Jonathan Agnew ends his time as BBC cricket correspondent reflecting on another England collapse as the tourists fall to a ...
He surpassed Graham Gooch’s tally of runs and finished his career with 35 Test centuries, with the second-highest England batter at the time quite some way behind (Kevin Pietersen with 23). While the ...
But England have had plenty of great batters, like Len Hutton and Kevin Pietersen so where does the ... haul of 766 at 127 during the triumphant Ashes tour of 2010-11 remains a high-water mark ...
In Ashes cricket Root’s record is far inferior: four centuries, and none in Australia, in 65 innings. Where Root makes up this lost ground is in Asia: apart from a handful of Kevin Pietersen ...
Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as England’s new head coach has divided opinion and that is not strictly down to his credentials but largely because of his nationality. However, the German, who has vowed ...
Andy Flower won three Ashes series – in 2009, 2010/11 and 2013 – during his time as England head coach (Gareth Copley/PA) Asked to pick up the pieces after the Peter Moores-Kevin Pietersen ...
He has the shots of Kevin Pietersen and the rhythm and hunger of ... Like at Lord's in last year's Ashes, when he took on the fielders when there were five back and he was caught in the deep.
The pair of us would spend as much time as we could sticking to Kevin Pietersen in the nets and when Rooty made his debut in the last Test in Nagpur, you just knew he was here to stay. We only ...
The list of leading run-scorers in the history of Test cricket is lined with players who have since retired. It’s well worth ...