T20 BLAST FINALS DAY FIRST SEMI FINAL: Northants 135-5 (Levi 63*; Patel 2-31) beat Birmingham 131-6 (Javid 51*; Willey 3-30) by five wickets at Edgbaston By Scott Hunt There was an eerie quiet around Edgbaston midway through the second innings. That was because the home crowd, who had come expecting to roar their Birmingham side […]
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NORTHANTS STUN HOME CROWD TO DUMP OUT BIRMINGHAM IN SEMI’S
Posted in Cricket | Tags: Birmingham, Edgbaston, Finals Day, Hampshire, Lancashire, Northants, T20, T20 Blast
ASHES 2015: The Key Head-to-Head Battles
On Wednesday the time will come for the talking to stop and the cricket to start in what is without question the biggest and fiercest battle in cricket. The anticipation is building ahead of what should be an outstanding series, with the hopes of the English cricketing public raised by their swashbuckling approach to the […]
Posted in Cricket Opinion | Tags: Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, England cricket, Gary Ballance, James Anderson, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Moeen Ali, Nathan Lyon, Paul Farbrace, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Stuart Broad, The Ashes, World Cup
Colchester v Preston LIVE
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Ireland 19-9 England: Match Report
The gladiatorial roar at the full-time whistle from Paul O’Connell told you everything there was to know about the way this contest unfolded. England rolled into Dublin with their Grand Slam dream in tact. By the end of the game, that dream had been smashed into a thousand pieces by a dominant Irish display. While […]
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Lancaster’s England must prove they are best of the rest
Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well if that’s the case, Stuart Lancaster must be being driven mad by his England team coming up just a little short against New Zealand over and over again. It is now five wins […]
Posted in Rugby | Tags: England Rubgy, Jonny Wilkinson, Manu Tuilagi, New Zealand Rugby, Owen Farrell, Rugby World Cup, Stuart Lancaster, Twickenham
Van Gaal is master craftsman who will be let down by his tools
There is a very different feeling around Old Trafford. The gloom of last season has lifted and been replaced with a wave of optimism and a feeling that the empire is about to strike back. That change is all down to the arrival of one man – Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman has swept into […]
Posted in Football Opinion | Tags: Champions League, David Moyes, Jonny Evans, Louis van Gaal, Man Utd, Phil Jones, Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney
T20 is the reason for England’s bare spin bowling cabinet
Spin bowlers across the county circuit are putting their hands up and desperately trying to force their way into the England reckoning. England lost their recent Test series against Sri Lanka without a specialist spinner in the side and look set to enter the India series with Moeen Ali performing the spin role in the […]
Posted in Cricket Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: England, England cricket, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Lancashire, Spinner, T20 Blast, Test Match
‘The best I’ve ever played’: England fall short against Sri Lanka despite stunning innings from Lancashire’s Jos Buttler
Lancashire’s Jos Buttler produced what some are calling England’s greatest ever One-Day innings at Lords against Sri Lanka – an innings which couldn’t quite drag England to victory. Chasing a winning target of 301, England faltered and were well behind the rate until Buttler came to the crease and smashed the fastest One-Day hundred ever […]
Posted in Cricket Pick of the Week | Tags: Alastair Cook, cricket, England, James Anderson, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, Lancashire, Matt Prior, Michael Vaughan, Old Trafford
LIVE – Championship Play-Off Final 2013-14
Posted in Football Uncategorized | Tags: blog, Championship, Derby, Football, Harry Redknapp, Live, Play-Offs, QPR, sport, Steve McClaren, Wembley
