Chris Jordan: ‘We will be hunted but our T20 pedigree is pretty strong’
After England showed their hand for the T20 World Cup in the week, Jofra Archer fired up his Instagram live, transporting anyone who clicked to the sunshine of Barbados. It was a hardworking net session firing down white Kookaburras alongside…
County cricket: Somerset v Essex, Yorkshire v Glamorgan and more – as it happened
Lancashire v Kent 203-7 Taunton: Somerset 128 v Essex 156 and 6-0 DIVISION TWO Derby: Derbyshire 189-8 v Sussex Lord’s: Middlesex v Leicestershire no play on day one Headingley: Yorkshire v Glamorgan 109-4 Essex start the third innings of the…
Pushing the boundaries: England Women using AI to help with team selection
The England Women’s head coach, Jon Lewis, has revealed how he is using AI as a selection tool and credits the technology with helping his side draw last summer’s Ashes series. Lewis was first exposed to the work of London-based…
‘Now I have a mission’: Monty Panesar on the week he became a prospective MP for George Galloway’s party
Monty Panesar has imagined what the lectern would read if he ever addresses the nation outside Downing Street as prime minister: “Immigration Makes Britain Great.” “It’s catchy, right?” Panesar says over a vegan breakfast he moves around his plate for…
Sports quiz of the week: Issy Hobson, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Monty Panesar
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Worcestershire pay tribute to cricketer Josh Baker after his death aged 20
Worcestershire have been left “heartbroken” and “devastated” after the death of Josh Baker, their promising left-arm spinner, at the age of 20. Baker had been playing in a four-day second XI match against Somerset at Bromsgrove school this week, taking…
Why not give Jake Fraser-McGurk a chance to go berserk for Australia? | Geoff Lemon
Let’s be honest, we wanted it. You all did. Short of those actively hostile to 20-over cricket, anyone would have liked to see Fraser-McGurk go crazy berserk, after the boy Jake has spent the past three weeks tearing up bowlers…
The Spin | Cameron Steel takes roundabout route into the limelight with Surrey
The Spin is, admittedly, late to the tale. We’re up in the scorer’s box at the Oval, two days on from Surrey’s County Championship victory over Kent, two days away from the visit of Hampshire to close April’s proceedings. Cameron…
Steve Smith left out of T20 World Cup squad as Australia shift towards new era
Steve Smith has been left out of the men’s T20 squad World Cup for next month’s tournament in the Caribbean, signalling a shift towards a new era for Australian cricket. But selectors chose not to include youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk despite…
England and Key expect World T20 ‘slugfest’ as muscle ripples from top
England will travel to the Caribbean for their T20 World Cup defence in June without an anchor aboard ship, their team director, Rob Key, instead confident that six-hitting power is the best way to approach a possible “slugfest”. This much…