Category: Cricket

England’s strong position and desire to push the game on led to a number of cameos and wickets as a result of attacking shots. Pope, Ben Duckett for 24, Harry Brook for 37 and Jamie Smith for 26 all fell into that category. Root’s super strength is his ability to score steadily without inviting danger....

Former captain Michael Vaughan says Joe Root is England’s greatest batter after hitting a record 34th Test century for his country. Root, 33, surpassed Sir Alastair Cook’s tally of 33 Test tons with his second century of the match in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. The right-hander is also just 96 runs...

The reverse-scoop (the Roop?) was deployed with success in the early part of Stokes’ reign, but first cost Root his wicket against New Zealand at Mount Manganui in early 2023. Later that year, his attempt to reverse Pat Cummins became one of the most famous dot balls in Ashes history. Root missed, but by trying...

Pope managed to only score six in each innings as England won his first Test in charge last week. He spoke in the build-up to this match of trying to balance the twin tasks of leadership and batting, and this was a new challenge of having to prepare for his spot at number three immediately...

From 1 January 2019, all matches between ICC members have been given full T20 international status. However, many of those who play for Associate nations outside the top-20 T20 sides in the men’s game have never been paid to play cricket and the same applies to most of those outside the top-16 of the women’s...

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...

Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir took three wickets apiece as England ended day one of the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford on top, despite a lower-order fightback from Sri Lanka which helped them reach 236 all out. Woakes (3-32), Bashir (3-55), and Gus Atkinson (2-48) made key breakthroughs early on as Sri Lanka collapsed...

England made a strong start to life under Ollie Pope’s temporary captaincy, bowling out Sri Lanka for 236 on the first day of the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford. Pope’s first act standing in for the injured Ben Stokes was to lose the toss. Pope indicated he wanted to field first anyway and his...

Along with all-rounder Stokes, England are also missing opener Zak Crawley, who broke a finger on the final day of the 3-0 series win against West Indies last month. In their absence, Dan Lawrence will open the batting and Matthew Potts has been named as an extra seamer. Harry Brook steps up as Pope’s vice-captain....

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...