SKIPPER Joe Root led England’s cricketers in a kick-about in Perth in their first training session of their Ashes tour. Root’s men took the field at the WACA in Perth ahead of their first warm-up game against Western Australia in the city starting on Friday. And in true English style, they enjoyed a game of […]
BEN FOAKES has “18.09.06” tattooed on his left wrist and it has huge personal significance. The numbers are a permanent reminder of the day the father of England’s new wicketkeeper died suddenly of a heart attack 11 years ago at the age of 60. Some readers might remember Peter Foakes. He was a former Premier […]
JOE ROOT hopes two witnesses describing Ben Stokes as a “hero” will help him in the police probe into his punch-up. England arrived here for the start of the Ashes tour a day after Kai Berry and Billy O’Connell told the Sun that Stokes was protecting them from homophobic abuse in Bristol last month. Captain […]
ENGLAND’S cricketers landed in Australia as they prepare to defend The Ashes — but there was one notable omission. Ben Stokes, who has been suspended from international duty pending an investigation into an alleged Bristol bar brawl in September, was not part of the 16-man squad. Two gay men told The Sun that the all-rounder […]
JOE ROOT still believes England can overturn the odds and win the Ashes despite the possible absence of Ben Stokes. Stokes will not be on today’s flight to Australia with the rest of the England team as he waits to learn his fate in the wake of the Bristol punch-up scandal. Skipper Root is clearly […]