England are T20 World Cup champions. Can they defend their title? June 4, 2024 The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, will be the backdrop when England get their T20 Cricket World Cup defence underway against Scotland on Tuesday. This year’s competition, the ninth T20 World Cup since its debut in 2007, sees the West Indies and United States play hosts as 20 teams vie for a title currently held [...]
England embrace worthwhile preparation ahead of T20 World Cup defence May 22, 2024 Often when one thinks of a major tournament and what it takes for a team to win it, buzzwords like preparation and marginal gains come to mind. Coaching gurus often hail the perfect pre-tournament environment as key to their successes. England’s apparent lack of preparation has widely been touted as a key reason for their [...]
England Euro 2024 fixtures in full as Southgate names provisional squad May 21, 2024 England manager Gareth Southgate today named his 33-man provisional squad ahead of this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Key players have been included and excluded from the team who will face Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in a pair of friendlies before the Three Lions head to the continent. So with the major announcement [...]
County Cricket: Division One players putting their hands up for England April 29, 2024 Has spring finally sprung? Have those April showers given way to beer gardens and champers at the cricket? Not quite. The first three rounds of this year’s County Championship have been plagued with rain delays and washout results. With 14 of the 19 Division One results ending in draws or abandonments thus far it would [...]