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Patrick Noone looks ahead to Sunday’s draft and picks out the key factors that will determine how the eight teams look to build their squads. The importance of Kolpaks With only three overseas players per side allowed, the presence of a number of Kolpak players could make for tempting selections for teams looking to preserve […]
Ben Jones analyses the Indian seamer, and his excellent second innings record. India claimed another emphatic home win in Visakhapatnam today, after twin centuries from Rohit Sharma were too much for South Africa to handle. A wonderful first-innings partnership from Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock gave the Proteas hope that maybe they would be […]
Ben Jones analyses how selection works in the current English game. 1548 red ball runs in a single season, at an average of 64.50, all while opening the batting in Division One of the County Championship. They are appealing numbers, an irrefutable case to open the batting for England in Tests, at a time when […]
Freddie Wilde analyses the talking points from England’s T20 squad for the five match series in New Zealand – England’s first engagement as they embark on their year-long preparation for next year’s T20 World Cup. Developmental squad After a marathon home summer it was expected that England would rest a number of their major players […]
Ben Jones analyses the Worcestershire’s captain’s place in international cricket. Against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, Moeen Ali had the chance to take England home. He swept the ball to the boundary, then found the man at long-on. He was dropped from the XI. Moeen had the chance to bowl England to victory on […]
Ben Jones analyses one of the great series performances. Cricket has a great history of literature, of eminent scribes writing in exhaustive detail about the exploits of long dead men, of their greatness, of their genius, of the impassable nature of their achievements. For some it adds to the allure of the game, and enhances […]
Ben Jones analyses a battle that meant a lot, while it happened. Context. We call out for it, in cricket, at every opportunity. Why can’t this ODI series mean anything, we cry, as 20,000 people leap into the air in joy and fear. Why can’t this dead-rubber Test capture our imaginations like live ones, we […]
Patrick Noone looks at how England’s opener adjusted his approach to succeed on Day 3 at The Oval. To say Joe Denly got into the England Test team through the back door would be something of an understatement. This time two years ago, it appeared that the nine ODIs and five T20Is he played in […]
Patrick Noone analyses a superb display of fast bowling on Day 2 at The Oval. It seems to remarkable to think that it is still two days short of a month since Jofra Archer bowled his first ball in Test match cricket. He’s packed quite a lot into those four matches and 29 days. Since […]
Patrick Noone looks at the England captain’s 57 as his conversion woes continued on Day 1 at The Oval. Joe Root in full flow remains one of the most aesthetically pleasing sights in cricket. Those back foot punches as he rides the bounce, sweetly timed to the boundary as runs come effortlessly off the middle […]
Ben Jones analyses the key ways Justin Langer’s side came out on top. Australia have retained the Ashes. For the first time since 2001, the Australian Test side will return home with the urn in their possession. Victory in Manchester took them to an unassailable 2-1 lead with just the final match to go. So […]
Ben Jones analyses the moment of the day. It’s been quite windy in Manchester this week. Debris has blown across the field pretty regularly, from the party stand to the old pavilion, debris ranging from bin-bags to beach balls. Through a blend of miracles and meteorology, England have clung on in this Ashes series until […]
For every ‘Fab Four’, there’s a Lennon and McCartney. Australia’s attack has, over the last few years, been a relatively stable affair. The established quartet of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon were the backbone of the side, even as batsmen came and went with relative frequency. It’s rare a bowling unit […]
Ben Jones analyses the latest epic in the Australian’s canon. And so, he rolls on, increasingly seeming like nothing can stop him. Ban him, he returns. Hit him, he comes back. Yesterday, England all but dismissed him, before the reprieve from Leach’s no-ball. Even when they get him out, Steve Smith keeps batting. For England, […]
Ben Jones analyses the troubles of the England batsman. Today was never going to be easy for Joe Denly. In the field for two (intermittent) days, watching Steve Smith pile up run after idiosyncratic run, and was asked to go out and face a Tricky Little Session just before the close. Australia’s attack was fresh, […]
Ben Jones analyses the battle between two top class competitors. It’s a relatively select and elite group of players who’ve appeared in each of the last five Ashes series; James Anderson, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Stuart Broad, and David Warner. To be involved in such a high profile series for such […]
Ben Jones analyses the England skipper’s problem with converting 50s into 100s. Joe Root is an all-time England great. Only two Englishman to have made as many Test runs as him can boast a superior average – those two batsmen are Wally Hammond and Len Hutton. Esteemed companions, if ever there were. So why doesn’t […]
Ben Jones analyses how Test teams use their reviews. It was one of a few moments which defined the climax to the Headingley Test. Nathan Lyon, down on his haunches, imploring the umpire to give Ben Stokes out, the Englishman struck on the pad by a spinning, drifting delivery, plumb in front. Lyon’s hands waved, […]
Ben Jones analyses another big day for the young quick. Lord’s was the set-up, Leeds was the punchline. Some, bizarrely, watched Jofra Archer’s performance in the Second Test and saw only a relatively barren wickets column. All those bouncers, all that pace, was just for show, with no substance behind it. Well, the first day […]
Ben Jones analyses a day of mixed fortunes. “You make your own luck”. “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” “The more I practice, the luckier I get”. There are lots of quotes about luck. They’re mostly nonsense. *** Today was a strange day in Leeds. The opening two sessions of this third Test […]
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