Month: July 2020

It was a tough day in the field for Richard Kettleborough and Richard Illingworth, both umpiring an England Test for the first time due...

Without Statsguru-ing, who’s the best one-change fast bowler in Test cricket since 2018? How many of you guessed it was Jason Holder? Pat Cummins,...

It’s a funny thing, given that he spent a fair bit of the afternoon sitting on his hotel room balcony as one of this...

Jason Holder has described his delight at his plans to dismiss Ben Stokes coming to fruition on Thursday, after his career-best bowling performance put...

Big picture And so it re-begins. Test Cricket, the Awakening. Live from the locked-down environs of the Ageas Bowl, in a sterile world of...

Jason Holder, West Indies’ captain, says that the unified display from West Indies’ and England’s players before the start of the first Test “meant...

On the face of things, the first day of this series didn’t offer much in the way of memorable cricket. Oh, Dom Sibley will...

England 35 for 1 v West Indies After months of pain-staking preparation, cricket’s long-awaited return was held up not by bio-security protocols, the addition...

Players from both teams and match officials have taken part in a poignant gesture in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before play...

Protect your stumps. Play beside the line of the ball. Two nuggets of wisdom to succeed in England, from former greats Brian Lara and...