Bazball part three is upon us. Year one was about changing the mentality, part two evolving the bowling and now, the third phase, involves playing smarter, more mature cricket. At least that is the ...

There were just two questions, but, on that fraught, fateful summer’s evening at Wembley 25 years ago, they caught Gareth Southgate by surprise. Terry Venables went first, asking him whether he would ...

All roads lead to The Ashes. Where England's Test side is concerned, everything is viewed through an urn-shaped prism. They are never more than two-and-a-half years from a potentially ...

There are many means of measuring just how far Gareth Southgate’s England have come in five years. The most obvious, of course, is tournament performances during his tenure. A fourth-place finish at ...

Zak Crawley has a habit of getting underneath his opponents' skin. At Lord's earlier this year, India captain Shubman Gill angrily told him to "grow some f*****g balls" when he successfully turned two ...