All posts tagged "The Ashes"

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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Sangakarra awards Poms a moral win

  By Mel Farrell Australia may have retained the urn, but cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara believes Ben Stokes’ side achieved something greater...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Darren Stevens

  / 2 years ago

  Just me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles

  DARREN STEVENS A week or so ago I had the perfect view of Spencer Johnson’s 3-1 – that’s three wickets for...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Mel Farrell

  / 2 years ago

  It was the series that just had everything!

  VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in the...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  Bazball will need to adapt

  Bell: England must play smart in India By Jon Couch Ashes winner Ian Bell has warned England will need to be...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  The making of a legend

  A trip through Stuart Broad’s 17 years at the top August 28, 2006: Only T20I v Pakistan, County Ground, Bristol Stuart...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Cummins rues ‘missed opportunity’ as Oval defeat denies Australia Ashes win

  Australia captain Pat Cummins saw another Ashes defeat at the Kia Oval as a missed opportunity but was proud to play...

  By Nick Powell
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Zak attack set the tone

  By Jim Wallace Elegant: Joe Root flicks one off his pads for four more in his 91 PICTURE: Alamy ZAK Crawley...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  It would break my heart if Jimmy didn’t quit too

  Ashes winner Steve Harmison says it would ‘break his heart’ if James Anderson DIDN’T follow in Stuart Broad’s footsteps and retire...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Derek Pringle

  / 2 years ago

  Cummins stands alone as the true titan of Summer

  DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If Australia had been able to catch during England’s first innings at The Oval then Pat Cummins would...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Buoyant Brook lifts the mood

  THE STORY FROM THE OVAL: DAY 1 INSIGHT By Jo Harman THERE WAS an inescapable flatness in the build-up to the...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  The last days of summer

  OVAL OVATIONS – THE ASHES IN THE 21ST CENTURY A look back at Ashes Tests this century at The Oval where...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England Women

  / 2 years ago

  Nat climbs up to world no.1

  Nat Sciver-Brunt has moved to the top of the ICC’s ODI batting rankings after hitting back-to-back centuries for England in the...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Latest News

  / 2 years ago

  What’s in The Cricket Paper: 30/07/23

  Australia may have retained the Ashes but the final test is poised to be another classic, and you can find all...

  By Nick Powell
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Green admits Australia ‘got out of jail’ in rain-ruined fourth Test

  Australia all-rounder Cameron Green admits his side “got out of jail” in their Ashes-clinching draw at Emirates Old Trafford. A 2-1...

  By Nick Powell
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  England pray for one last chance

  By Taha Hashim Just a little time, that’s all England desire on Sunday. Marnus Labuschagne may have advanced to his 11th...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'

  / 2 years ago

  Passing on the legacy of Beefy

  RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler At the end of the first day at the Old Trafford Test, reserve umpire Martin Saggers...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England Women

  / 2 years ago

  Sciver-Brunt leads England to ODI series win as Ashes end all square

  Nat Sciver-Brunt was the hero again as England claimed a Women’s Ashes series draw with a 69-run win over Australia on...

  By Nick Powell
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  England may need weather check and bolder approach in fourth Test – Stokes

  Ben Stokes admitted England’s predicament in the Ashes means keeping one eye on the weather forecast and the possibility of an...

  By Nick Powell
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  England recall Anderson at Old Trafford with Ali to bat at three

  England have recalled James Anderson for the fourth Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford. The 40-year-old Lancashire seamer will feature on...

  By Nick Powell
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  England Women

  / 2 years ago

  Australia retain Ashes as England fall short despite Sciver-Brunt century

  Australia retained the Women‘s Ashes after Nat Sciver-Brunt’s excellent innings of 111 not out could not prevent England suffering an agonising...

  By Nick Powell
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Mo’s bid for three-dom!

  Ali can pull punches early, says Compton By Gary Fitzgerald Former England opener Nick Compton believes giving Moeen Ali the green...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Mel Farrell

  / 2 years ago

  A thrilling finale awaits

  VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN What a time it’s been for England Ashes fightbacks. After the first two...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  Changing world, a changing Dukes?

  There's been plenty of focus on the Dukes ball in recent summers, and although there was swing and seam at Headingley,...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  The true making of Mark Wood

  By Richard Edwards Having watched Mark Wood tear in at Headingley, it’s hard to imagine that he was once an opening...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ashes

  / 2 years ago

  So, where is the Northern love?

  After a classic at Headingley, James Wallace laments the fact that there will be no men’s Ashes Tests in the north...

  By The Cricket Paper Team