Ron is an avid cricket follower and a former player with over 20 years playing experience. He supports Sussex CCC and England, and watches his local side Hailsham CC throughout the summer.
Sophie Ecclestone has opened up about her struggles with mental health, after England’s miserable Ashes tour last year. The combination of a tough time on the field as well as struggles off the field led to Ecclestone questioning her future. She was the teenage sensation, when she made her T20 debut against Pakistan in 2016. […]
Somerset’s head coach Erin Osborne is relishing the chance to help her young squad of women flourish. The former Australian international took over from Trevor Griffiths on a five-year contract last November. Osborne is hoping to learn from her mistakes now she is coaching instead of playing. She spent much of her career juggling a […]
What a Blast debut for Tristan Stubbs! He scored 69 off 42 balls less than 24 hours after arriving from the IPL. Stubbs signed for the Hawks in February, having never played in the Blast. He was also named No. 1 in our list of the top T20 overseas players in the Blast. The South […]
Former West Indian captain Sir Clive Lloyd has been elected as the new president of Lancashire Cricket Club. This is part of a restructuring of the club board. Lloyd, who spent 18 years at the Red Roses, appeared in 110 Test matches, 74 as captain, during the West Indian heyday of the 70’s and 80’s. […]
The Vitality Blast is back, and as always the attraction to overseas players is as big as it has always been. There are 38 overseas players playing at some point this season. The majority are Australian (17), and then South African (10). There are also players from lesser nations as well, with one each from […]
At 24 years old, Jaiswal has already played 28 Tests for India and has two double centuries to his name. He has seven scores over 100, including 171 on debut against West Indies. However, his IPL career is just as impressive. He has played seven seasons in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals, scoring a total […]
Ireland will be looking to change their Test fortunes this week,as they play host to the fifth best Test side in the World, New Zealand in Belfast this week. Ireland have struggled in the test format, only winning three of their 12 Tests. Their last win came against Zimbabwe, also in Belfast, in July 2024. […]
England opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge will be available for the second and third matches of the T20I series against India. Wyatt-Hodge missed the recent series with New Zealand, with her partner giving birth to their first child last week. The series against India starts on Thursday (28th May) in Chelmsford, with games on Saturday 30th May […]
Stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the ODI series in Pakistan, that starts later this week. Josh Inglis is to lead a severely understrength line up, as Pat Cummins and Travis Head are also out, due to IPL commitments. Marsh didn’t play in Lucknow Super Giants’ last game of the IPL against […]
The T20 fun continued over the scorching weekend, with another eight games between Saturday and Monday. It was a big scoring weekend for some batters, and not so good for others. We’ll start this round up at Sophia Gardens, as Gloucestershire made it two wins out of two. Glamorgan batted first and were quickly reduced […]
With the current talks of BBL privatisation stalling, there appears to be several high-profiles BBL players that are furious with what’s going on. A group of a dozen Australian BBL players are understood to be furious over the stalled privatisation proposal. The players have set up a WhatsApp group last October to discuss their long-term […]
The 2026 Vitality T20 Blast roared into life with fireworks across the country as defending champions Somerset wasted little time reminding the rest of the competition exactly why they remain the team to beat. A packed opening night delivered towering sixes dramatic collapses and standout individual performances with several early contenders already laying down serious […]
