All posts tagged "Alastair Cook"
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoRoot’s England can take heart from the underrated Aussie class of ‘89
Derek Pringle searches for precedents for the underdogs winning the Ashes and recalls a tour led by Allan Border Cricket supporters,...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoI DIDN’T WALK OUT ON ENGLAND LAST TIME!
Sam Pilger finds Graeme Swann ready to talk about the 2013/4 disaster and why the tourists can win the Ashes now...
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News
/ 8 years agoEssex the next step for ambitious Coles
By Paul Eddison MATT COLES, by his own admission, is a “big guy” But he is confident that will not stop...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoHaddin:Get ready for another onslaught
By Richard Edwards Intimidating: Mitchell Johnson tore through England on the last Ashes trip Down Under PICTURE: Getty Images BRAD Haddin...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBig Sixes! The Cricket Paper talks to six Ashes veterans about the upcoming series
Mark Butcher, Dominic Cork, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, David Lloyd and Jack Russell chime in with their predictions and views
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Cricket Paper
/ 8 years agoHarmison: You can’t be gobbled up by pressure
By Peter Hayter STEVE HARMISON says England’s Ashes virgins must learn fast how to withstand the intense pressure created by allout...
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News
/ 8 years agoKeaton is keen to open for Red Rose
By Richard Marshall NEW Lancashire batsman Keaton Jennings hopes to get a chance to open for the side next season. Jennings...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t push skipper root into stepping up to three if he’s happiest at no.4
Peter Hayter continues our in-depth analysis of cricket’s most enduring contest THE ASHES With Joe Root’s England squad arriving Down Under...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoThe Cricket Paper’s Division One Team of the Year
Who's among the top-flight elite in the County Championship?
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News
/ 8 years agoLewis: People knew our fate before I did
By Sofia Westaby On his way: Keaton Jennings has said his goodbyes to Durham to go to Lancashire PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPAUL NIXON
LEGENDS SANGA AND READ CALL TIME ON A HIGH WITH the season end comes the awards for the year. This week...
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Features
/ 8 years agoA DEFENSIVE GAME PLAN OR BOLD COUNTER ATTACK?
With no Ben Stokes, as seems likely, how will England best fill the void for their test Down Under, asks Derek...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIllingworth: ‘Root’s chances of winning the Ashes are 50/50’
Yorkshire roots will give Joe that extra Illy factor heading to Australia
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPringle column: Gary Ballance must dig deep to escape the Last Chance Saloon
The players who either did or didn't manage to fight their way back into their country's Test team
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Features
/ 8 years agoYorkshire Roots will give Joe that extra Illy factor
Guy Williams talks to England Ashes legend Ray Illingworth and compares the two eras Heads or tails? Ray Illingworth, right, and...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHayter column: Bairstow always had value in ODI team, he’s just not flashy like Roy
Peter Hayter asks would Bairstow have ever been dropped as opener if Joe Root was England's ODI captain?
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Cricket Paper
/ 8 years agoStoneman is the rock at the top for England Strauss hails opener for success
ANDREW Strauss, England’s director of cricket, has backed Mark Stoneman to thrive in Australia during this winter’s Ashes series. By Chris...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAlastair Cook tips Stoneman to shine in Ashes tour
The Ashes Down Under is a mere 63 days away...
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County Championships
/ 8 years agoViljoen’s ready to put in Hard yards
Bruce Talbot speaks to the South African who is committed to leading the Derbyshire revival Spring in his step: Hardus Viljoen...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCatches win matches so England must improve!
Derek Pringle examines the importance of cutting out fielding errors if they are to be a success Down Under They were...
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County Championships
/ 8 years agoStoneman surely secures Ashes spot
Graham Hardcastle sees England’s current Test opener smash a muchneeded century for Surrey Raise the bat: Surrey’s Mark Stoneman celebrates his...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoHeadingley is the land of Hope and glory now for Windies
AS STUNNING as this turnaround from West Indies was following their humiliation at Edgbaston a week earlier, England know it wouldn’t...
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Cricket Paper
/ 8 years agoStoneman and Malan close in Ashes but No.3 berth a worry
WHEN a coach says he has his “fingers crossed” over a selection then it’s probably fair to say he hasn’t got...
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Cricket Paper
/ 8 years agoLyth looking to smash his way back into Three Lions thoughts
By Charlie Bennett Out of nick: Adam Lyth hasn’t had the best of seasons for Yorkshire IT takes patience to succeed...
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County Championships
/ 8 years agoProlific Browne’s England dream
Paul Hiscock meets a batsman who is about to pass 1,000 runs for the third successive season Resolute: Nick Browne has...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
