I WOULD class Alastair Cook as an all-time great of the game. People always overlook his achievements because he is not as easy on the eye as some that have gone before him. But while aesthetically he might not be up there with Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar, numbers are numbers. And he is now […]
ALASTAIR COOK clipped the ball efficiently off his legs and it rolled across the outfield before trickling into the boundary. The bowler was Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Pradeep and it was witnessed by 2,579 spectators at Chester-le-Street. The crowd, such as it was, rose for a standing ovation and Cook lifted his bat self-effacingly. Sporting history […]
TEST matches must continue to be staged in Durham. The county is around £5million in debt and this is the last Test they are due to host until 2020 at the earliest. But the ECB have to ensure Test cricket comes to the North-East in the future. The area is a hotbed for sport and […]
IT never looks good when England lose to Australia in a sporting event. Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions took on their cousins from down under in a friendly at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light last week. We are indeed, @englandcricket. We take on the @Socceroos at the Stadium of Light. You're up here too, right? #TogetherForEngland — England […]
ENGLAND have been handed a massive boost in their Test series with Sri Lanka after a scan revealed Dushmantha Chameera is almost certain to miss the rest of the tour. The fast bowler who ended the Jonny Bairstow fairytale at Headingley has suffered a stress fracture to his lower back. An MRI scan revealed he […]