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
Never dull with Bazball, is it? A year that began with a heist in Hyderabad ended with a Hamilton hammering. In between those starkly contrasting results, we saw brilliance, brittleness and brainfades. That all amounted to a record of played 17, won nine, lost eight for England in Test cricket in 2024. “Good but not … Read more