Tag: Cricket
The Ashes: England left to rue missed opportunity in first test
So all as expected. Australia cruise to an easy ten-wicket victory over England at the Gabba. But it could have been different.
For three days...
Ashes Preview 2017/18: Can England really win Down Under?
With the England squad having landed in Australia and preparations underway, the build-up to this winter’s Ashes series can well and truly begin. With...
Legends, not myths: Sir Len Hutton
The Second World War stole the lives of many great men and less importantly, robbed numerous potential sporting legends of the best years of...
Rooting for Joe
When Alastair Cook announced he was stepping down from the England captaincy after a painful winter in India, it seemed only a matter of...
Myths not Legends: Geoffrey Boycott
Supreme talent and a selfless attitude rarely go hand in hand and there is no greater example of this than Geoffrey Boycott, a man...
BUCS in Brief: Wednesday 27/4/16
Exeter Men's Cricket 2s v Exeter Men's Cricket 3s (2s won by 9 runs)
Reporter: Ben Cartwright
Exeter 2s came out victorious against fellow-clubmates EUMCC 3s in...
James Taylor: ‘My world is upside down’
'Shocked’, ‘numb’, ‘devastated’; just some of the words used by James Taylor’s friends and colleagues in reaction to his sudden retirement from all forms...
England in South Africa 2015/2016: Player ratings
England
Ben Stokes - 9.5
411 runs @ 58.71; 12 wickets at 29.16
This was Stokes’ series. He took the attack to the South Africans when England...
England’s Trial by Spin: Pakistan V England 2015/16
Having won the Ashes this summer, England head out to the UAE to face an in-form Pakistan, in what promises to be a challenging...
AU stars of the future
Exeter have recently achieved the distinction of becoming The Times’ and The Sunday Times’ Sporting University of the Year, and the reasoning behind the...
