“This is the big league. This is Test cricket. It will humble you as a player and person.” This was Dean Elgar, in September 2022, offering a gentle warning to Harry Brook on the eve of the latter’s Test debut against South Africa at The Oval. The middle-order batter had hammered 140 for England Lions … Read more
Harry Kane set a Premier League record in his final season at Tottenham and it may never be broken. The festive piece of history came against Brentford on Boxing Day in 2022. 2 Kane has scored more Boxing Day goals than anyone else in Premier League historyCredit: Getty 2 Alan Shearer could have a festive … Read more
Thomas Tuchel spoke to Sky Sports News‘ chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol after the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw and answered questions on a range of big talking points about him taking over as England head coach – including whether Harry Kane would remain a first-choice and captain. England’s record scorer came in for criticism during … Read more
Joe Root has labelled England team-mate Harry Brook “by far and away the best player in the world”, while Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton believes it is “unquestionably” Root – so who is it? Brook hit 123 off 115 balls against New Zealand in England’s series-clinching 323-run win inside three days at Wellington, rescuing the team … Read more
We rate England’s players out of 10 after their series-clinching 323-run win over New Zealand in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Zak Crawley – 4/10 17 off 23 balls8 off 7 balls It is cricketing lore, certainly in the ‘Bazball’ era, that there must always be one batter battling for form … Read more
We rate England’s players out of 10 after their eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the series opener at Christchurch. Zak Crawley – 3/10 0 off 12 balls 1 off 8 balls The spotlight is always on someone and perhaps that glare has now moved to Crawley after the under-the-pump Ollie Pope silenced some of … Read more