England’s ODI Squad Play Intra-Group Friendly England’s ODI squad stepped up their preparations ahead of the start of white-ball action this summer, with a behind closed door intra-squad friendly at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton today. Two sides captained by short-form captain Eoin Morgan and newly announced vice-captain for the summer Moeen Ali, played out […] READ MORE
With England playing hosts at the 2019 World Cup next month and also welcoming the Australian Test team for the Ashes in July, a bummer summer awaits them. Jofra Archer will be the focus. For Ireland, the times are just as exciting as they host West Indies and Bangladesh for a tri-series with Zimbabwe paying […] READ MORE
After weeks of anticipation, this year’s ‘Ones to Watch’ series is complete. Inevitably, all five are young players. However, each of them is at very different stages of their young careers. 5) Tom Abell: While most cricket fans will be eagerly waiting until Joe Root’s reign gets underway this July, those down at Taunton will […] READ MORE
Despite two fifties in his first three ODIs, Ben Duckett has been dropped from England's white-ball squads to play India. Is it the right call? READ MORE
There are several questions surrounding the make-up of the bowling attack and the middle-order that England must answer ahead of their Mohali challenge. READ MORE
There have been several positives from England’s subcontinent tour so far: the emergence of Haseeb Hameed as England’s new opener, the rapid improvement of Adil Rashid and the way in which Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow have played spin, to name a few. In a way, the tour has provided more answers than questions for […] READ MORE
In the Second Test at Vizag, England attempted to stage a mammoth ‘blockathon’ to deny India a seemingly inevitable win. Things were looking good for England with the score at 75-0 off 50 overs. However, when the impressive young opener Haseeb Hameed fell to an unplayable delivery and when Alastair Cook departed on the last ball of Day Four, England’s […] READ MORE
1, 0, 29, 6, 61, 0, 23, 14, 6, 23, 23, 70, 28, 8, 17, 9, 1, 9, 5. Gary Ballance‘s last 19 scores in Test cricket make for miserable reading. His average of 17.5 since the home series against New Zealand is less than half of his average in his entire England career, and the […] READ MORE
England completed a thrilling 22-run victory earlier today over a spirited Bangladesh. It was by no means a convincing performance by England, whose batting looked vulnerable at times. A huge talking point heading into the series was the question of who should open for England, but Ben Duckett failed to make a significant mark on […] READ MORE
October 20-24, 4am GMT Chittagong After clinching a narrow 2-1 win in an enthralling ODI Series, England go into their two-Test series against Bangladesh as strong favourites; some UK bookies are offering odds as long as 9/1 for the home side to win the series. However, question marks remain over the visitors. With at least two changes to their […] READ MORE