“It’s not pretty, but it just might work.” Under a gritty and mesmerising captain and a steely, hard-nosed head coach, ‘Bazball’ has breathed new…
“It’s not pretty, but it just might work.” Under a gritty and mesmerising captain and a steely, hard-nosed head coach, ‘Bazball’ has breathed new…
England have a pressing need that they need to fix before the Ashes next month.
It was more Groundhog Day than Boxing Day, a feeling not so much of a sporting event as a public execution, as the English…
Zak Crawley is expected to be one of four changes to England's team for the Boxing Day Test as paceman Mark Wood revealed the…
A felicitous haul of plaudits embraced the air at The Oval as Alastair Cook, England’s highest ever run scorer in the pinnacle format of…
England opening batsman Alex Hales gave Victorian Premier Cricket a crack this week, playing in a T20 for the Fitzroy Doncaster Lions against the…
India survived a jittery final session Sunday, reaching 6-172 in 52.3 overs on the fifth day, to secure a draw in the first Test…
Offspinner Mehedi Hasan has claimed a Bangladesh Test match record of 12-159 with his side securing a first-ever win against England - a comfortable…
When Alastair Cook leads England out in Chittagong for the first of two Tests against Bangladesh, he will become his country's most-capped player. 134…
England won't look to play for a draw on the final day of the fourth Test against India, says fast bowler James Anderson. The…
England won't look to play for a draw on the final day of the fourth Test against India, says fast bowler James Anderson. The…
England won't look to play for a draw on the final day of the fourth Test against India, says fast bowler James Anderson. The…
With England on track to chase down 283 to win the first Test against Pakistan, spin bowler Yasir Shah produced a pearler of a…
With England on track to chase down 283 to win the first Test against Pakistan, spin bowler Yasir Shah produced a pearler of a…
With England on track to chase down 283 to win the first Test against Pakistan, spin bowler Yasir Shah produced a pearler of a…
It's happened. It's finally happened. The voices. They've stopped. Ever since his banishment into the international cricketing wilderness at the beginning of 2014, the…
James Taylor is something else. His catch at short leg to dismiss Dean Elgar is one for the ages. The diminutive Englishman followed the…
On Thursday night AEST at Lords, New Zealand takes on England for the 100th time in a Test match. Despite having won only a…
Amid controversy and triumph over a whinging England, a cock-a-hoop Sri Lankan side launch a final assault in the two-Test series which winds up…
In colts grade cricket in the '60s and '70s a senior player with a teaching bent was often allowed to captain the team. He…
I’ve waited until both Ashes series were over until we could see what we were dealing with. It’s over now, so it’s time to…
We have all watched the recent back-to back Ashes series with great interest. Before the series in the north England were supremely confident, having…
Geoffrey Boycott is a legend of English cricket, but his comments in The Age yesterday arguing Alastair Cook is not captaincy material should be confined…
The back-to-back Ashes tours started more than seven months ago in the UK with Mickey Arthur sensationally sacked as Australian coach. And now 25…
The back-to-back Ashes tours started more than seven months ago in the UK with Mickey Arthur sensationally sacked as Australian coach. And now 25…
The back-to-back Ashes tours started more than seven months ago in the UK with Mickey Arthur sensationally sacked as Australian coach. And now 25…
“It’s not pretty, but it just might work.” Under a gritty and mesmerising captain and a steely, hard-nosed head coach, ‘Bazball’ has breathed new…
Jan
A great analysis of Bazball. My fear is that the BCCI will continue to demand absurd playing surfaces for this series. I…(more)