England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series against New Zealand with a 56-run win in the second match in Hamilton. After being dismissed for a duck in the first match on Monday, opener Tammy Beaumont bounced back as part of a stellar 81-run stand to get England off to a hot start...
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Ollie Robinson: England Test team close to being best in the world
England seamer Ollie Robinson believes the Test team are “close to being the best in the world” ahead of the start of the cricketing summer. Ben Stokes’ side were beaten 4-1 in their most recent Test tour of India over the winter but let fantastic opportunities to win the third and fourth Tests slip through...
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The 10 most picturesque cricket grounds in Britain
As Robert Browning declaimed when in Italy: “O, to be in England now that April’s there”. But it is not too bad in March either when the sunshine finally acquires some warmth, and our cricket fields are mown for the first time, and another season wakes anew. Don’t mow in May, environmentalists now say, but...
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Alec Stewart: Ex-England captain opens up about his decision to step down as Surrey’s director
Alec Stewart says stepping down from his role as Surrey’s director of cricket was the “toughest decision” he has made, but has plans to stay in and around the sport. The 60-year-old, who has overseen three County Championship title wins, will leave at the end of the year. Stewart won six trophies in 23 years...
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Freddie Flintoff linked with top England coaching job
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, who is on the comeback trail from serious injuries, has been earmarked for a top coaching role with the England national team. Flintoff, 46, is one of the most revered cricketers in England’s modern history and was awarded an MBE for his starring role in the nation’s stirring 2005 Ashes triumph. Watch...
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Glamorgan submit bid for tier one professional women’s cricket team in 2025
Glamorgan have submitted a bid to have a tier one professional women’s cricket team by 2025. The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced plans for up to £5m of extra yearly funding in women’s cricket. The plans also involved having three tiers in the sport from the year 2025, and counties are currently being...
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India v England: Andy Zaltzman’s four statistics that defined the series
One of the eternal fascinations of Test cricket, especially in these Bazballistic times, is that there are almost infinite ways for interpreting what has happened. In losing 4-1 in India, did England just get thrashed, and end the series utterly dominated? Did they give the Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja-era India one of the toughest challenges they...
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James Anderson says he is in the best shape of his career but knows England Test place ‘not a given’
James Anderson feels in the best shape of his career but says his England Test place is “not a given” ahead of this summer’s home fixtures against West Indies and Sri Lanka. The England paceman, who turns 42 in July, became the first seamer and third bowler overall, after spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne,...
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Ashwin shocked by Anderson’s over-the-top comments, Joe Root’s defenceless cricket in a fresh view on Bazball
Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened up on his views on England’s Bazball approach in red-ball cricket after clinched the five-match Test series 4-1. It was a dominant show from the hosts as Ben Stokes and Co’s Bazball brand of cricket faltered on the Indian conditions. England took an early 1-0 lead in the series after...
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India vs England player ratings: Zak Crawley, Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir show promise in series defeat for tourists
After India beat England in Dharamshala to clinch the five-match Test series 4-1, we take a look at which of Ben Stokes’ players soared and who struggled… Zak Crawley – 7/10 Image: Zak Crawley smashed 79 off 108 balls during the fifth and final Test in Dharamshala Opener Crawley top scored for England in the...
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‘…then I will retire straightaway’: Rohit Sharma addresses India future with ‘best cricket of my life’ admission
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma capped off another fruitful series by scoring centuries in two of the last three Test matches against England. Regaining top form in the fifth and final Test of the England series, Rohit played a captain’s knock to seal a 4-1 win over Ben Stokes’ men in the ongoing edition of the...
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India v England: Ravichandran Ashwin spins hosts to huge victory inside three days
England’s tour of India ended in woeful fashion as some spineless top-order batting resulted in a massive defeat inside three days in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Needing 259 to make the home side bat again, England were bundled out for 195 to lose by an innings and 64 runs and hand India a 4-1...