England
No sixes, please: English club bans maximums due to neighbour complaints
Players at one of England’s oldest cricket clubs have been banned from hitting sixes after neighbours complained of damage to their property.
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Australian cricket
Who is Cooper Connolly? The story behind Australian cricket’s newest wildcard
Connolly’s composure has already taken him a long way. Selectors now hope his combination of calmness and power will help the 20-year-old grow into one of the most important role players in the national set-up.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australian cricket
Australia are about to tour England. This is why it’s bad for cricket
Cricket’s international calendar will be placed under renewed scrutiny when Australia tour Scotland and England next month for a series of matches with no meaning or context whatsoever.
- by Daniel Brettig
Chip off the old Beef: Another Botham aims to torment Australia in Melbourne
James Botham’s grandfather was an Ashes menace at the MCG. And as a Welsh rugby star, James is aiming to keep up the family tradition a few hundred metres away.
- by Iain Payten
Newcomer thrives as cricket’s circle of life closes in on Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson started his Test cricket career with a bag of wickets at Lord’s, just as Gus Atkinson did on debut in Anderson’s farewell Test 21 years later.
- by Adam Collins
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Test cricket
Blond highlights: Keeping pace with Anderson’s remarkable 20-year Test career
Australians first laid eyes on a peroxide-tipped Jimmy Anderson more than two decades ago. As he prepares for his farewell from the Test arena, we pick out five of the pace legend’s finest moments.
- by Dan Walsh
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Test cricket
Global warning: Test cricket may shrink to six teams within four years
Test cricket may be played by as few as six countries within a few years without greater equalisation measures by its richest boards – India, England and Australia.
- by Daniel Brettig
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The Bazball reality: England entertain, but their opponents win
England’s lofty Bazball rhetoric is divorced from the reality that Ben Stokes’ team faces. They entertain; their opponents win.
- by Daniel Brettig
‘Jonny will hate me saying this’: Root admits Lord’s stumping was fair
Jonny Bairstow was dropped from the England Test team this week, and has now had a big-name teammate admit his Lord’s stumping was fair.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Test cricket
At arm’s length: MCC members pay the price for Lord’s Bairstow fracas
Marylebone Cricket Club are custodians of cricket’s laws and CEO Guy Lavender says the Australians did nothing wrong despite the outcry over Jonny Bairstow’s stumping.
- by Malcolm Conn and Daniel Brettig
Worst over ever: Ashes villain smacked for record 43 runs
England pace bowler Ollie Robinson had returned figures of 1-22 from 12 overs in a county match in England. Things got worse - in a hurry.
- by Tom Decent