At the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday one man did something that many wouldn’t think possible under the circumstances. Just two weeks after the tragic death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, his long-time friend and team […]
Cricket: India, Australia & South Africa get ready for 2015 World Cup
Over the last few weeks, and across several continents, there has been plenty of international cricket to get stuck into. Pakistan have trounced Australia in the United Arab Emirates and are now taking on New […]
Varsity: Women’s Cricket – Uni on the front foot against Beckett
Celebrations were in order after Leeds University’s women’s cricket team stormed to victory in their Varsity match early on Wednesday morning as they bowled Leeds Beckett out for 57, chasing the score Uni set of […]
Sensational Sidebottom steers Yorkshire to glory
Yorkshire beat second-place Nottinghamshire by a commanding innings and 152 runs to seal their first County Championship title since 2001 with a game to spare. Veteran and former England seamer Ryan Sidebottom took a thrilling […]
English summer solves some questions but leaves plenty more unanswered
Where to start? This has been the most dramatic, turbulent and downright crazy summer of English cricket since the early 90s, when every summer seemed to be the most turbulent in living memory. From captaincy […]
Sport | Yorkshire flourish in Roses clash
Yorkshire registered a comprehensive victory over their arch-rivals Lancashire at the Roses Match in Old Trafford and consolidated their lead at the top of LV County Championship Division One as they are firmly in the […]
Sport | Resurgent England hope to keep that winning feeling
After completing a stunning turnaround and winning three Tests on the bounce, England managed (somehow) to take the series against India 3-1. After this triumph, that at some points looked very hard to imagine indeed, […]
Sport | England romp to victory but can’t get too carried away
What a difference a few weeks can make; after a humiliating loss at Lords to tourists India and a deeply disappointing draw, where England somehow managed to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory, […]
Sport | England storm to victory
England picked up where they left off with a crushing victory over India at Old Trafford. After levelling the series with a 266 run win at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, both teams knew that […]
Sport | England’s Young Lions finally roar
Alistair Cook must have felt blessed, sweet relief when Moeen Ali took the wicket of Pankaj Singh (who, incidentally, must rank as one of the unluckiest bowlers in his first test ever) on Thursday morning […]
Sport | England with much to ponder
Given the amount at stake, Lord’s seemed surprisingly subdued as the final day’s play began. Maybe this was just in keeping with the gentility of cricket, in contrast to the unrelenting passion (and quite often […]
Sport | England agonisingly close to rescuing draw
Test cricket is a cruel game. James Anderson, not exactly a walking wicket but not Sachin Tendulkar, had blocked 54 balls from Sri Lanka’s attack with relative ease, and was just another two away from […]