World's Best Cricketer Ben Stokes Has Become England's Imperfect Sporting Icon

If there is one thing the British public love more than an underdog story, it is a tale of redemption. We’ve always [ ... ]

England Just Fall Short Against India Despite Sam Curran Heroics With The Bat

England came up short against India, losing by just seven runs in an absolutely thrilling ODI decider which went right [ ... ]

England’s Aggressive Batting Pays Off As Bairstow And Stokes Shine To Level Series

When England’s top three bat like this, there is simply no side in the world that can stop them. Jason Roy, Jonny [ ... ]

Three Years On, Steve Smith Deserves Big Praise For His Response To Sandpapergate

On this day three years ago the entire sporting world collapsed on Steve Smith’s shoulders. In a Test Match against [ ... ]

Root's Calm Head Missed As England Collapse To 66-Run ODI Loss To India 

India have defeated England by 66 runs in the first one-day international in a game that will once again provoke questions [ ... ]

India T20 Win Over England Could Be Perfect Precursor To 2021 World Cup

England have lost the T20 series in India 3-2 having been comprehensively beaten in the final match. India set a huge total [ ... ]

Blistering Buttler Leads England To Bounce-Back T20 Win Over India

England showed their resilient side on Tuesday as they bounced back from Sunday’s defeat in the second T20 international [ ... ]

Kohli Takes Centre Stage As England Come Up Short Against India In Second T20

England came up short in the second T20I match v India, losing by seven wickets as Virat Kohli proved once again he is the [ ... ]

Archer And Roy Star As England Sweep India Aside In Opening T20 Encounter

England began Twenty20 World Cup year in emphatic fashion as they hammered India by eight wickets in the first game of their [ ... ]

Weather No Excuse, England Must Learn From Woeful Batting Performance Vs India

How quickly things can change. England’s 227 run win in the First Test v India feels like a lifetime ago, but it has [ ... ]

Why A Massive Fourth Test Against India Could Define England's Ashes Hopes

England’s whole year might well ride on the outcome of Thursday’s Fourth Test against India. That might sound [ ... ]

Brittle England Beaten Inside Two Days As India Survive The Madness In Ahmedabad

It was one of the most chaotic days of Test cricket ever but by shortly after tea on day two in Ahmedabad England had lost [ ... ]

Sidebottom Wants To See Both Broad And Anderson Play Third Test Against India

Former England bowler Ryan Sidebottom says England ought to select both Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson for their crucial [ ... ]

The Hundred Can Help Revolutionise Women’s Cricket And Inspire A New Generation

The long-awaited The Hundred competition is set to revolutionise cricket and will finally kick off this summer with a women’s [ ... ]

Should Test Cricket Lose The Toss After India's Battering Of England In Chennai?

England have nobody to blame but themselves for the manner of their 317-run mauling at the hands of India in Chennai. They [ ... ]

England Should Go All Out In India In A Bid For Double World Champion Status

Following the exhilaration comes expectation. England’s commanding First Test win over India in Chennai earlier this [ ... ]

Sidebottom Hails ''Fantastic'' Root And ''Stunning'' Anderson After England Beat India

Ryan Sidebottom has heaped praise on both Jimmy Anderson and captain Joe Root following England’s surprise 227-run [ ... ]

Fantastic Jimmy Anderson Wraps Up A Statement England Win In First Test

England wrapped up a dominant First Test win over India on Tuesday, with Jimmy Anderson collecting three vital wickets to [ ... ]

100 Up! Joe Root's Timely Form Could Be The Difference For England In India

He is the baby-faced batsman who slotted into England’s line-up in India in 2012-13 and immediately looked like he [ ... ]

India Beware! Joe Root's Thrilling Form In Sri Lanka Shows He's Still England's King

There is just no end to Joe Root’s magnificence right now, it would seem. The England captain’s return to form [ ... ]

Tailenders Is The Easy-Listening Pod That Takes An Alternative Look At Cricket

At the moment, we’re all enamoured with cricket, thanks to India digging in and out-saucing the Aussies Down Under, [ ... ]

England Test Series Win Would Be A Fitting Reward For Their One-Man Barmy Army

England’s Second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, which starts on Friday, carries with it two big questions. Can Joe [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]