Until Alastair Cook makes a century people will continue to call for his head as England captain. However, for several reasons, these people are simply wasting their breath. They are not wasting their time by […]
Sport | What we learnt in the T20 Worlds
Finally, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, the classy fulcrum of Sri Lanka’s batting over the last fifteen years, were rewarded for their continued and electric brilliance in their last game in the T20 format. As […]
Sport | Cricket – Taylor the man to replace Pietersen for England?
Love him or hate him, its time to accept, barring some miraculous or humiliating u-turn from the English Cricket Board, the Kevin Pietersen saga and his swashbuckling international career is over. As we look forward […]
Sport | Should Kevin Pietersen have been sacked?
YES – Ste Topping Should Kevin Pietersen have been sacked by England on the basis of the recent tour of Australia alone? No. It’s difficult to make a case for any England player making a good […]
News | Met cricketer's mysterious death resolved
The tragic death of a Leeds Metropolitan student was caused by a sudden arrhythmic death syndrome, a second post mortem has found. Thomas Hardman, a final year Sports Science student was discovered dead by his […]
Sport | Varsity – In pictures
LS Head of Photography Leo Garbutt brings together the best images of the day from the LS Photo Editor team. Above: women’s Lacrosse @ 3G Pitch (Sam Broadley); below: women’s Rugby Union @ HC Pitch, […]
Sport | England Strike Yorkshire Ballance
Three Yorkshire players have been selected in England’s Ashes squad for the return series in Australia this winter. Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and newcomer Gary Ballance have all caught the selector’s eye and have been […]
Sport | Thanks Hoggy
Jack Fairs Matthew Hoggard, the former Yorkshire and England swing bowler, has announced his retirement from cricket. The Leeds born 36 year old played 67 times for his country at Test level, taking 248 wickets […]
The Root to Success
Stephen Topping As England approach their final fixture of the ICC Champions Trophy group stage, a few things are becoming quite clear: India are the team to beat, England’s bowling attack isn’t as convincing in […]
Testing times for the IPL
Jack Fairs 17/04/2013 The IPL has returned in 2013 with all its usual glitz and glamour, but it has not been such a spectacular start to the world’s biggest Twenty20 tournament for its resident Test […]
Kiwi Challenge Continues
David Grant 22/02/2013 New Zealand v England England have resumed the second leg of their tour of New Zealand in the one day format and on Wednesday morning clawed their way back into contention with […]
Double or Nothing for Clarke
LS Sport’s Sam Heath takes stock of Michael Clarke’s phenomenal achievement… Australian captain Michael Clarke put his name into the record books this week by becoming the first man to score four double centuries in a […]