England v West Indies – as it happened | Rob Smyth
England cruised to victory by five wickets at Lord's thanks to a superb partnership between Alastair Cook and Ian BellMy train was running late this morning, so here's a preamble I wrote earlier. Four...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – live! | Rob Smyth and Rob Bagchi
• Hit the auto-update button for the latest posts• Send your thoughts to rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk• In pictures – the first day at Trent Bridge• Look in on the latest county cricket action here36th...
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• Press F5 to refresh this page or use our auto-refresher• Email your thoughts to rob.bagchi@guardian.co.uk• The full Trent Bridge scorecardLUNCH94th over: England 340-6 (in reply to West Indies' 370;...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – as it happened | Rob Smyth
England clinched their seventh consecutive home Test series victory with a comfortable nine-wicket win at Trent BridgePreamble Morning. Two days after completing a record partnership, the Fireman Sams...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – day one as it didn't happen | Tom Lutz and Rob Smyth
Heavy rain meant that no play was possible at EdgbastonMission accomplished so far. England have sealed the series and will face South Africa as world No1. AS for this match, yes, it's a dead rubber...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – day two as it didn't happen | Rob Smyth
Another washout at Edgbaston meant no play on the first two days of a Test in England for the first time since 1964Preamble Morning. What do you get when you cross a dead rubber and a damp squib? A bad...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – as it happened | Rob Smyth
Another brilliant innings from Marlon Samuels took West Indies to 280 for eight as the third Test finally got under way on day threePreamble We've seen some preposterous concepts over the years....
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – live! | Rob Smyth and John Ashdown
Preamble Morning. Sunday at Edgbaston is also Sunil day, when we will see the mysterious Mr Narine bowl in Test cricket for the first time. I don't know about you, but I could barely be more excited if...
View ArticleEngland v West Indies – as it happened | Simon Burnton and Tom Lutz
Morning world! Some early team news, and it's the tale of a chin and a shin. First, Ian Bell is going to play despite sustaining "a possible non-displaced fracture of the mandibular condyle" in a nets...
View ArticleEngland v Australia – as it happened | Rob Smyth
Eoin Morgan's exceptional 89 not out from 63 balls helped England to a fine 15-run victory after losing an important tossPreamble Morning. Excited? You betcha. It's England v Australia. England v...
View ArticleEngland v Australia - as it happened! | Tom Bryant and Rob Smyth
Ravi Bopara's 82 steered England to a comfortable victory against an under-par Australia side at The OvalPreamble: Morning and welcome to the second ODI between England and Australia, with today's game...
View ArticleEngland v Australia – as it happened | Tom Lutz
England's hopes of reaching No1 in the world with a 5-0 whitewash were scuppered after the Third ODI was rained offTom will be here with live coverage of the ODI between England and Australia from...
View ArticleEngland v Australia – l| Rob Smyth and Scott Murray
Steven Finn starred as a clinical England thrashed Australia by eight wickets at Chester-le-Street to clinch the seriesPreamble Morning. Hangover TV used to be June Sarpong, Dawson's Creek and...
View ArticleEngland v Australia – as it happened | Rob Smyth
Ravi Bopara starred with bat and ball as England completed a 4-0 thrashing of Australia with a comfortable victory in a rain-affected match at Old TraffordRouting Australia, rather than preparing for...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa day two – as it happened | John Ashdown and Rob Smyth
South Africa closed on 86-1, a deficit of 299, after an outstanding fightback on day two at The OvalMorning all. Alastair Cook resumes of 114 at The Oval this morning in the middle of an innings in...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa - as it happened | Rob Smyth and Jacob Steinberg
Centuries from Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla gave South Africa a healthy lead over England on day three135th over: South Africa 403-2 (in reply to England's 385; Amla 183, Kallis 82) The final over, as...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa – as it happened | Simon Burnton, Sachin Nakrani and...
England finished four wickets down and trail by 150 runs after Hashim Amla's record knock of 311 for South AfricaSimon will be here from 10.30am. Or whenever he walks into the office. In the meantime,...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa – as it happened | Rob Smyth and Rob Bagchi
• Email rob.bagchi@guardian.co.uk• Follow the action with our live scoreboard• Hit F5 for the latest updates or turn on autorefreshPreamble In 1819, when the self-educated mill-worker William Collins...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa – day three as it happened | Rob Smyth
Kevin Pietersen made an awesome 149 not out, one of the greatest innings of his life, as England fought back thrillinglyPreamble And on the third day, still nobody had a clue. This Test has an identity...
View ArticleEngland v South Africa - day four as it happened | Rob Smyth
The second Test seemed set for a draw after only 38.4 overs were bowled on a rain-affected fourth dayPreamble The Lord Mayor's Show is supposed to be followed by a donkey-cart. I'm not sure that will...
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