England’s dramatic efforts to save the opening Test will no doubt fill them with relief as they attempt to re-group in time for the Boxing Day Test in Durban. They matched South Africa for most of the Test, but a...> More

It seems a long time ago since England won the Ashes at the Oval last summer, but now they are ready for a return to Test cricket in South Africa. When they first arrived there, I don’t think many people...> More

It has been an interesting start to the one-day series for England and they will be pleased with how they have coped against South Africa considering the injuries they have had. I know there will have been disappointing fans out...> More

England may have drawn 1-1 in the two-match Twenty20 International series against South Africa, but they have definitely had the worse of the two games. I watched the first game in Johannesburg and I know from my own experience that...> More

England are going to face another test of their character when they embark on their tour of South Africa this winter. It is not that long ago that everyone was enjoying the fantastic Ashes win, but the time for celebrations is...> More

What a fantastic end to the Test match summer with England regaining the Ashes in front of another enthusiastic crowd at the Brit Oval. I thought England deserved to edge it in a series between two well-matched teams.   I am obviously...> More

What a fantastic end to the West Indies tour it was for Andrew Stauss and his beleaguered team on Friday night in St Lucia.  In what early on looked likely to be a day to forget with rain holding up...> More

As the teams head for Barbados, it is 1-1 and all to play for in the five match One Day Series.  England are somewhat luckily still in the contest due to the West Indies coach, John Dyson reading the wrong...> More

What another unbelievably turbulent week it has been for world cricket, but most especially for the Sri Lankan cricket team.  The event of this week when the Sri Lankan team bus was attacked by terrorists near the stadium in Lahore...> More

At the time of going to press, England are 219 without loss in the 4th Test match in Barbados.  It looks like a mega toss for Andrew Strauss to win, on what is an absolute shirt fronter.  Strauss has set...> More

England tomorrow find themselves in one of their most important Test matches for an awful long time.  Such has been the fall out, mainly in the written press from last weeks disastrous performance that these next five days could define...> More

Thankfully it looks like Andrew Flintoff has come through rigorous fitness tests, and assuming he wakes up fine this morning, he will be the final piece of the jigsaw for Andrew Strauss' first Test team.    I don't think there will be...> More

Yet another new dawn of English cricket is upon us this morning with Andrew Strauss being named the replacement captain after Kevin Pietersen resigned his post yesterday afternoon.  With Peter Moores also not surviving the fallout of the India trip,...> More

As the second Test match meanders to a draw, the main cricket news of the week clearly comes from Perth, Australia where South Africa knocked off an astonishing 414, this being the second highest total ever achieved batting last in...> More

What an incredible five days of Test match cricket we have just witnessed in Chennai.  In a game that seesawed, first India's way then most definitely England's way; was finally turned on its head with some unforgettable batting by India's...> More

Last night, England's cricketers unanimously decided to return to India to play the two Test matches as originally planned as part of the tour itinerary.  After a two and a half hour meeting with ECB security advisor, Reg Dickason and...> More

England lost their fourth consecutive One Day game in Bangalore on Sunday night and probably the rain saved us from chasing another mammoth total; as it was, we only lost by 20 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.  One or two...> More

As the England team arrive in Kanpur they will have done so in the knowledge that they need to seriously raise their game in order to live with this Indian team that have surely now become the best all round...> More

Having just returned home from watching the Stanford money match in Antigua over the weekend, it left me wondering from an English perspective what had gone wrong.  I felt that clearly we were very much underprepared; a good proportion of...> More

As the biggest money match approaches, England look just a little bit at sixes and sevens, mainly due to the fact that a tummy bug has been doing the rounds within the squad and last night against Trinidad & Tobago...> More

I am sure the main topic of conversation amongst the England players last week when they met up for a two day get together at Henley, where amongst other things they were rigorously put through various different rowing activities, was...> More

  The international cricket season came to a damp and dreary end at Cardiff on Wednesday evening when the rain probably came to the aid of a weary South Africa team, just as England were ready to complete a 5-0 whitewash...> More

Kevin Pietersen started his reign as the full time cricket captain with an emphatic display at The Oval.  His first win coincided with a dramatic return to the Test scene for Steve Harmison who showed that his pace, control and...> More

It has been an incredibly difficult few days for the whole of England cricket which reached its lowest point on Sunday afternoon when Michael Vaughan sat in front of a packed press conference and announced he was standing down as...> More

There will be some tired English bowlers reporting for duty this afternoon after three days in the field at Lords last weekend.  I am sure feet up and ice baths have been the order of the day; let’s hope it...> More

This past week has been a really interesting one with both the start of the England county cricket and also the much anticipated IPL.  As usual, with the advent of county cricket comes the cold and rain with lots of...> More

Thankfully, England duly completed a Test match series win on away soil for the first time in two years when Ryan Sidebottom clean bowled Chris Martin to end the Napier Test.  England made really heavy work of the series; we...> More

England travel to Napier today in much better heart than when thy travelled to Wellington a week ago.  The difference a week and type of wicket make in cricket is immense, and England will now feel they have the upper...> More

England lost the One Day Series with New Zealand on Saturday morning in a soggy Christchurch where they were defeated on the Duckworth-Lewis method; I think this actually saved some blushing as we had been clearly out played for most...> More

After two crashing defeats to New Zealand in the two 20/20 Internationals played at the end of last week; I am sure all England cricket lovers were looking forward to a highly successful One Day International campaign over the next...> More

What a difference 10 days can make, after England absolutely nailed New Zealand to the boards at the Twenty20 game at Old Trafford and then two days later winning convincingly at the Riverside in the first 50 over game; I...> More

The one massive bright spark that came out of a pretty dull and dreary Test match, mainly due to the weather of course, was the return to form with a cracking hundred of England’s leader Michael Vaughan.  The captain has...> More

What a great week it has been for England’s cricketers for some Test and One Day players.  The Test team over the weekend firmly put the New Zealand team in their place and conditions at Trent Bridge were ideal for...> More