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Derek Pringle: Hold on to your hats – because it has to be Harry Brook for England captain
Derek Pringle assesses whether Harry Brook has the maturity and temperament to replace Ben Stokes as England’s Test captain, despite questions over his leadership style.
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/ 2 months agoDerek Pringle: Heroic Ben Stokes excavates pleasure from pain
Derek Pringle hails Ben Stokes’ remarkable spell at Trent Bridge, arguing England’s captain led by example with a herculean effort that...
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/ 2 months agoDerek Pringle: Standing up to seamers is working for wicketkeepers
Derek Pringle explores the psychology behind wicketkeepers standing up to seamers, England’s struggles against New Zealand and the debate over Harry...
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/ 2 months agoDerek Pringle: If Ben Stokes falls, English cricket will never live it down
Derek Pringle argues the furore over Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson’s curfew breach risks making the England captaincy an impossible job.
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/ 2 months agoDerek Pringle: Bowlers finally get to do the talking
Amid the popping champagne corks and smoked salmon sarnies that accompany your typical Lord’s crowd came the widespread refrain that it...
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/ 2 months agoDerek Pringle: Ollie Robinson comes in from the cold to earn England recall
Not many 32-year-old pace bowlers are welcomed back into the England fold with a glowing reference after a two-year hiatus, but...
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/ 11 months agoDerek Pringle: Phil Salt’s spectacular striking forces the world to sit up
We all know Phil Salt excels in top gear like few others, his pristine ball striking and unerring shot selection clinching...
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/ 12 months agoDerek Pringle: Sonny Baker and Saqib Mahmood to bring reverse swing back into play
The forthcoming 50-over series between England and South Africa should generate more interest than usual for a bilateral series tacked on...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: England’s lack of ruthlessness is still their undoing
It is a chicken-and-egg dilemma. Is England’s primary role under Ben Stokes to champion Test cricket or to win glory...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Spraying Josh Tongue offers chaos and threat
The first pitch of the series with some green grass on it threw up some extraordinary cricket across the first two...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Liam Dawson’s return poses questions for the Ashes
One Test after an eight-year hiatus, with probably another to follow at The Oval next week, is a small sample size,...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Joys of Jofra Archer tempered by long road ahead
Until two days ago Jofra Archer had not bowled a ball in Test cricket for four years, a litany of injuries...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Flogged bowlers highlight perils of Bazball
The blueprint for winning Tests is a simple one for Ben Stokes and his England team. Play on shirtfront pitches that...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle column: Southpaw Jaiswal cuts England down to size
It was meant to be baking hot at Headingley on the opening day of the first Test between England and India...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Steve Smith’s brilliance hints at late flowering
Anyone watching the opening exchanges of the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s would have noticed...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Harry Brook passes first test but harder examinations beckon
It may be too early to consider these things but if a captain’s legacy stands or falls on games won then...
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/ 1 year agoDerek Pringle: Sam Cook simmers as Ben Stokes comes to the boil
First impressions matter for those making decisions around England’s Test team and Sam Cook’s first opportunity at Test cricket will have...
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/ 1 year agoEssex’s Greatest XI
Derek Pringle selects 12 names to comprise the greatest team from the club’s rich and varied first-class history 1. GRAHAM GOOCH...
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/ 2 years agoBowlers need the art of surprise to fight back
By Derek Pringle It was Ricky Ponting who spotted it on commentary and only then after a battery of replays. But...
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/ 2 years agoDerek Pringle: Small is beautiful for England opener Ben Duckett
At 5ft 6in Ben Duckett is in the small camp. But small batters have advantages even if looking up to everyone...
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/ 2 years agoDerek Pringle column: DRS protocols over lbw need to change now
Master and apprentice is a phrase you often hear when Joe Root and Harry Brook are at the crease together. Yet...
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/ 2 years agoPOPEWATCH: ANALYSING THE SKIPPER
Derek Pringle @derekpringle Mike Brearley wrote a whole book on the art of it while Richie Benaud distilled it down to...
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/ 2 years agoDerek Pringle: Fearsome Mark Wood embodies the need for speed
Derek Pringle relished watching England paceman Mark Wood dismantle the West Indies batting during the third Test at Edgbaston.
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/ 2 years agoHarry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England
There would have been sniggers as well as knowing nods over Harry Brook’s credentials to be an England captain when the...
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/ 2 years agoEngland analysis and comment: The need for speed
Derek Pringle explains that out-and-out pace is just one part of the equation.
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