Adam Lyth would have had mixed feelings during yesterday’s celebrations. He could never have dreamt, three months ago playing for Yorkshire that on August 23rd he would be doing a lap of honour around...
England have appointed Mahela Jayawardene as their one day batting coach. This does not mean Mark Ramprakash is out of a job. He will be regarded, in future, as the Test match specialist. This...
England were not at the races at Old Trafford today. Their batting was undone by the very thing that undermined Australia through the summer – seam and swing. But today’s anti climax should not...
James Taylor has made a career out of defying the odds. At 5ft 6in he was cut out to be a jockey like his dad but forged a career in cricket. Everyone said he...
Blinding weather for the 4th odi at Headingley. I travelled up on the train with the Chairman of the ECB and a man in a lizard costume (perhaps his CEO in disguise? A great...
The loss of David Warner and Shane Watson give England a chance of ruining Australia’s remarkable recent one day record – P19 W18. But they will also have to deal better with Mitchell Starc’s...
Against the Australian tourists, I’m leaving the nagging Terry Alderman well, ducking Merv Hughes’s bouncers and ignoring his unintelligible curses when I play and miss. I drive the pace bowler Geoff Lawson (86mph) back...
The days when a batsman strode out before a match with just his bat and gloves and eased a few gentle half volleys into the advertising hoardings (to the chagrin of the advertisers at...
It takes two months for the groundstaff to prepare a test pitch. It takes half a minute for the captains to read it wrong. Sitting in the dressing room after his mid afternoon dismissal...
The life of the England captain is similar, in one way, to being the mother of a growing family. There are so many people seeking your attention – kids/teammates, husbands/chief executives, teachers/coaches – that...
