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5 August 2024

  • Mark Ramprakash

    Graham Thorpe was always his own man and never shied away from a challenge

    Mark Ramprakash
  • Freddie Flintoff smiles to camera while throwing a cricket ball from one hand to the other with men and boys behind him, some with cricket bats, in front of a brightly coloured wooden building

    ‘I’m different to what I was’: Freddie Flintoff tells of life after horrific accident

  • Graham Thorpe sways inside a bouncer from South Africa’s Makhaya Ntini in 2003.

    Clear-headed and clinical: Graham Thorpe was the type of batter captains crave

    Vic Marks
  • Former England cricketer and coach Graham Thorpe, one of the finest Test batters of his generation, has died at the age of 55

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    Graham Thorpe: one of England's finest and most fluent batters – video obituary

  • Graham Thorpe, former England cricketer and coach, dies aged 55

  • Graham Thorpe obituary

  • Graham Thorpe – a life in pictures

4 August 2024

  • Jordan Cox, here playing for Oval Invincibles in the Hundred, moved to from Kent this season, partly to further his international ambitions.

    England call up Cox and Stone with Zak Crawley ruled out with broken finger

  • Jonathan Trott batting in the nets

    From Mott to Trott? England’s new coach contenders provide dilemma

3 August 2024

  • Emma John

    The way, the truth and the Olympic record: how God struck gold in Paris

    Emma John
    Athletes no longer feel the need to stay silent about the role of religion in their approach to sport

1 August 2024

  • Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire - Metro Bank One Day Cup<br>NEATH, WALES - JULY 31: Kiran Carlson of Glamorgan dives in vain to stop a shot from Haseeb Hameed of Nottinghamshire during the Metro Bank One Day Cup match between Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire at Neath Cricket Club on July 31, 2024 in Neath, Wales. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

    Guardian Sport Network
    County cricket: the ever-entertaining One-Day Cup deserves more respect

    Cricket fans and players enjoy this fascinating competition. The Hundred should leave it well alone

31 July 2024

  • Joe Root speaks to Gary Barwell before England’s Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2021.

    The Spin newsletter
    The life of a cricket groundskeeper: ‘It’s hard – but I’ve seen the world’s best players’

    Gary Barwell, head of sports turf at Edgbaston, has seen his workload grow but is grateful to be kept off social media

30 July 2024

  • Matthew Mott and Jos Buttler

    Matthew Mott pays the price and focus now switches on to Jos Buttler

  • Matthew Mott.

    Matthew Mott sacked as coach after England cricket’s white-ball failures

29 July 2024

  • Ben Stokes congratulates James Anderson as he bows out at Lord's in his final Test.

    World after Jimmy Anderson becomes clearer for England as attack shows bite

    Return of Ben Stokes as a bowling force, plus the emergence of Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith, gives real hope for future
  • Brendon McCullum.

    England needed ‘improvements’ to take step forward, claims McCullum

    England’s red-ball head coach has praised the newcomers in the 3-0 series win against West Indies
  • TOPSHOT-CRICKET-ENG-WIS<br>TOPSHOT - England's captain Ben Stokes (C) makes a succesful appeal for a leg before wicket (LBW) decision against West Indies Kirk McKenzie during play on the second day of the first Test cricket match between England and West Indies at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

    Guardian Sport Network
    England 3-0 West Indies: player ratings for the Test series

    Joe Root, Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson stood out for England as they won at Lord’s, Trent Bridge and Edgbaston

28 July 2024

  • England's captain, Ben Stokes, holds aloft the series trophy after they won the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.

    England’s Ben Stokes sensed time was right to ‘blow West Indies away’

    Ben Stokes said he sensed it was time to strike after England’s 10-wicket win in the third Test at Edgbaston
  • Alzarri Joseph is bowled by Mark Wood at Edgbaston

    Mark Wood the stuff of West Indies’ nightmares while Atkinson shines on

    Mark Wood walked off with his fifth Test five-fer while Gus Atkinson further enhanced his reputation with his 22nd wicket of the series
  • Ben Stokes scores the fastest fifty in english Test match history as his side demolish West Indies by ten wickets at Edgbaston.

    England wrap up 10-wicket rout of West Indies: third cricket Test, day three – as it happened

    Mark Wood splattered the lower order before Ben Stokes bashed England’s fastest Test fifty to complete a 3-0 series win
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