News and opinion from the world of sport.
It has only been away for a couple of months but it feels like a lifetime to a football fan: the Premiership is back and Saturday afternoons will once again become a time of contrasting emotions, swinging from euphoria to despair within the space of 90 minutes. The traditional curtain-raiser between league champions and FA […]
Continue ReadingSouth Africa defeat England by an innings and 92 runs in the second test at Lord’s. Michael Vaughan’s first test match in charge of England ended in disaster as his team collapsed in the face of another display of disciplined bowling and aggressive batting from South Africa. The match statistics make for ugly reading – […]
Continue ReadingComprehensive coverage of the four-day Frizzell County Championship at Lords. Day 1Ben Hutton scored an exquisite century, his second of the season, to take Middlesex’s first innings total to 311-7 on the opening day of the Frizzell County Championship at Lords against local rivals, Surrey. But not before bowler, Martin Bicknell, racked up five wickets […]
Continue ReadingNearly 15,000 cricket fans witnessed Lancashire Lightning’s romp to victory against a lacklustre Yorkshire Phoenix by seven wickets, with nearly seven overs to spare at Old Trafford. Yorkshire were reduced to 25-5 after winning the toss and electing to bat, losing two wickets in the first over to Lightning’s opening bowler Glenn Chapple, including the […]
Continue ReadingEngland have scored a 2-1 series victory in the Natwest challenge against Pakistan. All credit must go to this young England side which has been assembled in the aftermath of another disappointing world cup. As usual, many of the old guard have either retired or been cast aside and the bright young things of English […]
Continue ReadingEngland take to the field with a new limited overs captain and a new-look team at the start of the NatWest Challenge against Pakistan. While the laudable Nasser Hussain – possibly the most forward-thinking field marshall England have ever had – remains at the helm in the Test arena, the irrepressible Michael Vaughan has taken […]
Continue ReadingTwo second half goals from captain Michael Owen overshadowed a poor performance by England and kept the bloodhounds from Eriksson’s door. England 2-1 Slovakia One of the phrases which was repeatedly heard in post-match interviews was: "There are no easy games at this level any more." The overall standard of international is rising but that […]
Continue ReadingOnce again Sven Goran Eriksson displayed his contempt for international friendlies in Tuesday night’s 2-1 victory over Serbia and Montenegro. Although there were encouraging signs throughout the game, the endless stream of substitutes from both sides in the second half wrecked any chance of a decent game. Eriksson can take some positives from the game. […]
Continue Reading
