All posts tagged "Test cricket"
-
Latest News
/ 3 months agoNew Zealand determined to send Tim Southee off in style
Tim Southee’s New Zealand team-mates are desperate to give the veteran seamer the farewell he deserves against England this week. Southee...
-
International News
/ 5 months agoDavid Warner’s lifetime leadership ban lifted by Cricket Australia
The lifetime leadership ban that was imposed on David Warner following his involvement in Australia’s ball-tampering scandal has been lifted effective...
-
Latest News
/ 7 months agoJoe Root in numbers: A look at England star’s stats
Joe Root’s brace of hundreds at Lord’s took him past Sir Alastair Cook as England’s all-time leading Test centurion. Here we...
-
England News
/ 7 months agoJoe is simply ton-derful! England’s Root is a record breaker at Lord’s
JOE ROOT broke a whole raft of records at Lord’s as England turned the screw against Sri Lanka in the second...
-
News
/ 8 months agoThe making of Jamie Smith
By Richard Edwards JAMIE SMITH didn’t so much make an impact in his debut Test series as smash it out of...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoMark Ramprakash backs Andy Flower to replace Matthew Mott
Former England batter Mark Ramprakash has joined a chorus of past players urging England’s top brass to bring “deep thinker” Andy...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoIrreplaceable Woakes leaves England with real dilemma
The quality of the opposition wasn’t the highest by any means, but there was a maturity in the way England went...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoEngland v West Indies player ratings from 3-0 whitewash to hosts
Ben Stokes' England secured an impressive 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies in their recent series - here we rate all...
-
Derek Pringle
/ 8 months agoDerek Pringle: Fearsome Mark Wood embodies the need for speed
Derek Pringle relished watching England paceman Mark Wood dismantle the West Indies batting during the third Test at Edgbaston.
-
Latest News
/ 8 months agoIreland recover to beat Zimbabwe in Belfast
IRELAND DEFEATED Zimbabwe in the one-off Test match in Belfast, recovering from 21-5 overnight in their second innings to reach 158-6...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoJoe’s route to the summit opens up
That’s the thing about Joe Root, you barely notice him, and then you look up at the scoreboard to see he’s...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoEngland’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class
England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoGreat survivor Jason Holder keeps holding on vs England
At 115-5 on day one of the Edgbaston Test, having won the toss and elected to bat first on a placid...
-
Derek Pringle
/ 8 months agoHarry Brook has the right stuff to lead for England
There would have been sniggers as well as knowing nods over Harry Brook’s credentials to be an England captain when the...
-
England News
/ 8 months agoAdvantage England
By Matt Thacker After the embarrassment of the Lord’s Test, not many had a West Indies first-innings lead on their Trent...
-
Mark Butcher
/ 8 months agoUndercooked West Indies need support from ‘Big three’
MARK BUTCHER It was evident from the Lord’s Test that West Indies are massively undercooked for this series. If it hadn’t...
-
International News
/ 8 months agoDominica’s favourite sons make a play for the future
By Phil Walker Kavem Hodge sat in the press room after the finest day of his career laughing at his own...
-
Columnists
/ 8 months agoEngland analysis and comment: The need for speed
Derek Pringle explains that out-and-out pace is just one part of the equation.
-
Latest News
/ 8 months agoEX ICC CEO Lorgat call for white-ball tax
By Richard Edwards Preserving Test cricket was always high on Haroon Lorgat’s priority list during his time as CEO of the...
-
International News
/ 8 months agoWest Indies need action not sympathy
By Phil Walker Raw: Mikyle Louis showed promise at Lord’s on his first-class debut outside of the Caribbean On some level...
-
International News
/ 8 months agoShastri calls for Test cricket to be streamlined
By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat Test cricket needs to be reduced to six or seven teams to maintain interest in the format...
-
Featured
/ 8 months agoANYONE FOR TENNIS?
Richard Clarke Richard Clarke wonders, with Test cricket likely to be played in a window in future, what the sport could...
-
Latest News
/ 9 months ago“Until or unless you beat India or be competitive against them, the world will not recognise you” – Ramiz Raja
By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat THE future of Pakistani cricket will come from thinking outside the box and doing everything possible to...
-
Latest News
/ 9 months ago“My contests against Jimmy were some of my favourites” – Graeme Smith
By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat GRAEME Smith has paid tribute to Jimmy Anderson, citing their battles among his favourite contests of his...
-
Latest News
/ 9 months agoTHANK YOU JIMMY
By Matt Thacker Jimmy Anderson will bid farewell to Test cricket at Lord’s this week as he ends a phenomenal career...
