All posts tagged "cricket"
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Ashes
/ 2 weeks agoAshes First Test preview: Why Perth will decide England’s fate Down Under
“Have England got a chance?” It’s the question penetrating the British zeitgeist, appearing in pubs and being dissected on park walks.
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Ashes
/ 2 weeks agoAshes First Test preview: Australia v England head to heads, what to expect
The time for talk is nearly over, Ashes fever is here and if the 2023 series is anything to go by...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoOnce more into the cauldron: Adam Hopkins on the Ashes winter ahead
This is the last edition of this season and we are now on our usual winter break. The Cricket Paper will...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoScratching beneath the surface: Damien Fleming’s guide to all five Ashes venues
Damien Fleming, the former Australian Test seamer who will be covering the forthcoming series as a commentator for the Seven Network...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoThe sound and the Fury! Ben Gardner on the task ahead for England’s quicks
Here are some facts. England will likely need to win three Tests to reclaim the Ashes. Across their last three tours,...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAustralia: The side set to defend the urn, with skipper Pat Cummins aiming for Brisbane return
The 15 players selected for the opening Test at Perth, plus the skipper Pat Cummins, who hopes to return for the...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes analysis: Phil Walker on Australia’s batting and answer to Bazball
Gone are the days when you’d reel off the names, one to seven, like listing the continents. With less known about...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes analysis: Jo Harman-McGowan on Australia’s three main quicks
Three world-class quicks, born within three years of each other, all hailing from the state of New South Wales. Together they...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoWho’s gonna win it? Writers and broadcasters deliver their 2025-26 Ashes predictions
A selection of writers and broadcasters tell us who will win the series and how.
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoPast Ashes Tours: Michael Vaughan shines in 2002/03 defeat
From an English perspective, the 2002/03 Ashes tour will be remembered for one thing – the brilliance of Michael Vaughan.
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoPast Ashes Tours: 2006/07 – A series England would like to forget
People will say things started going wrong for England from the very first ball of the series when Steve Harmison’s opening...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoPast Ashes Tours: 2017/18 – Matt Thacker found a few shafts of sunlight amid the gloom
I’d never been to Australia, the tour all England fans dream of. And here I was, mid-December, flights booked but not...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes 2021/22 analysis: England suffer under Covid regulations
Adam Hopkins sums up England’s most recent and perhaps most difficult Ashes tour. Lone hand: Jonny Bairstow made England’s only hundred...
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Adam Collins
/ 3 weeks agoAdam Collins: Why do Aussies hate Bazball?
A confession: I am an Australian who doesn’t have a pathological hatred of the current England team. I’m not exactly enthralled...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoAussie coach Lewis expects a close series
By Guy Williams MICK LEWIS, Yorkshire’s Australian bowling coach, is not only well-informed about contemporary cricket issues back home, but knows...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoPace blueprint is key for England, claims Tremlett
By Richard Edwards Fast and the Furious: Chris Tremlett is backing England’s fast men PICTURE: Gareth Copley/Alamy CHRIS Tremlett was part...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoBeefy in Brisbane: Phil Walker on Ian Botham’s last howl of protest
Ian Botham at Brisbane in 1986/87: 138 from 174 balls; 13 fours; four sixes By the winter of 1986, England have...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWhen an English prospect came to Prospect
By Richard Edwards JOE ROOT may be the England batter that Australia fear above all others, but the former England captain...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes analysis: The numbers behind England’s struggles in Australia
England’s miserable record in Australia since the famous 2010-11 series victory is well-documented but what are some of the underlying issues...
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Cricket Paper
/ 3 weeks agoAshes Special Edition: On sale Sunday 16th November
Join us for our Ashes Special edition; on-sale from this Sunday 16th November.
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoAshes flashbacks: Recapping rare moments of English positivity during Down Under drought
Think back to some of England’s best Ashes moments in Australia in recent history – what comes to mind?
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoEngland’s potential lack of Ashes intensity a ‘worry’ ahead of Perth opener for Ryan Sidebottom
England’s return to Australia for another crack at reclaiming the Ashes has reignited old debates about how to prepare for the...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoMichael Vaughan: England’s cricketers need to copy Scottie Scheffler’s approach to improve
Michael Vaughan OBE believes modern cricketers should take inspiration from golf’s world No.1 Scottie Scheffler by playing and practising more regularly...
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Ashes
/ 3 weeks agoEngland given Ashes warm-up warning as they prepare for Andrew Flintoff’s Lions
Josh Hull is hoping to give England’s Ashes stars a thorough workout in this week’s warm-up match in Perth and insisted...
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Ashes
/ 4 weeks agoChris Woakes happy as Australia give up ‘Gabbatoir’ factor in Ashes opener
Chris Woakes believes Australia have gifted England a psychological boost by hosting this month’s Ashes opener in Perth rather than their...
County Championships
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