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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year 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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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJamie Smith ton shows he feels at home at six
Ebony Rainford-Brent IG is the Official Investment Platform of England Cricket. Find out how you can win tickets to England vs...
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England News
/ 1 year agoMemorable morning for Jamie Smith as England assume complete control
Jamie Smith’s first international century and two quick wickets handed England complete control of the first Test against Sri Lanka. Smith...
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England News
/ 1 year agoJamie Smith continues to impress as England edge ahead against Sri Lanka
Just 57 overs were possible in Manchester, with the morning session wiped out by rain and bad light curtailing the evening’s...
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England News
/ 1 year agoMarcus Trescothick keen to include Jamie Smith in Australia white-ball series
The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has enjoyed a profitable summer in England’s red-ball side. Marcus Trescothick is eager to have Jamie Smith at...
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England News
/ 1 year agoFive talking points ahead of England’s Test series against Sri Lanka
Ollie Pope steps in as skipper in the absence of Ben Stokes and Dan Lawrence gets the chance to impress. England...
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England News
/ 1 year agoEngland to deliver second whitewash of the summer
England’s series against the West Indies was a whitewash and Ebony Rainford-Brent thinks there will more of the same against Sri...
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England News
/ 1 year agoIrreplaceable Woakes leaves England with real dilemma
The quality of the opposition wasn’t the highest by any means, but there was a maturity in the way England went...
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England News
/ 1 year agoEngland v West Indies player ratings from 3-0 whitewash to hosts
Ben Stokes' England secured an impressive 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies in their recent series - here we rate all...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year 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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Darren Stevens
/ 1 year agoWhat makes a good captain?
Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain - and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need...
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England News
/ 1 year agoJamie Smith stars in England fightback vs West Indies
After slipping to 54-5 on the morning of day two at Edgbaston, England were staring down the barrel at a sizeable...
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England News
/ 1 year agoEngland’s Joe Root and Jamie Smith turn tables on West Indies
England overcame a difficult first hour against the West Indies at Edgbaston to finish day two firmly on top and strong...
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England News
/ 1 year agoJoe’s route to the summit opens up
That’s the thing about Joe Root, you barely notice him, and then you look up at the scoreboard to see he’s...
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England News
/ 1 year agoEngland’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class
England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did...
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England News
/ 1 year agoGreat survivor Jason Holder keeps holding on vs England
At 115-5 on day one of the Edgbaston Test, having won the toss and elected to bat first on a placid...
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Derek Pringle
/ 1 year 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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England News
/ 1 year agoHow Joe Root compares as he closes in on Brian Lara on Test run-scorers list
West Indies great Lara scored 11,953 runs in 131 Tests, with Root 13 behind on 11,940 in 142 games after his...
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England News
/ 1 year agoBen Stokes hopes packed international schedule is ‘addressed’
England captain Ben Stokes believes the international cricket schedule needs to be “addressed” and would like some input on future tour...
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England News
/ 1 year agoOllie Pope: England line-up could rack up 600 runs in a day
Ollie Pope senses a “real hunger” in England’s batting line-up this summer and believes they could be capable of scoring 600...
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England News
/ 1 year agoAdvantage England
By Matt Thacker After the embarrassment of the Lord’s Test, not many had a West Indies first-innings lead on their Trent...
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England News
/ 1 year agoBrook and Root tip second Test England’s way
By Charles Reynolds July 18-22, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 2nd Test Match England 416 (Pope 121, Duckett 71, Joseph 3-98) & 248-3...
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England News
/ 1 year agoPope keeps the faith
By Jo Harman Ollie Pope began the Test summer in an unfamiliar quandary. The county runs which he’d plundered at such...
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Columnists
/ 1 year 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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England News
/ 1 year agoChris Woakes eyeing leading Ashes role as he takes up James Anderson mantle
The 35-year-old all-rounder is now the most experienced bowler in the England set-up. Chris Woakes has opened up the possibility of...

