Ben Stokes

The question was odd, the answer even odder. But what seemed clear from Steve Smith’s mockery of the former England spinner Monty Panesar on the eve of the most keenly awaited Ashes for years was that the wounds of Sandpapergate have not…

The Ashes are looming and the phoney war is already up and running.With a little over six weeks to go until the first ball is sent down in Perth to begin the 2025-26 series, this promises to be one of the most hotly contested in recent…

It was quarter to six on a slow-moving day in Manchester when Ben Stokes did what he has done so often, and gave England the pick-me-up they desperately craved.Sai Sudharsan had reached a patient but classy 61 on his return to India’s…

England’s Bazballers have given their fans some amazing moments since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum joined forces in 2022.Following a harrowing run of one win in 17 Tests under Joe Root and Chris Silverwood, the Bazball era has…

The news that Ben Stokes has not touched alcohol since January 2 was both reassuring and a sign of the times.England’s Test captain – 34 in June – is determined not to hasten his retirement by punishing his body off the field as well as…

Bazballby Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult  (Bloomsbury £22, 352pp)England cricket has its ups and downs — the latest down being a World Cup campaign of more than averagely catastrophic dimensions. But here’s a book about an unmistakable…

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Steve Smith narrowly escapes sensational run out from England's substitute fielder... before being brilliantly caught by Jonny BairstowSteve Smith was given a narrow reprieve after it seemed he had been run outSub George…

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TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Joe Root became the second England player to reach 30 Test centuries after Sir Alastair Cook... and it was the first time Jimmy Anderson wasn't handed the new ball since 2009Joe Root's 118* took England…