Cricket

The two major talking points of this Test did not happen in play. The first was the decision of Ben Stokes to bat upon winning the toss and the second the Stuart Broad interview. No less an authority than the owner of Hampshire and the Ageas Bowl – Rod Bromsgrove – asserted that it is [...]

Despite my great reservations about Zoom expressed this week I attended an evening on it last night to raise money for the Sussex Cricket Foundation. A specialist company on Zoom events organised the logistics and you could see the immediate difference in professionalism. The event started bang on [...]

My declaration in favour of T20 generated a fair amount of flak from the traditionalists. One emailed me that there is no stroke play just a baseball-style swat, or a reverse paddle. Maybe. However there was always a contest as England chased down 222 and won by five wickets. England bat down to 10 [...]

Whisper it softly but I am coming round to T20. The two contests between England and South Africa have been enthralling, both going to the final ball. Last night we saw mesmerizing batting from Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Quentin de Kock and Van Dussen before England won by two runs. I have [...]