Ben Duckett was clearly tempting fate when he said that a 3-0 whitewashing by India would be immaterial if he and his England team-mates turned the tables on their opponents in the final of the Champions Trophy next month. Whether multi-format opener Duckett is now a part of England’s bid to win the eight-team tournament … Read more
On current form, Virat Kohli doesn’t look long for this parish – his latest effort of five against England in Cuttack this week doing nothing to dispel the theory that he is now playing from memory. How long he continues as an international batsman will more than likely come down to the decision of the … Read more
Ben Duckett insists the final scoreline on this tour of India will pale into insignificance if England complete their mission of winning a first Champions Trophy next month. Successive four-wicket losses have left an England team being re-shaped by head coach Brendon McCullum on the brink of a one-day whitewash here and an overall deficit … Read more
England were hurtled to one-day series defeat on an evening when a faulty floodlight was the only thing to inconvenience India captain Rohit Sharma. Defending a target of 305, the only respite for Jos Buttler’s team came during a 40-minute period at the start of the chase when one of the ground’s eight towers stopped … Read more
No one encapsulates the frustrations of following England’s limited-overs cricket right now quite like Liam Livingstone. Of course, there is irony in picking out the one man acknowledged as the architect of the single victory to date here against India, but Livingstone is this England team in microcosm. Occasionally, the taking of high risk will … Read more
It was the moment that summed up this England white-ball tour of India: just as it appeared the world’s number one team were on the ropes, an error drastically altered the course of the contest. At least England’s inquest into a 14th defeat in 21 one-day internationals, stretching back to the start of the World … Read more
Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal | Image: Instagram/@abhisheksharma_4 India’s vice-captain Shubman Gill on Tuesday defended their performance in the Test rubber loss in Australia, saying that one poor series does not define a team and that it is unfair to criticise a side after a rare bad outing. India suffered a 1-3 defeat in … Read more
Adam Hollioake chuckles from the ice bath at his home on the Gold Coast. ‘I do it every morning,’ he says. ‘And I f***ing hate it. ‘When I say I hate it, it’s the anxiety of getting in, and then the five minutes that I’m in it. I’m just bad with cold.’ Why then does … Read more
Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, and Virat Kohli (Photo Credits: Gett Images/PTI) NEW DELHI: The cricketing fixture between Rugby School and Marlborough College, two of Britain’s most historic independent schools, is a cherished tradition in the English sporting calendar. Dating back to the mid-1800s with the only recent interruption being the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted life … Read more