I want to wear this England shirt for as long as I can, said Stokes to BBC Sport ahead of Englands Test series opener against New Zealand in Christchurch. For the upcoming match, England have handed debut to left-hander Jacob Bethell, who will bat at number three. The side currently ...
This is the first in a series of sporadic entries on “the minimum you need to know about a sport in order to watch a match and not be completely confused”. We’ll see how it goes. As I noted some time ago, most Web sites that try to explain the rules to a game get bogged do...
The outsiders of the Edgbaston quartet delivered a second eight wicket win on cricket’s longest day to take the Vitality Blast trophy down the M5 to Bristol. On a pitch that favoured their bowlers, they did the hardest thing to do in sport – perform at peak under pressure – a testamen...
The tournament’s delay meant that the ECB didn’t have success to fall back on, but after signing a £1.1Billion deal with theBBCandSky Sportsto get cricket back on to free to air television, this tournament was make or break. The Television Deal The ECB is reaching larger audiences b...