprinkled by Vaughan and Root Jimmy Booker discovers that Sheffield Collegiate still holds a place in the hearts […]

Peter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny

20 December 2016 0 comments

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings It’s that […]

No hiding place for Cook, whose jumbled thinking is hurting his side

6 December 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle looks at England’s shortcomings in India and questions the methods of their skipper, whose lack of faith and […]

Cook has much more to offer his young charges

16 November 2016 0 comments

Alison Mitchell believes Alastair Cook, despite hinting at standing down as skipper, is the right man to take England forward […]

Paul Nixon column – We’ve got to start grinding down the opposition

8 November 2016 0 comments

This series in India is one of England’s biggest in recent times. If they pulled a victory out of the […]

Dream Team – James Taylor

31 October 2016 0 comments

Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s […]

England trail by 170 after Bangladesh batting collapse

28 October 2016 0 comments

(Photo: Action Images) By Harvey Burgess England rallied back after a sluggish start to bowl Bangladesh out for 220, before […]

Zafar Ansari – the academic all-rounder of Pakistani descent

28 October 2016 1 comment

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess It is not very often that you hear ‘double first from Cambridge’ and ‘professional […]

Why India could put England in a spin

28 October 2016 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Despite victory in England’s first Test against Bangladesh, criticism of the touring side’s poor […]

Root’s aiming to be best in world by time of Ashes

9 August 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks talks to Joe Root about his mission to succeed in next year’s Ashes series Down Under Joe […]

Martin Johnson column – There’s nowt like a Yorkie to get you chuckling