Arguably the biggest story from England's winning draw against New Zealand A at Whangarei was the performance of Jos Buttler. He kept well by all accounts and scored vital runs when the team needed it. Jos's 110 was just his second first class hundred since 2015. The other one came in August [...]
Now this is an intriguing development. Chris Silverwood has asked Darren Gough to be England's bowling coach during the tour of New Zealand. At first I thought this was a full time appointment but alas it's just a short-term consultancy role. Goughie is still committed to his media commitments long-term by all [...]
Rembrandt or Michelangelo? Lobster thermidor or chateaubriand? It's nice to have both but sometimes we have to choose. And today the person putting you under pressure is me - the unsympathetic editor of this cricket blog. I'm here to make you choose between Virat Kohli or Steve Smith, the best two batsmen [...]
Something that's flown beneath the radar in recent days is how much the surprising decision to appoint Chris Silverwood is also a vote of confidence in Joe Root. We've heard how well Silverwood gets on with Root, and how strong the chemistry is between them, so one assumes that getting more out [...]
When Jason Roy was controversially picked to open in the Ashes opinion was split into two camps. The first camp argued that it was a terrible idea and should never happen. The second camp argued it was a terrible idea but the least terrible option England had at the time. Basically, nobody [...]
It wasn't quite the fairytale that Marcus Trescothick had envisaged. Rained ruined the county championship finale at Taunton and cruelly denied Somerset the chance to win their first ever county championship title. They had to accept second place, for the sixth time this century, as Essex walked away with their second title [...]
After scoring a double hundred and a hundred in the same championship match this week, Dominic Sibley is the name on most people's lips as Ed Smith gets ready to name his tour party for New Zealand. New writer David Wyatt thinks Sibley has what it takes to succeed at test level. [...]
So the news is mixed. Jason Roy's scan has indeed revealed a hamstring tear. But it's not a bad one. Allegedly. England are insisting he'll miss just two games - the somewhat inconsequential match ups against Afghanistan, who England will be expected to beat in their sleep, and Sri Lanka, who England [...]
While all eyes, well most eyes, have been on England's warm-up games against Pakistan, the English players who remained at the IPL have become somewhat forgotten men. One of these young men was Sam Curran, who not long ago was the darling of English cricket. However, he's had a bit of a [...]
Oh dear. Where to begin? It emerged on Friday that Alex Hales, who despite losing his place in ODI side remains a key member of the squad, is currently serving a 21 day ban for using recreational drugs. And now news has broken that he's been dropped from the World Cup squad. [...]