Ben Duckett hit the highest score by an England batsman in a global tournament, but it came in a losing cause after Leeds-raised Josh Inglis charged under-strength Australia home by five wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium. There was no better time to face Australia, given they were without five of their first-choice XI, but on … Read more
After promising to smile more and relinquishing the wicketkeeper’s gloves, the decision to drop himself back down the order appears to be a last throw of the dice in Jos Buttler’s bid to revitalise his England captaincy. Sporting a fresh hair cut on Friday in explaining the logic behind the latest tinkering, he did his … Read more
Yohan Blake starred alongside Usain Bolt in a golden era for Jamaican sprinting – but he so nearly became a professional cricketer instead. The sprinting icon won two Olympic gold medals alongside world record holder Bolt in the 4x100m relay. 5 Blake played a different sport before becoming the second-fastest man aliveCredit: AFP 5 He … Read more
Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has hit out at media organisations for a double standard on social media after two Muslim women wearing hijabs were attacked at a shopping centre in north Melbourne last Thursday. Victoria Police said that a 30-year-old woman and a 26-year-old woman were allegedly attacked by the same individual at the … Read more
Australian sensation Gout Gout is already being hailed as the future of sprinting. The teenager smashed the previous 200 meter record for a 16-year-old with a time of 20.04 seconds during the Australian schools championships in December. 4 Gout Gout is dominating Australian youth sprintingCredit: Getty It is the second fastest effort over the distance … Read more
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
England full-back and World Player of the Year Ellie Kildunne tells Sky Sports the Red Roses have a chance to “re-write their Rugby World Cup story into a fairytale” on home soil in a “golden age for women’s sport”. The last two Women’s Rugby World Cup finals have seen the Red Roses make it through … 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