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A 4-1 Ashes loss had put England management on notice, but having received the backing to continue, Stokes looked at things from a larger perspective. He took pride in changing the team’s approach in the format, and how it had delivered results since he took charge alongside McCullum in 2022. “With what me and Brendon were able to achieve with the group over a four-year period, I just couldn’t imagine doing what we were trying to do with anyone else,” said Stokes. Both Stokes and McCullum have their respective contracts running till 2027. With the Ashes and ICC Men’s Cricket…
England captain Ben Stokes says BazBall will ‘look a little bit different now’ as home international season approaches England captain Ben Stokes has played down suggestions of a breakdown in his relationship with head coach Brendon McCullum but admits their partnership will “look a little bit different” this northern summer. Stokes and McCullum have performed a tight double act since taking the reins together in 2022, but appeared to take different paths during the humbling Ashes defeat in Australia. While Stokes adopted a grittier, more conservative method as the series progressed – delivering some harsh words to his team along…
Cameron Green had another challenging outing in the Indian Premier League as he struggles to live up to his tag as the most expensive overseas player Kolkata Knight Riders said this week they had bought Cameron Green for the long term, which is just as well as the most expensive overseas signing in Indian Premier League history has suffered his worst outing yet in this year’s mediocre campaign. The Australian allrounder saw his two overs disappear for 30 runs then recorded a golden duck as KKR were well beaten by Chennai Super Kings in the battle between the league’s bottom…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi wrote his name into the history books by becoming the youngest‑ever IPL centurion – just nine days after his record‑breaking debut as a 14‑year‑old in 2025.Now 15, India’s latest cricketing prodigy has continued his remarkable trajectory, fuelling calls for him to be unleashed on the international stage. Sooryavanshi lit up his debut IPL season with a 35‑ball hundred as a 14‑year‑old, and he has proven to be anything but a flash in the pan in the 2026 edition, showcasing a staggering ability to thrive on the biggest stages with the Rajasthan Royals. He has already registered two 15‑ball…
Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol saw him named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round. McKinney hit a magnificent 244 from 272 balls in Durham’s first-innings score of 605-5 declared, setting the match up for the bowlers to take the 20 wickets needed for victory. “We always knew there was a little bit in the wicket,” McKinney told ecb.co.uk. “The scorecard shows that. You are allowed to bat well sometimes. When you do get into that position when…
Ben Stokes has dismissed any suggestion that he and Brendon McCullum are not aligned, insisting that differences of opinion are integral to healthy and successful sporting relationships.The relationship between England’s captain and head coach has come under forensic scrutiny following a disastrous 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia, during which their tour preparation and unyielding attacking philosophy were heavily criticised. At times during the ill‑fated series, there appeared to be a divergence in messaging between coach and captain, but Stokes maintains they remain largely on the same page ahead of England’s Test summer. “When you’re in a position of leadership with…
Division One Fergus O’Neill – Nottinghamshire 59 (82) & 36no (51) 4-24 (13) & 1-42 (10) Season to date: 95 runs at 95, five wickets at 13.20 The Victorian picked up where he left off from last county season after rejoining Notts following the Sheffield Shield final. After starring 21 wickets in four games last year, O’Neill immediately showed his class again with a crucial half-century on day one after his side slipped to 6-103. He then ripped through Glamorgan’s top order with the wickets of both openers as he finished the day with the remarkable figures of…
Around seven o’clock last Sunday morning, Nev Paulsen climbed into his maroon SUV and pointed it roughly north from Ipswich. Paulsen, who turned 75 on the last day of last year, drove steadily across the day, stopping every couple of hours to fuel either himself or his vehicle. Through Nanango and Goomeri, then turning off at Ban Ban Springs, he made his way through Queensland heartland – all scrub and long stretches of nothingness – just as he has done countless times before. “Then across to Gin Gin, up through Miriam Vale, and I stopped off that night at Rockhampton,”…
Hyderabad’s new opening bowlers teamed up to hand Rajasthan their first defeat of the season Sunrisers Hyderabad quicks Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain have made dream Indian Premier League debuts as they gave Rajasthan Royals their first defeat of the season on Monday. Hyderabad’s star Aussie opener Travis Head is still searching for his first big score of the campaign after being caught for a run-a-ball 18, but it mattered little as Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan’s 91 powered their side to 6-216 after being sent in. It proved 57 runs too many for league leaders Rajasthan in a one-sided match…
James Anderson rolled back the years with a brilliant intervention to bowl Lancashire to a surprise last-day win over Derbyshire.Anderson, now 43 and two seasons on from retiring as England’s record Test wicket-taker, claimed four for 18 to fire the Red Rose to a 20-run win at Emirates Old Trafford. Chasing a modest 138, Derbyshire were rolled for 108 with Anderson dismissing Martin Andersson, Anuj Dal, Ben Aitchison and Shoaib Bashir before running out Zak Chappell at the bowler’s end to finish things. Anderson’s first win as permanent Lancashire captain lifts the side to second after two matches of the…