All posts tagged "Ben Stokes"
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoBig Ben puts his hands to good use for Canterbury
ASHES IN BRIEF BEN Stokes ensured his name was back in the headlines this week – for the right reasons. The...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIs Jonny Bairstow being wasted at no.7?
By Tim Wigmore The denouement was strangely apt. Jonny Bairstow – needing to swing for the hills because, well, there was...
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/ 8 years agoMARTIN JOHNSON
THERE’S NO SKIPPING THE ISSUE FOR THE CAPTAIN… There must have been times during the Adelaide Test match when Joe Root...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoAussies try to up fear factor with talk of ‘quickest’ track
By Adam Collins THIS is not the Adelaide you remember. The last time England were here, it was the first time...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoIfs and butts of Ben and Jonny are keeping us in the pink…
Adam Collins and GeoffLemon, our two Aussie journos, fly into Adelaide for the second Test trying to digest the startling events...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoDrink was once central to Ashes culture, now it has a dark side
Derek Pringle explains why the current tales of excess have handed the moral high ground to the Australians Get ready for...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAvon & Somerset Police to ‘seek charging advice’ over Stokes incident
Police have passed their investigation findings onto the Crown Prosecution Service following an incident involving England Cricketer Ben Stokes
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News
/ 8 years agoCook needs to rediscover form for England, and quick
Big things were expected of former England captain Alastair Cook going into the Ashes and he was tipped to be the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoStokes travels to New Zealand as he begins talks with Canterbury
England all-rounder Ben Stokes is in New Zealand as he looks to train and spend time with family
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoJOHNSON WAS ON HIS OWN, WINDIES HAD FOUR THREATS
Derek Pringle takes a look at how batsmen faced up to the fearsome pace bowlers of the Eighties and Nineties The...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoSTOKES HAS A STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT
The trouble was, against those West Indies attacks, that unless you hooked well or could uppercut over the slips, there was...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoFORGET GLENN, I’LL DO THINGS MY WAY
Sam Pilger catches up with the spearhead of the Australian attack and the heir to Glenn McGrath’s thone, Josh Hazlewood Top...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPonting says England are on their way to a hiding in the Ashes
The retired Australia captain rates England's chances of winning the Ashes – he doesn't believe they will win a Test!
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/ 8 years agoHayter column: why Ben Stokes must not be given an Ashes reprieve
Peter Hayter reacts to the news of ECB CEO James Harrison saying Stokes could feature in the Ashes
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/ 8 years agoTurn the mics off! The worst instances of sledging haven’t been picked up, says Graeme Swann
BT Sport pundit Graeme Swann says the worst 'needle' he experienced never came against the Australians
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/ 8 years agoPringle column: Amid the chaos of selection, England cling to positives
Derek Pringle looks at the worries over England's bowling attack after recent injuries and the cause for optimism shown in warm-up...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoWHY BEN MUST NOT BE GIVEN AN ASHES REPRIEVE
PETER HAYTER Officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board have a history of bringing dead stories back to life. Remember...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoHazlewood can be star like McGrath saysLanger
ASHE S IN BRIEF FORMER Australian opener Justin Langer believes Josh Hazlewood can tear England apart in the same way Glenn...
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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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Featured
/ 8 years agoTake inspiration from the Lions and England can answer their critics
The British & Irish Lions toured New Zealand in the summer and beat the odds to avoid defeat against world sport's...
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/ 8 years agoWhat Steven Finn had to say ahead of Ashes shortly before being ruled out
In last Friday's TCP, Chris Stocks spoke to the Middlesex seamer looking to banish memories of 2013-14 and justify his ability...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoSORRY BEN, BAIRSTOW CAN BE OUR No.3 AND STILL KEEP
In three weeks’ time, the build-up would have ended and the Ashes will be well underway. Between now and then though,...
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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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News
/ 8 years agoEngland age-group games ‘not be-all and end-all’
THE performance of the England U17s in the World Cup in India last weekend has not only shone the spotlight on...
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