Steve James

Leicester Tigers were playing Connacht at Welford Road in December when their assistant coach, Brett Deacon, was asked by BT Sport about the open-side flanker

It was the wait. Shane Warne never bowled until he was ready. With the ball in his hand, he was completely in charge, and he let everyone in the ground, and mos

’I will be running the place soon,” Rob Key said. This was in 2001 and Key was actually talking about the England Academy, based in Adelaide under Rod Marsh. K

One-all, with a decider to come at Southampton on Sunday, then. South Africa responded swiftly to their defeat on Wednesday with an emphatic victory here, fi

Amid social media’s hysterical swirl of opinion and argument about the latest “Mankad” controversy last month, one small exchange of comments provided an intere

Mohammad Nawaz and Saud Shakeel were going well, so well indeed that the England captain Ben Stokes admitted afterwards that this was the only period of the match when he felt Pakistan were ahead.

The former Australia all-rounder, Simon O’Donnell, has described it as “one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in sport”. And, no, he wasn’t talking about the

When, in the whirl of county pre-season press days, Kent’s Zak Crawley defended his defence, so to speak, it caused something of a stir. Asked about the defensive part of his game, which even the England Test head coach Brendon McCullum has admitted is much inferior to his attacking repertoire, the England opener said: “I think I’ve got a good defensive technique. When you are playing against the best sides in the world, it might look like it’s not. It’s not something I need to work on, it’s som…

Hello and welcome to day three of the second Test of the 2023 Ashes, where England are seeking to level the series after Australia’s two-wicket victory at Edgbaston. We will have live coverage from Lord’s with Mike Atherton, Simon Wilde, Steve James, Elizabeth Ammon and Elgan Alderman providing their insight and analysis.

As it becomes increasingly difficult for teams to bring in overseas players, global titans such as the Australia spinner enhance the County Championship for all involved