Root and Stokes hit big hundreds as England post 500+ for the first time in over a year. It was a rare good day for the English batsman as Joe Root’s men dominated the Windies bowlers in Barbados. The innings was led by the captain and vice-captain as both of them ended the innings with […]
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OPINION: In sacking Chris Silverwood the ECB have given themselves an unwanted reliance on the Hundred’s finances, at what long term cost?
You wouldn’t have to sit in a laboratory wearing a long white coat, goggles, illegible scribbles on a flipped whiteboard and have a masterfully scientific mind to deduce that English cricket is a mess. You could point to the recent white ball success and say only half of English cricket is in inexcusable disarray. That […]
Paul Collingwood announced as new England interim coach
Paul Collingwood will be England’s head coach for their Test series against West Indies next month after being appointed as a stand-in by Andrew Strauss, the ECB’s interim managing director of men’s cricket. The man who led England to the Twenty20 World Cup in 2010 has been asked to take charge on an interim basis […]
Eyes firmly set on the future for Gloucestershire County Cricket’s James Bracey
Ahead of Sri Lanka and England’s ongoing test series Gloucestershire County Cricket batsman James Bracey is ready to learn all he can from the senior players around him. England completed an emphatic victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0. Both Sri Lanka and England camps are […]
OPINION: Life hasn’t returned to normal so why should cricket?
The cricket season hadn’t even begun on English soil when Boris Johnson announced the nationwide lockdown in March. The England team soon flew home from Sri Lanka and the ECB announced there would be no cricket in the country until May 28th at the earliest, meaning Gloucestershire’s return to the top flight of county cricket […]
The Hundred: Former England captain David Gower on the new types of fans in cricket
The Hundred is a franchise 100-ball competition launched by the ECB which is due to commence this summer. There will be eight city-based teams in the competition, both having a men’s and women’s team. The idea behind the concept, is to attract a new type of audience, being young children and women, with the competition […]