Tag: The Ashes

Adelaide still in pink as England prepare for big Ashes turn-on

6 December 2016 0 comments

Alison Mitchell analyses the ongoing experiment with day-night Tests and discovers the numbers are still stacking up What a difference […]

Martin Johnson column – Gloves labours lost – Or a comedy of errors

6 December 2016 0 comments

The first cricket related Christmas present I ever got was a scorers’ book, although I’d only got through one pencil […]

Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent

29 November 2016 0 comments

The cricketing career of Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent contains many notable achievements, such as the first black woman to play for the England cricket team, captain of Surrey and a member of the world cup winning England team in 2009.

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 […]

Derek Pringle column – Aussies on the ball in bid to end Ashes failures

31 October 2016 0 comments

Australia’s government has declared it will not do business with the UK until it has left the European Union but […]

Martin Johnson column – Let’s admit it, we’ve never had a leggie to stand on!

26 July 2016 0 comments

It wasn’t a huge surprise when Moeen Ali came waltzing down the pitch in the second innings at Lord’s. After […]

Martin Johnson column – Squabbles, insults, threats… Oh yes, it’s Pakistan!

11 July 2016 0 comments

England and Pakistan will not be playing for anything tangible this summer, like the Ashes, but given that their cricketing […]

Peter Hayter column – Why the ICC masterplan should not spare Ashes

6 June 2016 0 comments

A cautious welcome to the ICC’s proposal to offer those nations currently excluded from the closed shop of Test cricket […]

Derek Pringle column – Finn must eye up the prey and hit the deck hard

6 June 2016 0 comments

There is another game Steven Finn appears to be playing alongside cricket at the moment – Snakes and Ladders. Finn, […]

We Test lovers must fight to prove KP’s no Mystic Meg

30 May 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter launches an impassioned defence of the five-day game after the latest attack from the former England captain Don’t […]

England lost throughout the 1990s – because rivals were the all-time greats

23 May 2016 0 comments

Emma John knew nothing but defeat as a fan of 90s England. But were Atherton’s Army really that bad? It […]

Root is England’s man for all the occasions

23 May 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks looks at the rise of Joe Root – England’s Player of the Year When Joe Root swept the […]

Wisden… The game’s voice keeps ticking along

3 May 2016 0 comments

Alex Narey speaks to Wisden editor Lawrence Booth about the history of the Almanack, and what makes it the most […]

Where are they now? Northamptonshire – 2000 Division Two County Champions

22 March 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Darren Cousins admits that it was a dream come true helping Northamptonshire win the first ever Second […]

England’s greatest overseas series victories

26 January 2016 0 comments

England’s recent away wins set Joshua Peck thinking about some past triumphs Victories in South Africa and India are no […]

England women name squad to tour South Africa

8 January 2016 2 comments

CHARLOTTE Edwards will captain a 16-strong squad to tour New Zealand next month. England will play three ODIs and three […]

England’s Joe Root on his rise to World No.1

21 December 2015 0 comments

Chris Stocks discovers that England’s prolific run-scorer will be losing sleep during the series against South Africa Joe Root […]

Domestic and international cricket crowds in England increase

24 November 2015 0 comments

Crowds at English domestic and international cricket matches are at their highest level since the ECB was formed. Supporters at […]

Mitchell Johnson – Erratic and electric, terrifying as well!

24 November 2015 0 comments

Tristan Lavalette reports following the retirement of great Aussie paceman Mitchell Johnson During Mitchell Johnson’s final day of international cricket, […]