The ECB has had to prioritise this Covid-19-affected season but a ‘gender-balanced game’ remains the goal for the ruling bodyIf frost arrives unexpectedly or cruelly, tender, young plants wither and die. Hardier ones are more likely to see it out, with…
Sustainability is already on the agenda and it needs to be in a country that sends three cricket teams on tour every winterWith no live sport to watch or play, exercise has never been more precious. Those minutes of freedom, an uncurling away from bad …
Club’s compassionate approach recognises that lockdown life ‘leaves a big hole’ for children ripped from their usual routinesLast Friday I had a good old-fashioned nosy at Ryan Giggs’s kitchen, close enough to check out his fancy light fittings – if on…
On that day, when Test triple hundreds were still extremely rare, it felt as if we were watching history in the makingI was 17. The end of the summer term had been dominated by Italia 90 and Friday nights dabbling in snakebite and black. I had little i…
With precious little, if any, cricket to look forward to, this could be just the time to catch up on some essential readingThere are only 12 days left till the non-start of the cricket season. What to do? Time – we have plenty of it after all – for a l…
Fairness is still a way off but, compared with the widespread disdain and leering of yesteryear, progress has been immenseThere were lots of things that frustrated me about being a little girl: not being allowed to wear trousers at school, being preven…
As the global football and rugby union triumphs of 1966 and 2003, and now Lord’s last year show, time is not always kindOutside, it is cinereous and damp; February creeps in without an ode to anything, least of all joy. But somewhere, surely, the Crick…
‘I’m being sacrilegious but we need to look at artificial surfaces,’ says the Wanderers groundsman, Evan Flint, amid climate crisisEvan Flint has his feet up, at last. It is day four of the final Test between England and South Africa and, as chief grou…
Over-by-over updates from the second day in JohannesburgStokes facing disciplinary action after altercation with fanEmail Tanya with your thoughts or tweet @tjaldred 9.16am GMT 61st over: England 216-4 (Root 31, Pope 40) Pope outscoring his captain thi…
Live updates from the Boxing Day Test at SuperSport ParkKagiso Rabada: ‘I’m more mature now’You can get in touch with Tanya on email or on Twitter 7.23am GMT Gary Naylor is up bright and early. Happy Christmas!Do England players not have a flu jab in O…
Nigel Rogoff’s life changed on 13 December 1998 but the way he has triumphed over adversity since is truly inspiringThings hit you in the night like a falling stone – worry, grief, sickness, all seem worse when accompanied by darkness and the stark num…
Celebrating the metamorphosis undergone by the game, with professionalism and the rise of the limited-overs gameIn the last decade, women’s cricket has undergone a metamorphosis, unfolding its wings into unexpected corners, enthusing some of the most s…
Faizah Hashmi was being treated for anorexia but gradually her health improved, thanks in part to ‘a safe space’ at Moseley Cricket ClubOccasionally in this job, you meet someone extraordinary. And they’re not always the fastest or the strongest, their…
Toss at 1.10am, play to start at 2.30am (both GMT)Ian Smith: ‘That final at Lord’s will never leave me’Get in touch! Email Tanya or tweet @tjaldred 12.45am GMT So the latest is that there will be a toss at 2.10 NZ time ( 1.10am GMT) with play due to st…
Updates from the fourth T20i in NapierDenley back in the nets as Test players arriveAnd you can email Tanya here or tweet her here 5.39am GMT 8th over: England 61-2 (Morgan 2 , Malan 18) Tis a shame, Banton was looking in entertaining mood. Ah, now th…
Play resumes after rain-hit first day at TauntonCatch up with Vic Marks’s day one reportEmail Tanya, tweet or comment below the line 10.59am BST So …. Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was illegal…Lady Hale: Legality of prorogration is just…
Winner-takes-all finale to County Championship and yet there is talk of culling counties to make way for The HundredWith autumn stepping into its strides – and conkers rolling fat and round outside the pavilion at Lord’s – cricket still has one hand to…
Day four updates from Edgbaston and beyondSomerset take title-race edge with win over YorksEmail Tanya, tweet or comment below the line 10.02am BST Division One: Warwickshire 517; Essex 278-6. Essex trail by 239 runs with four wickets remaining (first …
• The Hit for Six report examines the threats to cricketers• Players wearing shorts among the recommendationsShane Warne has called for cricket to be “proactive, not reactive” about the dangers the sport faces due to the climate crisis, after being sho…
New study suggests raft of possible consequences due to changing weather, from more drinks breaks to playing in shortsThis year the UK experienced its hottest winter day, its hottest Easter, its hottest day on record. That peak of 38.7C came as England…
