BEN STOKES’ hopes of playing in this winter’s Ashes are not over yet. The Sun today reveals he acted to DEFEND two revellers who were suffering homophobic abuse outside a Bristol bar. However, captain Root says he and the England team will prepare as though all-rounder Stokes, 26, will miss all five Tests against the […]
AUSTRALIA opener David Warner has compared the Ashes series against England to “war” and and has warned of “hatred” to motivate against Trevor bayliss’ side. The five-test series starts in Brisbane on November 23 and Warner said the battle would begin on day one of the first encounter at the Gabba. He told ABC Grandstand: […]
BEN STOKES should not play in the forthcoming Ashes series in Australia, insists Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen, in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times, also reckons England’s struggling top order is as “an absolute joke”. As if that wasn’t enough, the former England fears for the whole future of Test cricket. Peietersen’s own international career […]
JONNY BAIRSTOW is one of three England players fined for “professional misconduct” as the Ben Stokes scandal rumbles on. Ashes wicketkeeper Bairstow and fast bowlers Liam Plunkett and Jake Ball were yesterday punished for staying out late on the same night as Stokes’ street brawl in Bristol. The trio were fined and warned after England […]
STEVEN FINN returns to the country where he spent the most harrowing time of his career after being named as Ben Stokes’ Ashes replacement. Middlesex fast bowler Finn’s form and confidence plunged so dramatically in Australia four years ago that he was sent home early. Ashley Giles, then England’s one-day coach, described Finn, 28, […]