The Duke of Edinburgh: A cricketing royal
By far the best cricketer in the Royal Family, we look back and celebrate the love and passion The Duke
By far the best cricketer in the Royal Family, we look back and celebrate the love and passion The Duke
Prince Philip’s enthusiasm for sport ranged from hockey and polo to cricket and establishing the official rules for carriage driving.
BBC Test Match Special, or TMS, has become in its 64-year history the premier radio coverage of cricket matches around
A sports hub in Flixton has undergone a dramatic renovation over lockdown totalling almost £30,000. The 50-year-old Flixton Cricket Clubhouse
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Lancashire Cricket are giving away up to 5,000 tickets to NHS staff as thanks for their efforts in the coronavirus outbreak
Lancashire and England’s Sophie Ecclestone has risen to the top of the ICC Women’s T20I bowling rankings after an exceptional World Cup in Australia.
“50 years from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county (cricket) grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers, and – as George Orwell said – old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist,” said former British Prime Minister John major in 1993. Interestingly, this was his vision of Britain in Europe. However, does his view of English county grounds reflecting the British character still resonate nearly 30 years on?
The final day of this series was one where England will rue missed opportunities – none more glaring than the simple catch dropped by Joe Denly as New Zealand ended the test 241-2.
England captain Joe Root led from the front to score a magnificent double century to give his team a chance to win the match and level the series tomorrow on day five in Hamilton.
Today’s play is one of the few in this series where England can say they held the advantage, though much more will be required to win this test match and square the series in Hamilton as the tourists reached 269-5, still 106 runs behind New Zealand.
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