England v Pakistan, Fourth Test: Captain Alastair Cook confirms hosts will...
ENGLAND will line up with an unchanged team for the Fourth Test against Pakistan at the Oval on Thursday.The hosts lead the series 2-1 with one match still to play after a stunning win at Edgbaston...
View ArticleEngland batsmen Alex Hales and James Vince left fearing for Test careers...
ALEX HALES and James Vince were fearing for their Test careers last night after two more abject batting failures.Hales was dismissed by wrist-spinner Yasir Shah – the man he relentlessly sledged for...
View ArticleCops believe crossbow bolt shot into The Oval cricket ground during a game...
POLICE believe the crossbow bolt shot into The Oval cricket ground during a game may have been fired from a nearby roof terrace.Detectives were seen searching above flats.An umpire holds an arrow after...
View ArticleMan, 35, arrested after crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch at The Oval...
A MAN has been arrested after a crossbow bolt was fired into the Oval cricket ground on Thursday.The 35-year-old was held on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm following the incident at the...
View ArticlePlasterer, 35, arrested after crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch at The...
A DAD arrested on suspicion of firing a crossbow bolt into The Oval during a cricket match says he is innocent.Wayne Brooks, 35, says he was at a McDonald’s ten miles away on Thursday afternoon.The...
View ArticleWest Indies star Evin Lewis carried off on a stretcher after smashing ball...
WEST INDIES star Evin Lewis had to be wheeled off on a stretcher after smashing ball into own foot against England.Trinidadian Lewis had smashed an incredible 176 off 130 balls at The Oval before he...
View ArticleJofra Archer Ashes haul sees Steve Smith out for 80 and Australia bowled for...
AT 5:25pm on Friday the 13th, it happened.Pinch yourself, blink in disbelief, Steve Smith really was on his way back to the dressing-room.Steve Smith was out for a measly 80 at The OvalPA:Press...
View ArticleAshes: Departing England coach Trevor Bayliss presented with gifts from Joe...
TREVOR BAYLISS was presented with a silver cricket bat as a farewell gift after England drew the Ashes at the Oval.The quiet head coach is leaving the post after more than four years in the role.Trevor...
View ArticleThe Hundred breaks TV record with 1.6million people tuning in to watch the...
THE Hundred’s opening game was watched by 1.6million people – making it the most ever watched women’s cricket match on the BBC.In the game, the first of the tournament, the Oval Invincibles beat...
View ArticleSam Billings inspires Oval Invincibles to Hundred victory after women’s side...
OVAL Invincibles are living up to their name as the men followed the women in winning their first match in the Hundred.The finish was neither as close nor as exciting as 24 hours earlier and Sam...
View ArticleChris Woakes marks England Test return with four wickets as India are rolled...
THE lesser-spotted Chris Woakes emerged from hibernation and showed England what they have been missing.Woakes, playing his first Test match for more than a year, captured four wickets as England...
View ArticleOllie Pope and Chris Woakes give England 99-run first innings lead but India...
OLLIE POPE was back home for his England comeback and did his usual thing – he scored a bundle of runs at the Oval.Pope does not just like batting at the famous old ground in South London, he has...
View ArticleEngland let India back into it in Fourth Test as Rohit Sharma smashes first...
OLLIE ROBINSON provided a single over of joy and celebration but this was a bad day for England.So bad, in fact, that an apparently winning position in the Fourth Test had been turned into a precarious...
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