Cricket

I thought the difficult thing about discussing the Ashes would be finding a good bet. I'm already sat happily anticipating a huge profit on backing England to win the series, and after the Adelaide Te

There is no doubt that the Adelaide Test showed a real gulf in class between the current England and Australia sides, perhaps the greatest mismatch in recent memory, but is that because England are so

There was a kid at one of my old schools called Harry Hastings. It might have been something to do with his heritage given his name, 1066 and all that, but the kid was a crack shot when it came to usi

Anyone watching the Second Ashes Test on TV last night will have seen Stuart Broad in some discomfort as he bowled - but it's actually a lot worse than many might think The initial signs are that h

I was certainly on the money when I tipped double centurion Kevin Pietersen to top score for England in their first innings at 5.2. As was KP himself, when he dismissed Michael Clarke with the very la

There are about 750 churches in Adelaide. Normally when the two Ashes protagonists arrive in the capital of south Australia it is the English who are need of divine intervention. This time, though, it

The overwhelming feeling after the first Test in Brisbane is one of relief. Relief that the phoney war is over and the real action has begun. Relief that all of the averages, statistics and trends jot

So here we are in Adelaide, venue of one of England's most heart-breaking Ashes defeats of all. Four years ago England appeared to have batted Australia out of the game only for Shane Warne to rip thr

The whole idea of the review system was, I thought, to eliminate the element of human error in the decision making part of the game. Why then should each side only be allowed two incorrect reviews per

England will be feeling pretty chuffed with themselves and quite rightly so after digging themselves out of a massive hole at the ground nicknamed the 'Gabbatoir.' Starting their second innings 221 ru