✍️ journalist for @TelegraphSport 📚 Author of Test Cricket: A History, Times Sports Book of the Year - geni.us/TestCricket - and other books
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May 11
Doing a few events to mark the paperback launch of Test Cricket: A History - The Sunday Times Sports book of The Year for 2025 - if anyone wants to come and ask any questions
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Jun 12
Where does Kane Williamson rank among the fab four Test batsmen?
Had a go at evaluating the respective records of Williamson, Kohli, Smith and Root; I think there is a clear hierarchy
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Jun 12
US soccer has transformed since hosting the 1994 World Cup.
Soccer is now the 4th most popular game in the US; 23% of the total broadcasting rights to the 2026 WC are from America.
But one major barrier remains: Major League Soccer's stingy owners
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Jun 12
Only 2 of Test cricket's fab four are left.
All have had stellar careers, fulfilling the expectations given to them. But - in Test cricket alone - this is how they rank
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Jun 11
Those who have worked in multiple sports repeatedly say the same thing: cricket is not as professional as other sports
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Jun 7
Ollie Robinson's comeback was superb and adds to his stellar record in England: 57 wickets at 19.12 in 11 Tests.
But it didn't tell England much they didn't know. Now, England will want to see Robinson maintain his speed and fitness over longer Tests
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Jun 7
A really smart initiative, and a great example of how proactive Surrey have been to encourage more fans to the County Championship
Jun 7
Swap the Lord's Test match for the County Championship at the Kia Oval 🚨
All England vs New Zealand Day Four ticket holders of the now-complete match at Lord's can enjoy £5 tickets to the rest of the first day of Surrey's ongoing @CountyChamp match with Hampshire at the Kia Oval. 😲
🤎 | #CountyChampionship
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Jun 6
Ben Stokes has developed a worrying tendency of making good balls look unplayable.
In 2019/20, Stokles was England's best batsman. But over his last 24 Tests, Stokes now averages 27.09.
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Jun 5
A chase of 254 runs at Lord's feels very steep given the uneven bounce - but if New Zealand want some hope, South Africa chased down 282, comfortably the highest score of the match, by 5 wickets last year.
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Jun 5
Europe hosted 10 of the first 18 football World Cups and 16 of the first 27 Summer Olympics. Now, hosting and power in sport is moving away from the continent - but Europe still produces the best talent.
Is Europe's long golden age of sport ending?
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Jun 4
That was a special performance from Ollie Robinson.
Why did England take 2.5 years to return to him when his 2026 county numbers are practically unmoved from his 2024 and 2025 returns? And could his return get the best back out of Stokes the captain?
Doing one of those sub stack things now, link to my piece in the replies. If you enjoy it, pls subscribe and tell your mates.
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Jun 4
Enjoyed chatting about 150 years of Test cricket at Lord's and the game's evolution on @BBCr4today earlier
From 1:28 on the link here
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Jun 4
The strange discrepancy between Jacob Bethell's first and second innings records in Tests continues.
Bethell now averages 8.71 in the first innings of Tests, compared to 84.2 in the second innings.
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Jun 2
In 3 of the past 4 seasons, English clubs have won 2 out of 3 European trophies.
For English clubs outside the Champions League, European triumph is now more realistic than winning a domestic competition.
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