Tag: three lions

Life is beginning at 40

28 May 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS NEXT year, the inaugural Over-40s World Cup takes place in South Africa, and last week I played in […]

Kiwis defy odds to finally reign as world beaters

27 June 2021 0 comments

ENGLAND football fans famously sing about “Thirty years of hurt” (55 now), but that’s nothing compared to those who follow […]

The sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…

4 April 2018 0 comments

Graeme Fowler recalls the 1983-84 tour, in which he was an innocent party, that led him to having his bag searched at Heathrow for the next ten years

WE’VE NOT LEARNT FROM OUR T20 GAFFES

16 February 2018 0 comments

WHILE England will be glad to see the back of Australia, after three months there, they would have liked to […]

PAUL NIXON

8 December 2017 0 comments

SLEDGING IS PART OF THE GAME – IT’S NOT PERSONAL WWW.PAULNIXONCRICKET.COM Sledging has always been a part of cricket, and […]

Broad has eyes on replicating McGrath

27 October 2017 0 comments

Eyes on the prize: Stuart Broad is in England’s Ashes squad PICTURE: Getty Image STUART Broad has been watching YouTube […]

Ball wants this one to be the greatest series of all

27 October 2017 0 comments

By Joshua Peck LIKE many cricket fans in their early to mid- 20s, England bowler Jake Ball enjoyed the 2005 […]

SURVIVE THE EARLY BLAST AND CASH IN, ENGLAND

13 October 2017 0 comments

PAUL NIXON WWW.PAULNIXONCRICKET.COM As much as we try, we just cannot banish the memories of Mitchell Johnson tearing the England […]

Dawson to seek advice from spin king Warne

14 July 2017 0 comments

By Seth Francis ONE of England’s chief tormentors from years gone by could be a key part of the Three […]

BRAVE MALAN STUCK TO HIS OWN GAME

30 June 2017 0 comments

I SAID a long time ago that Dawid Malan should be in England’s white ball set-up and it was great […]

Cricket mourns loss of Tonker…

16 June 2017 0 comments

By Seth Francis BRIAN Taylor was an Essex captain with over 500 firstclass appearances to his name, though he never […]

Don would never have surrendered Test kit

2 June 2017 0 comments

RODERICK EASDALE’S reference to Alan Jones being a Test cricketer for two years having played for England v The Rest […]

FEW STAR NAMES, BUT I’M BACKING MY LADS!

21 March 2017 0 comments

The draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League took place this week and I’m really pleased with the business that […]

Finn set for four weeks on sidelines with hamstring injury

16 August 2016 0 comments

Steven Finn is expected to be out of action for four weeks after injuring his hamstring. The fast bowler, 32, […]

Jerome Taylor retires from Test cricket

12 July 2016 0 comments

West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor has retired from Test cricket at the age of 32. Taylor took 130 wickets […]

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, […]

Graham Ford leaves role as Surrey head coach

29 January 2016 0 comments

GRAHAM Ford is leaving his role as Surrey head coach to return to the Sri Lanka national team. Ford, 55, […]

Alastair Cook: Australia still favourites for the Ashes

15 July 2015 0 comments

England captain Alastair Cook believes Australia remain favourites to claim the Ashes urn despite England taking a 1-0 lead in Cardiff. […]

Moeen Ali doubtful for Lord’s Ashes Test

15 July 2015 0 comments

MOEEN ALI is a doubt for the second Ashes Test against Australia because of a side injury. The England all-rounder ‘s […]

Geraint Jones to retire at end of season

8 July 2015 0 comments

ASHES winner Geraint Jones is set to hang up the gloves at the end of the current season with the […]

VIDEO: “We Are England” – Alastair Cook, James Anderson & Co on what it means to play for England

6 July 2015 0 comments

Watch England stars past and present describe what it really means to play for your country