Ashes
Ashes analysis: Phil Walker on Australia’s batting and answer to Bazball
Gone are the days when you’d reel off the names, one to seven, like listing the continents. With less known about this version of the batting...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes analysis: Jo Harman-McGowan on Australia’s three main quicks
Three world-class quicks, born within three years of each other, all hailing from the state of New South Wales. Together they...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes 2021/22 analysis: England suffer under Covid regulations
Adam Hopkins sums up England’s most recent and perhaps most difficult Ashes tour. Lone hand: Jonny Bairstow made England’s only hundred...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoBeefy in Brisbane: Phil Walker on Ian Botham’s last howl of protest
Ian Botham at Brisbane in 1986/87: 138 from 174 balls; 13 fours; four sixes By the winter of 1986, England have...
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England News
/ 5 months agoEngland vs India 2025, third Test analysis: Six talking points from Lord’s clash
After 15 gruelling sessions and nothing between the two sides, the third Test between England and India at Lord’s concluded in...
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Features and Columns
/ 6 months agoVitality Blast analysis: Holders off to slow start; Lancashire sparked by change of format
The Vitality Blast returned last week as all 18 counties began their quest to reach Finals Day at Edgbaston on September...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoCounty Championship Division Two Preview: Who will return to Division One?
The Cricket Paper is expecting Lancashire and Middlesex to be the teams to beat in Division Two this summer, both looking...
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Big Interview
/ 8 months agoJack Russell: The sketch that changed my life
The legendary keeper explains how his journey in the art world began on a whim during a wet game at Worcester....
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England News
/ 4 years agoJofra Archer: I felt like I had let everyone down by missing the Ashes
Jofra Archer says he felt he had “let everyone down” after missing England’s Ashes tour due to injury. The World Cup-winning...
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England News
/ 4 years agoHow can the fortunes of England’s Test team change?
England’s Ashes capitulation at Melbourne not only saw them give up their hopes of reclaiming the urn, it also continued a...
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Features and Columns
/ 5 years agoPaul van Meekeren’s tumultuous 2020 has brought tragedy and rousing spirit
The Netherlands and former Somerset bowler has been working for Uber Eats to make ends meet
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Featured
/ 5 years agoLavalette column: Afghanistan eye their moment of history
Afghanistan have a destiny that has gathered pace to become a reality over the past five years, writes Tristan Lavalette
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Featured
/ 5 years agoPringle viewpoint: BBC must recover lost time
Derek Pringle turns a critic's eye on the BBC's on-screen coverage of cricket for the first time in 21 years
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Features and Columns
/ 5 years agoHayter column: Knighthoods for batsmen, but not bowlers it would seem
Peter Hayter looks at how honours bestowed by the Palace are skewed towards batsmen more so than bowlers
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Featured
/ 5 years agoFractious and fabulous – The great England-Pakistan Test series of the past 70 years
James Wallace recalls the enthralling red-ball series between England and Pakistan
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Featured
/ 5 years agoThe Cricket Paper returns August 2!
Our award-winning cricket coverage will be back next month for the Bob Willis Trophy and England's series against Ireland
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County News/The Hundred
/ 5 years ago‘No egos at Essex’ – Tom Westley talks Cook, ‘Tendo’ and his new role leading the Eagles
Essex's new leading man speaks about his England hopes, drawing on an experienced dressing room and Dan Lawrence...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoFabian Cowdrey: ‘England dream was hard to let go but I’m in a much better place’
By Sam Dalling Former Kent star Fabian Cowdrey has lifted the lid on the internal anguish that ultimately led him to...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJon Lewis: England’s next great coach?
By Sam Dalling England Lions head coach Jon Lewis hopes his evergreen love for the game will one day see him...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoDream XI: Gloucestershire batsman Chris Dent
The left-hander picks a dream team based on players he has played with or against
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCollins column: Volume 2.0, the shift in power of T20!
I was definitely one of those people. Talking to James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s former long-term chief executive, after a game in...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCricket Pictures: Top moments in cricket history
It’s often said that a picture says a thousand words. In the case of these iconic cricket pictures, it’s more like...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoAdam Collins picks five Lord’s Tests where the Ashes hit a peak
Australia have traditionally held the upper hand at the Home of Cricket
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Featured
/ 6 years agoLavalette column: Justin Langer needs to end the English revelry
This Ashes series has been earmarked as a drought-breaker for the Aussies
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Featured
/ 6 years agoI’ve led Essex to the top – now I can reap the Ashes reward, says Peter Siddle
Peter Siddle is ready to take part in a fourth Ashes series in England and Wales

