England’s Jos Buttler: Final Ashes Test will not be a dead-rubber as history beckons August 13, 2015 England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler insists the opportunity to make history will remove the threat of next week’s fifth Investec Ashes Test at the Kia Oval turning into a dead-rubber. Victory over an abject Australia at Trent Bridge last week ensured that Alastair Cook’s England have regained the Ashes after surging into an unassailable 3-1 series [...]
Alastair Cook has earned his captaincy spurs and Joe Root should be left to focus on batting August 13, 2015 Before the Ashes started the majority of people were saying that Alastair Cook should relinquish the England captaincy but he has proven all the doubters wrong. Alastair led the team extremely well and out-captained Australia skipper Michael Clarke in the same way that Clarke out-captained him during the whitewash series in 2013-14. I was part [...]
Cricket Comment: Cook has earned his captaincy spurs August 13, 2015 Vice-skipper Root should be allowed to focus on batting BEFORE the Ashes started the majority of people were saying that Alastair Cook should relinquish the England captaincy but he has proven all the doubters wrong. Alastair led the team extremely well and out-captained Australia skipper Michael Clarke in the same way that Clarke out-captained him [...]
Best of the Brokers for 12 August 2015 August 12, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com DAIRY CREST The Competition and Markets Authority’s welcome announcement this week indicating that it plans to accept remedies offered by Muller, the suitor of Dairy Crest’s liquid milk operations, has prompted Shore Capital to reaffirm its “buy” rating and target price of 603p [...]
Claims Australia skipper Michael Clarke eroded baggy green culture rubbished by newly-retired seamer Ryan Harris August 11, 2015 Retired Australia seamer Ryan Harris has issued a robust defence of outgoing skipper Michael Clarke as the stream of criticism regarding his captaincy continued yesterday in the wake of Ashes defeat. Former coach John Buchanan, in charge of Australia during the first four years of Clarke’s international career, accused the 34-year-old of allowing the baggy [...]
What private client FX offers entrepreneurs – Investec Comment: August 9, 2015 Most businesses with vulnerability to foreign exchange risk – whether they’re exporters or have subsidiaries overseas – will have arrangements in place to mitigate their exposure to sharp currency moves. But what about you as an individual? As business owners and entrepreneurs become more globally-mobile, they are more likely to have overseas investments, or [...]
Ashes 2015: England’s Stuart Broad pockets £2,500 prize money as player of the match August 8, 2015 England regained the Ashes in spectacular fashion on the third morning of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, earning a £12,000 bonus in the process. Read more: Broad joy as he destroys Australia’s Ashes hope In just 39 minutes, the hosts took the three second innings wickets they needed to secure an insurmountable 3-1 lead in [...]
Broad joy as he destroys Australia’s Ashes hope August 7, 2015 England lead by 214 after seamer’s 8-15 helps skittle Aussies before lunch ENGLAND paceman Stuart Broad admitted his pride after he produced an extraordinary, career-defining display of 8-15 to give the hosts an iron grip on the Investec Ashes at Trent Bridge yesterday. Nottinghamshire’s Broad wrought havoc on his home ground, tearing through Australia’s batting [...]
Cook calls on players to be Ashes heroes August 6, 2015 CAPTAIN Alastair Cook has urged one of his England colleagues to write their name into Ashes folklore with a series-clinching contribution in the fourth Investec Test, which starts today at Trent Bridge. Seamer Stuart Broad and batsmen Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen have all ensured their places in national cricket history by starring in decisive [...]
Chris Tremlett’s Cricket Comment: Time for Broad to take the lead and give England vital early edge August 6, 2015 England's main concern, as they prepare for today’s fourth Ashes Test, will probably be ending their unhappy habit of following a victory with an immediate defeat. They fell into that trap at Lord’s, having won the first Test in Cardiff, so hopefully they can change that pattern and continue the momentum they built up [...]