Best of 2022: England win Cricket World Cup to do double December 28, 2022 Last month England lifted the T20I Cricket World Cup to become the first men’s side to hold both limited-overs trophies at once . Read our report from the final. Article originally posted 13 November 2022. England became the first men’s team to hold both the one-day Cricket World Cup and the ICC Twenty20 World Cup yesterday when [...]
England to face Bangladesh in 2023 white-ball tour December 27, 2022 England will travel to Bangladesh in March next year for three one-day matches and three Twenty20 games in their latest white-ball tour. It will be the first time since 2016 that England have played in the country and it follows a successful T20 and Test tour to Pakistan. When the two sides last faced off [...]
A year in sport: The big moments from 2022’s sporting calendar December 25, 2022 It’s been a monumental year for sport both on British shores and further afield. Take a look at some of the year’s biggest moments ahead of another year of exhilarating action. January Cricket: Ashes series concludes with 4-0 defeat for England. The result would extend England’s winless run in Australia to 15 matches and mark [...]
IPL Auction: England’s Sam Curran becomes most expensive player in history at £1.95m December 23, 2022 England all-rounder Sam Curran has become the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction after Punjab Kings paid almost £2million for his services. Curran’s stock has never been higher after he starred in England’s T20 World Cup triumph in Australia last month, picking up the player of the tournament [...]
Christmas schedule 2022: What’s on the TV for sports fans? December 22, 2022 If the Christmas drinks are already starting to run out and you’re beginning to scroll through the TV guide to see what’s worth watching, have a read of our Christmas sporting schedule to get yourself in the mood for a stellar week of action. 23 December Rugby: London Irish and Saracens clash in the London [...]
Archer returns to England squad for South Africa ODI series December 22, 2022 England pacer Jofra Archer has returned to the ODI wider squad ahead of their three-match series in South Africa next year. It’s the first time since March 2021 that he has been in contention to play international cricket since suffering an elbow injury. Seamer Reece Topley is also expected to be fit for the three-match [...]
Ed Warner on the sporting year that was December 22, 2022 And so we reach the end of a year of sporting excess, or at least an excess of sport. Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Final was the calorific dessert that may well have caused you to come over all Mr Creosote, exploding under the temptation of just one more dish of must-see sporting competition. While we [...]
Beth Mead wins Sports Personality of the Year 2022 December 21, 2022 Beth Mead has been named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a ceremony at Media City in Salford. The footballing star beat gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curling star Eve Muirhead, snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan, cricketer Ben Stokes and athlete Jake Wightman to the annual gong. Stokes came second with Muirhead third. Lioness Mead was part [...]
2022 Review: England’s Test cricket side under Ben Stokes in numbers December 20, 2022 It’s fair to say England have been revolutionised by new captain Ben Stokes and his head coach Brendon McCullum. Bazbal has transformed England from an average Test side into a relentless one. The gumption and audacity to just go for it has been injected into the five-day side and they’re playing some of the best [...]
England complete historic 3-0 Test series win in Pakistan December 20, 2022 Ben Duckett hit the winning runs as England completed a historic 3-0 Test series win over Pakistan on the subcontinent this morning. Ben Stokes’ England have become the first team to ever whitewash Pakistan in a Test cricket series in Pakistan. Needing just 55 runs on the fourth day of the third Test in Karachi, [...]