IN the Women’s World Cup, big hitters like Nat Sciver, Lizelle Lee and Harmanpreet Kaur showed they could comfortably blast […]

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COLLY boy still has it even if his medium pacers have turned into Bo Peep’s Sheep being thrown down the […]

WHAT is happening within the England set-up? First, we have Surrey opener Mark Stoneman in top form but strangely overlooked […]

I REALISE people like myself have got to forget the Botham of latter days when he tried to bowl medium-paced […]

After a string of early criticism, Chris Stocks looks at the rise behind the stumps of Jonny Bairstow THIRD TEST […]

Derek Pringle gets technical as he analyses the latest batsman to try out in England’s most problematic position Derek Pringle […]

By Chris Stocks at the Oval THIRD TEST July 27, The Oval, London England 171-4 (Cook 82*, Philander 2-17) Versus […]

By Chris Stocks England 458 (Root 190, Morkel 4-115) & 233 (Cook 69, Maharaj 4-85) South Africa 361 (Bavuma 59, […]

By Chris Stocks England 357-5 (Root184*, Ali 61*, Stokes 56, Philander 3-46) South Africa Stumps – Day One Toss: England, […]

With a misfiring top order becoming a bad habit, there’s only so long that a middle-order rescue act can be […]

Peter Hayter hails the brilliance of Joe Root after the England skipper marked his first day in the job with […]