Ashes

The heroics of Ben Stokes and Jack Leach against Australia seem a lifetime ago now as England embark on their first test series since the most incredible summer that English cricket has ever [...]

It’s hard to say anything negative about the Australians in the aftermath of an Ashes defeat for fear of being called a “Whinging Pom” or suffering from a case of sour grapes. [...]

Admit it, we all needed a bit of a rest after the Headingley Test Match. I have to agree with Michael Vaughan when he said that Ben Stokes had saved a couple of careers in the England team. A [...]

The nation has run out of superlatives for Ben Stokes. What he achieved on a baking hot Sunday in Leeds will go down in cricketing legend. Former England captain Alastair Cook described his [...]

As Australia continued to duck and weave from Jofra Archer’s missiles in a thrilling final day at Lord’s, the momentum in the entire series began to shift. England will look to continue this [...]

Australia batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test after suffering a concussion at Lords on Saturday. Smith was struck on the neck by a Jofra Archer bouncer and hasn’t [...]

This post was supposed to be about superstars in their sport. It was going to based predominately around the heroics of Steve Smith, which it kind of is, but then on Saturday, Jofra Archer bowled [...]

Let’s face it, the first Ashes test did not end well for England. However, the first 2 sessions at Edgbaston were a sign of what England can do to the Australian batsman when there’s [...]

England have dropped Moeen Ali for the 2nd Ashes Test Match that starts at Lord’s next week. Ali has been replaced by Somerset spinner Jack Leach. The full squad as follows; Joe Root [...]

It’s no surprise that all the talk leading up to the 2019 Ashes has been about the batting. Both teams will look pretty fragile whoever makes the starting line-up, and neither has had the [...]