wicket mark again, making it into the ranks of the top ten Championship wicket-takers for the year. In 2022 he kicked off the season in top gear, drawing Gloucestershire's first game, against Northants, with seven wickets and 139 runs in the second innings after they fell to 21 for 4....
but failed to play a game in his planned Big Bash stint for Melbourne Stars due to another back injury, which also ruled him out of the South Africa tour. His 2020 summer was a setback: he took only eight Blast wickets with an economy rate of 10.85, struggling for confidence after his...
EnglandEngland Under-19sLancashireLancashire 2nd XIMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club Young CricketersMiddlesexMiddlesex 2nd XINorthern Superchargers (Men) Neat and reliable wicketkeeper-batter John Simpson has been a Middlesex stalwart for over a decade. ...
By then, he had become a thoroughly successful ex-cricketer, commentating for the BBC, writing pieces for the Sunday Express that were usually absurdly optimistic about the talents of iffy young cricketers, and using his natural readiness to have a drink and a chat with anyone to win accounts...
seven wickets and a half-century in Manchester and five more wickets in Birmingham. His 26 wickets at 16.73 apiece were a record in a series between England and Pakistan. Woakes, finally, had arrived at the top level. He was named one ofWisden's Cricketers of the Year for his efforts...
Proud father's speech caps brilliant century from England's debutant opener 15-Dec-2024•Firdose Moonda Bouchier, Sciver-Brunt centuries drive England at Bloemfontein Cross fails to recover in time from back spasms as MacDonald-Gay wins first Test cap ...
Denly made his international return in a T20I in Sri Lanka. He claimed career-best T20 bowling figures (and the player of the match award) of 4-19, too, following with a Test debut - aged 32, he was the oldest specialist batsman to make a Test debut for England in nearly 25-years...
opportunity beckoned for the former Australia U-19 player and he was duly named in the squad to play Sri Lanka in the first home Test of the summer. This was quite a journey for a man who flew halfway round the world as a teenager with little more than some jobbing legspin and a fa...
ESPNcricinfo's top 25 women cricketers of the 21st century: Nos. 25-16 Who makes the first group as we begin the countdown of the best female players of the last 25 years? 25-Sep-2024 Nat Sciver-Brunt reveals she missed Pakistan T20I for egg-freezing procedure ...
ESPNcricinfo's top 25 women cricketers of the 21st century: Nos. 25-16 Who makes the first group as we begin the countdown of the best female players of the last 25 years? 25-Sep-2024 Nat Sciver-Brunt reveals she missed Pakistan T20I for egg-freezing procedure ...