An autumnal Oval saw an unexpected conclusion to England’s summer of Test cricket, with Sri Lanka handing out a thrashing to their opponents as remarkable … Read More

[External link] England’s victory over a gallant but fundamentally inferior Sri Lanka – their fifth victory of the summer – contained a number of memorable … Read More

In the Hollywood classic, All About Eve, a mature Broadway star, played by Bette Davis, finds her career and life under threat from a talented … Read More

India’s four-One victory over England can hardly be described as a shock, still less a surprise. Before going any further, a few simple facts. First, … Read More

I was in London while the extraordinary second Test between New Zealand and England was being played at Wellington’s Basin Reserve. London is an even … Read More

Having seen almost none of the extraordinary first Test between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi, I don’t really feel qualified to say anything about it. … Read More

Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? I’m not saying this just because England won. England won in the Caribbean in 2010 and I barely noticed, … Read More

“ Well, it was pretty fun doing it”. This was Joe Root’s on-the-spot description of England’s remarkable pursuit of a target of 378 in the … Read More

We knew things couldn’t get any worse. And most people thought it would take a while before they got better. In almost every respect England’s … Read More

England cricket supporters are well used to looking forward to the dawn of a new era. The last seismic change came at the end of … Read More

In the bad old days overseas teams especially from the so-called new Commonwealth – not Australia, South Africa and New Zealand – could be summarised … Read More