Category: Cricket

A magnificent maiden first-class century from Ben McKinney and a dogged hundred by Alex Lees put Durham in a dominant position on day one of their County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire. McKinney, who is playing in just his second County Championship match, smashed an experienced Notts bowling attack around the park at the Riverside after...

Andrew Flintoff struggled with anxiety, experiencing “nightmares and flashbacks” and was “crying every two minutes” after being seriously hurt in a high-speed car crash while filming Top Gear. The former England captain revealed he only left his home for medical appointments in the seven months following the accident at Surrey’s Dunsfold Aerodrome in December 2022...

Thorpe’s skill was developed on the club grounds of Surrey, the county he would go on to represent throughout his entire first-class career from 1988 to 2005. On his England debut against Australia in 1993 he scored a second-innings 114 not out, having come in with the hosts in a precarious position. It was a...

Former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe has died aged 55, it has been announced. Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, as well as 82 one-day internationals. A stylish left-handed batter, he scored 6,744 Test runs for England, including 16 centuries, at an average of 44.66. Current England captain Ben Stokes...

When James Anderson was pensioned off because he won’t make it to Australia, some asked why England persevered with Chris Woakes. Woakes is a bowler of a similar style to Anderson, not as good (few are as good as Anderson) and with a desperately poor record away from home (he averages more than 50 overseas...

When Stokes strode out to bat, chest puffed out, with a sense of purpose in his gait Edgbaston chattered that something special might be in the offing. However, this was Bazball on steroids from Stokes. He shattered a 42-year record held by Ian Botham for the quickest half-century, surfing the wave of momentum generated by...

The panic button had been pushed when Pope chopped Shamar Joseph onto his stumps and then six balls later Brook edged Jayden Seales into the gloves of Joshua Da Silva. Root himself had an early stroke of fortune before either wicket fell, benefitting from a lack of West Indies conviction when he was hit on...

Rocky Flintoff, the teenage son of former England all-rounder Andrew, hit a century for England Under-19s on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Resuming on 82 overnight, the 16-year-old reached the landmark in the first hour of the morning session, making three figures from 176 balls with eight fours and two...