Cricket

Ed Hawkins cannot see much hope for the tourists as they try to get back into the series at Edgbaston with the action beginning on Wednesday. England It will be same again for the hosts apart

Frank Gregan tells us why England need to replicate their Test form at ODI level before they can hold claim to being the best cricket playing nation in the world. Remember the good old days? "Lad

This is turning out to be another cracker of a test match. Unfortunately I'm not a nocturnal creature, so I'm not watching the bulk of it live from Australia, but with two of the top teams slugging i

Very happy with my pre-game position and comments, though I wasn't expecting to be so right so soon and facing a lay-off after Day 1 ! The market has got it about right, with India now into 2.0 and

Before I start I must confess that I did win some money on England for the 1st test and I do still have money riding on England to win the series. However, while some people now seem to be praising E

There were four obvious candidates for the man-of-the-match award at Lord's in the form of Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Matt Prior. I don't think anyone can argue with KP getting

We're in profit for this Test series courtesy of England's superb win. None of our top batsman bets came good but a pre-match back of England at 3.5 plus another mid-match top-up at 2.7 ensured we hav

I've spoken already about how I think India will be a little under-cooked coming into the First Test after having played just the one three-day warm-up match. I'll make no apologies for constantly

When looking at the most likely winner of a Test series we need to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the two sides when it comes to the three disciplines of batting, bowling and fielding. To this

Normally when a team from Asia arrives in England for a Test tour it is easy to write them off. They won't like the cold weather, the green pitches, the swing bowling, etcetera. It is a tried and trus