So far in this series, Alistair Cook hasn’t performed but his England colleagues have. In the third Test at the Oval, it was the other way round as Cook hit 110 before seeing his side crash from 194-4 to a dismal 222 all out losing seven wickets for …

In today’s game, it isn’t too often that an England international makes an appearance in the County Championship. For someone like Stuart Broad – who is established in all forms of the game for his country – it is an extremely rare occurrence. …

Following yesterday’s early finish in the 1st Test between Pakistan and Australia it gave me a little time to have a look around the web to see what paintings (oil and print) were available to buy on the net. I was pleasantly surprised and amazed…

Is F1 missing a beat ? The British Grand Prix last Sunday was, apart from an incident strewn first couple of corners,  lacking of any real drama and a straight forward win for Red Bull. The big question before the race was not which team would win but…

Pakistan legend Imran Khan became the fourth Pakistani to be inducted formally into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, at Lord’s on Wednesday. The former captain received his commemorative cap from ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat who was accompanied by …

Ian Bell ruled out of npower Test Series against Pakistan England batsman Ian Bell has today officially been ruled out of the forthcoming npower Test Series against Pakistan due to the foot injury he suffered on Saturday during the 2nd NatWest Serie…

The England selectors today named a 13-man squad for the forthcoming NatWest Series against Bangladesh with Kevin Pietersen ruled out through injury and Graeme Swann to be rested. Kent off-spinner James Tredwell and Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott …

Ryan Harris to return to Australia due to injury Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris will return to Australia after picking up a right knee injury during the one-day series in England against England. Ryan will miss the remaining games on the VB Tour of…

First, let me say the England cricket team are a national side to be proud of. They are playing superb stuff at the moment and are probably the best team in the world form wise, in all types of cricket. Their latest success is an ODI series victory ove…

Red Bull streets ahead ! Following a poor qualifying by Mercedes, Michael Schumacher finished in 15th and teammate Rosberg two rows ahead in 12th position for Sunday’s F1 Grand Prix in Valencia. Red Bull shone closing the front row with a Vettel,…

England have retained Craig Kieswetter in their one-day squad ahead of next week’s one-off match against Scotland and the NatWest Series with Australia.
The explosive wicketkeeper-batsman was one of England’s stars in their World Twenty2…

With English cricket, it tends to all boil down to one series – the Ashes. Every selection, every Test match, every individual performance, all done with the Test series against Australia in mind.
This is the same for the Australian team and it shows how big a series it is. The biggest in cricket without any [...]

If England are to have a successful summer followed by a victorious Ashes tour, they need an all-rounder who can play a similar role to the one Andrew Flintoff used to in test matches.
Someone who can bat at number seven and make a significant contribution with the ball is crucial to the balance of the [...]

Ravi Bopara’s international career has been fairly inconsistent to date. He has the talent to perform at the highest level, but his record doesn’t do this justice. The Essex man will look to go some way to putting this right tonight when he gets his latest Twenty20 chance.
Bopara has been out of favour with England [...]

For whatever reason, England players haven’t set the Indian Premier League alight as yet. Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff have been the highest profile Englishmen to take part in the tournament, but even they haven’t enjoyed a great deal of success.
This isn’t going to stop England players giving the IPL a go though. Stuart Broad [...]

Australia have been handed a boost ahead of the World Twenty20 with the news that Brett Lee has declared himself fit for the tournament.
The pace man trained with the Australian squad for the first time since suffering the thumb injury  he suffered while playing in the Indian Premier League and it [...]

It is getting towards that time again. With the next Ashes series later this year, the build up to the series between Australia and England is likely to gain momentum in the coming months.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has already been speaking about the series, saying that his side are in great shape to reclaim the [...]

England’s current tour in Bangladesh is important for a number of reasons. It represents a chance to continue recent momentum in the test arena following the Ashes win last year, it gives Alastair Cook an opportunity to display his captaincy credentials and, perhaps most importantly, it represents the ideal chance for the players to find [...]

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar believes his record breaking one day international innings of 200 not out can be surpassed. The Little Master became the first player to score a double century in an ODI match against South Africa on Wednesday. Speaking about whether such an innings can be repeated, Tendulkar said “no record is unbreakable”, [...]

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar believes his record breaking one day international innings of 200 not out can be surpassed. The Little Master became the first player to score a double century in an ODI match against South Africa on Wednesday.
Speaking about whether such an innings can be repeated, Tendulkar said “no record is unbreakable”, despite [...]