WARM-UP MATCHES NEED AN OVERHAUL 1 December 2017 0 comments Tim Wigmore believes more thought needs to go into preventing tour matches from becoming tedious and irrelevant PLANET CRICKET At […]
Root: We won’t stoop to Aussie style verbals 1 December 2017 0 comments By Chris Stocks You’re having a laugh: Steve Smith, right, and Cameron Bancroft at the bizarre post-match Press conference PICTURE: […]
Aussies try to up fear factor with talk of ‘quickest’ track 1 December 2017 0 comments By Adam Collins THIS is not the Adelaide you remember. The last time England were here, it was the first […]
Anderson: I’m raring to get into the swing 1 December 2017 0 comments By Chris Stocks Gabba dabba do! James Anderson salutes the wicket of Tim Paine in Brisbane PICTURES: Getty Images Wicket: […]
SMITH’S RISE DOWN TO HIS WORK ETHIC 1 December 2017 0 comments MARCUS NORTH Former Aussie Test Batsman Living legend: Steve Smith is at the height of his powers PICTURES: Getty Images […]
Ifs and butts of Ben and Jonny are keeping us in the pink… 1 December 2017 0 comments Adam Collins and GeoffLemon, our two Aussie journos, fly into Adelaide for the second Test trying to digest the startling […]
‘English’ conditions will suit us says Root 1 December 2017 0 comments By Chris Stocks in Adelaide Australia v England Second Test, December 2-6, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 03:30 (Day-Night Test) Respected: Chris […]
Corner of Wiltshire rooting for Maxwell 1 December 2017 0 comments By Richard Edwards AFTER being snubbed for the first Test, the Big Show went about the business of run-scoring in […]
Crossword 1 December 2017 0 comments ACROSS 1. Glamorgan seamer with a 2015 double century v. Surrey off215 balls (4) 3. 25-year-old Derbyshire lefthander with his […]
HAS COOK BEEN TO THE WELL TOOMANY TIMES? 1 December 2017 0 comments PETER HAYTER Trapped: Alastair Cook hooks into the deep where he is caught in England’s second innings PICTURE: Getty Images […]
A VENUE FIT FOR THE BIGGEST STAGE 1 December 2017 0 comments Alison Mitchell reckons England supporters will be blown away when they see the newly-refurbished Adelaide Oval In all its splendour: […]
ENGLAND CAN PREY ON OUR WEAKNESSES 1 December 2017 0 comments Sam Pilger speaks to Adam Voges, who hails the performances of two of his old Western Australian team-mates in the […]
ROOT WAS TOO FUNKY WHEN HE HAD TO BE PATIENT 1 December 2017 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE Looking cool: But all Joe Root’s pre-planning and unorthodox field placings, inset, didn’t really bear fruit for England […]
THERE ARE PLENTY OF POSITIVES ENGLAND CAN TAKE 1 December 2017 0 comments PAUL NIXON www.paulnixoncricket.com In good nick: James Vince looked as assured as any Ashes debutant I’ve seen PICTURE: Getty Images […]
Smith the difference but Bairstow laid himself fopen for the sledgers 1 December 2017 0 comments By Chris Stocks at the Gabba Chit Chat: Cameron Bancroft and David Warner offer some words of encouragment to Jonny […]
FIXTURES TELL ME SEASON’S NOT FAR AWAY 1 December 2017 0 comments WITH the fixtures being released this week, the county season seems to be edging ever closer. We learned about our […]
Chappell: The trash talk is just so boring. Get on with it! 1 December 2017 0 comments By Richard Edwards Stop the talking: Greg Chappell THERE was a time when the talking between England and Australia would […]
YORKSHIRE FIRST FOR THE CHAMPS 1 December 2017 0 comments Champions all: Essex celebrate winning the County title last season. They start their Championship defence against Yorkshire at Headingley PICTURES: […]
TWO FOR THREE! TROTT AND ENGLAND NEVER LOOKED BACK 1 December 2017 0 comments Peter Hayter recalls one of England’s most emphatic Test wins when the tourists struck early and never looked back Early […]
It’s home and away as KSL keeps on growing 1 December 2017 0 comments By Adam Collins Champs: Western Storm celebrate winning the 2017 Kia Super League PICTURE: Getty Images A SIGNIFICANT overhaul has […]
England will take Mo chance 1 December 2017 0 comments ENGLAND are expected to take a gamble on the fitness of Moeen Ali for the second Test despite opting not […]
FINAL OVER 1 December 2017 0 comments NATHAN BUCK Northamptonshire bowler ON THE SPOT Date of Birth: 26/04/1991 Batting style: Right-hander Bowling style: Right-arm medium fast THE […]
AUSSIE SELECTIONS HAVE PRESSED PANIC BUTTONS 24 November 2017 0 comments MARCUS NORTH Former Aussie Test Batsman Two days into this Ashes series, and there is still a lot of talk […]
JOHNSON WAS ON HIS OWN, WINDIES HAD FOUR THREATS 24 November 2017 0 comments Derek Pringle takes a look at how batsmen faced up to the fearsome pace bowlers of the Eighties and Nineties […]
It’s impossible to dislike Dizzy! 24 November 2017 0 comments IT is hard to reserve any animosity towards Jason Gillespie after leaving Yorkshire. The man did deliver a promotion and […]