2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (253+ words) Before the first Ashes Test of 2005, the England team gathered in a meeting room at the Landmark Hotel, a short walk from Lord’s where, a few days later, they would face up to what was perhaps the greatest cricket team…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (222+ words) As they grow older, both are almost superhumanly injury free and permanently available. Below the placid surface there is a rage to hold on, a fierce will to survive. No doubt when the time comes there will be knighthoods and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (606+ words) Maybe the higher up you go at a cricket ground, the loftier your perch, the more starry your view becomes. Maybe here, up in the gods, you start to feel like one yourself… Henry ran in and bat somehow searched…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Anyway, there was a moment in the final episode when England were in Germany for the Euros in 2024, and Southgate spotted Andreas Moller doing a pre-match piece to camera. Moller was the player who’d scored the winning penalty for Germany…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (334+ words) I’m a Southern man and I love this land, From the mountain tops to the sea, From tussock land to pastures green, So beautiful, so beautiful… If the song has garnered any attention beyond that offered to 99.9 per cent of…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (281+ words) The first rule of Jacks goes like this. If you can see Will Jacks on your TV screen, it’s bad. If Will Jacks is bowling when you wake up something has gone wrong. If Will Jacks is batting something has…...