Although Sri Lankan ends Test career with milestone, the title of greatest bowler should go to Australian, who possessed the fear factor against world’s top batsmen... more
Thanks to a trio of truly stunning displays, I regard the last 10 years as undoubtedly the greatest sporting decade of my life, says Matthew Norman... more
The referral system in Test cricket was supposed to bring clarity and certainty but judging by their use of it at Centurion, England appear to be more confused than ever... more
Andrew Flintoff's retirement from Test cricket will leave a huge hole in the England team, but Stuart Broad is desperate for the chance to show there is life after Super Fred... more
Tuning in expectantly for the first session at Edgbaston yesterday, and being lumbered instead with David Gower chatting away with Beefy, Athers and other fellow inmates at the Sky Sports Sheltered Home for Former England Captains, it was hard to avoid joining in the current weather forecasters hate-fest... more
The absence of star batsman is not a fatal blow for the team but the odds will be stacked in Australia’s favour if Flintoff fails to make Third Test... more
Last-wicket pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar defied Australia's bowlers for 69 balls to secure an unlikely draw in the first npower Ashes Test... more
As Sunday's events at Wimbledon proved, the failure to live up to impossible standards isn't necessarily a failure in itself, because without coming within a hundred leagues of its immediate predecessor the men's final was still one to savour... more
Cricket: Brett Lee believes Australia will be the real deal when they go into next week's First Test, thanks to a little bit of help from an old friend... more
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