All posts tagged "Alastair Cook"
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International News
/ 10 years agoTop captains in numbers… but not necessarily in their rankings!
As Alastair Cook surpasses Michael Atherton as England’s most-capped skipper, Derek Pringle identifies the key similarities between the pair Amid the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – Praise England for having courage to go
England’s cricketers may have left Bangladesh with their tails between their legs but in one important respect at least they travelled...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDream Team – James Taylor
Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s a...
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International News
/ 10 years agoThe options available to England selectors ahead of India series
(Photo: Action Images) By Harvey Burgess After collapsing from 100-0 to 164 all out in the second innings of the defeat...
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International News
/ 10 years agoZafar Ansari – the academic all-rounder of Pakistani descent
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess It is not very often that you hear ‘double first from Cambridge’ and ‘professional athlete’...
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International News
/ 10 years agoFlamin’ Nora, England spin their way out of trouble
They say about young up-and-coming sportsman that if you’re good enough, you’re old enough when it comes to being selected. Equally...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – We should have given knackered Cook time to recover
It was absolutely typical of Alastair Cook to want to be with his players for the start of the series in...
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International News
/ 10 years agoEngland name Physical Disabilities squad for Dubai tournament
The ECB have announced a 15-man Physical Disability squad for the upcoming T20 tournament in Dubai. The England Physical Disability team will head...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Work to be done for Essex to shake off yo-yo tag
The biggest challenge of promotion it seems, for those teams which manage it like my old county Essex, is adapting to...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Selectors can find that wow factor in Div Two
Is the selection of England’s international teams an art or a science? The fudged answer, with that old image of selectors...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – Boards need to make the call not players
England’s cricketers have been assured that, should they choose not to travel to Bangladesh next month for the first leg of...
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International News
/ 10 years agoHales may survive but there can be no place for Vince
Chris Stocks looks ahead to the winter double tour to Bangladesh and India and chooses his party for the arduous trip...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – Remember, fifth day gave us Botham’s ‘miracle’
England’s victory in the third Test at Edgbaston was a shot in the arm for five-day Test cricket, but it was...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoOutgrounds – Leicestershire
When Gower rescued Taylor from a battering by snarling Sylvester Dan Whiting unearths some intriguing tales from Leicestershire’s forays into the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – Cheating Amir will be judged in house of Lord’s
The people of Taunton have spoken. The people of Hove will get their chance in the coming days. But the first...
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International News
/ 10 years agoBorthwick looks the likely lad but there are other options
Derek Pringle looks at the contenders for England’s number three spot, and highlights two alternatives for the selectors Every decade or...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – Malan’s earned call but why only one game?
England have announced their squads for the upcoming ODIs and single T20 against Sri Lanka, and it looks like a very...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland players set to make T20 Blast and One-Day Cup appearances
A host of England players will be in action for their counties over the coming weeks with national team mates set...
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International News
/ 10 years agoJimmy vs Cook – Have we ever had it so good with ball & bat?
Peter Hayter looks at the staggerng feats of Jimmy Anderson and Alastair Cook and asks which one is England greatest player?...
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International News
/ 10 years agoNumbers stack up for Cook as Sachin looms in sights again
Chris Stocks looks back to the start of the Alastair Cook story and forward to where his career might now lead...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – Batters beware: A team can fold any time
It’s been nice to see wickets falling in the County Championship now after batsmen dominated the opening few weeks, but there...
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International News
/ 10 years agoWe Test lovers must fight to prove KP’s no Mystic Meg
Peter Hayter launches an impassioned defence of the five-day game after the latest attack from the former England captain Don’t it...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – It’s poor timing again for Graves & T20 Blast
On the face of it, the eve of the start of this season’s NatWest Blast should have been the ideal time...
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International News
/ 10 years agoRoot is England’s man for all the occasions
Chris Stocks looks at the rise of Joe Root – England’s Player of the Year When Joe Root swept the board...
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International News
/ 10 years agoCook has been England’s rock and deserves his place in history
As England’s captain nears the 10,000-run mark in Tests, Chris Stocks finds a man always able to handle the pressure When...
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