It Pays To Be Patient: The Sportsman’s Ode To 140 Years Of Test Cricket

Can you imagine trying to sell Test cricket to the public in 2020, if it was a new invention? Given the fast-paced nature [ ... ]

The New Book Shining A Light On The Biggest Scandal In Cricket History

It has been nine years since the News of the World ceased publication. Nine years. Doesn’t time fly? The year before [ ... ]

How Botham And England Revived The Spirits Of A Nation At The 1981 Ashes

In the summer of 1981 a combination of spiralling unemployment and racial tension had led to riots in Brixton, Birmingham, [ ... ]

World Cups, Podcasts and Panesar: The Sportsman Interviews Alex Hartley

So you think you know your cricket? Well answer this. When did England first win the Cricket World Cup? Nil points for you [ ... ]

Better The Second Time Around: The Redemption of Kevin Pietersen

It’s both apt and ironic that Kevin Pietersen, the brash cricketer once known for his fondness of butting heads with [ ... ]

The Big Interview: Sir Alastair Cook On Life After Test Cricket

At 34, Sir Alastair Cook is essentially a man stitched together with ridiculous statistics: 161 Tests, producing 12,472 [ ... ]

Barbados To Blackburn: How The West Indies Made The Lancashire League Great

The West Indies have produced some of the world’s finest cricketers over the years and having grown up playing cricket [ ... ]

Don Bradman - Cricket's Greatest Ever Player Set The Bar For All Sporting Greats

He has a career Test batting average more than 50 per cent higher than any other player in history, remains unmatched for [ ... ]

Ben Stokes Inspires England Victory In Five-Day Test Classic

This was five-day test match cricket at its finest. Ben Stokes took the final three wickets on Tuesday to lead England to [ ... ]

Batting Legend Tendulkar Warns ICC Five-Day Tests ''Should Not Be Tinkered With''

If you’re looking for a cricket batting record, odds on Sachin Tendulkar probably owns it. The India great therefore [ ... ]

Ben Stokes' Scintillating 258: The Innings That Made The Legend

These days he’s England’s World Cup-winning star, the new Ian Botham with his very own Headingley heroics to [ ... ]

England Head To South Africa Test In Search Of Answers And A New Direction

England end a historic 2019 by taking on South Africa in the First Test in Centurion this week. But far from it being a [ ... ]

England World Cup Winner Moeen Ali's Conscious Uncoupling From Test Cricket

“I just want to get that buzz back”. England’s Moeen Ali has continued to put his Test career on [ ... ]

England Fail To Win A Test Series In A Calendar Year For First Time Since 1999

England have lost another Test series in 2019, which brings to a close a difficult 12 months that has seen Joe Root’s [ ... ]

Joe Root Double Century Gives England A Glimmer Of Hope Against Black Caps

Joe Root hit a stunning double century to give England a slight hope of victory against New Zealand on day four of the second [ ... ]

Pope Steps Up After Baffling Selection Leaves England Short Of Wicket-Keepers

It is ever difficult to predict exactly what will unfold when England go on tour. Ollie Pope, a man who has kept wicket [ ... ]

Book Review - Ben Stokes: On Fire

Like rugby, cricket fancies itself as a bit of a proving ground for leadership and performance techniques, packed with valuable [ ... ]

Ben Stokes Throws His Weight Behind ''England's Best'' Joe Root

Ben Stokes has leapt to the defence of under-fire England Test captain Joe Root following the heavy first Test defeat to [ ... ]

The Time Has Come For Joe Root To Step Down As Captain And Focus On Finding Form

Joe Root loves a soft dismissal these days.  Should England decide to move him aside as captain at the end of their [ ... ]

Steve Smith's Welsh Fire To Face Oval Invincibles In First Game Of The Hundred

Steve Smith and Jonny Bairstow will clash with Jason Roy and Sam Curran in the world’s first-ever 100-ball cricket [ ... ]

England's 'New Era' Gets Off To Worst Possible Start Against Black Caps

England's 'new era' under Chris Silverwood got off to a humiliating start with a huge innings defeat to New [ ... ]

Why England's T20 Triumph Over New Zealand Matters More Than Ever

There could not have been a more fitting antidote to the slightly subdued atmosphere surrounding England’s tour of [ ... ]

Here Comes The Hundred: Cricket's Finest Set To Be Selected For Summer Spectacular

The futures of some of the world’s greatest cricketers are set to be decided on Sunday night when the likes of Australian Steve [ ... ]

Silverwood Over Kirsten Is The Right Choice For England's New Era

England have confirmed the appointment of Chris Silverwood as their new head coach to Trevor Bayliss, who left at the [ ... ]