Cricket

As Nelson Mandela once said: “Sport has the power to change the world… It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there...

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club’s director of cricket Alex Newell has deemed the team’s relegation to England’s second tier of County Cricket “embarrassing”. The Trent Bridge club were demoted from the County Championship after a dire season which only saw Newell’s side earn one victory during the campaign. They learned their...

Nottinghamshire are challenging strongly in the Natwest T20 Blast this season and look set to qualify for the quarter-finals, despite currently struggling in the County Championship league. The Trent Bridge club currently lie second in the T20 Blast North group on 13 points, just one point behind league leaders...

So England have exited the Euros in ignominy (again), the team have been branded as over-paid prima-donnas (again) and humiliation has led to a search for a new head coach (again). Does it not just leave you a little bit bored of it all? Fear not, however, as two...

It’s a frequent point of debate as to what the point of something as ultimately pointless as sport actually is. Many suggestions are pretty unhelpful: either vague concepts like “teamwork” (which, if you haven’t grasped by about the age of four, will make life pretty challenging once the time...

England’s series victory over South Africa, while highlighting the continued resurgence of the English team since the Ashes victory last summer, also served to show that the same frailties that plagued England last summer are still apparent now. The final test of the series proved to be a consolation...

As always, an Ashes summer conjures up high expectations of fearsome rivalry and exciting cricket. It cannot be denied that these were the main features of the 2015 series, even if the series was unconventional in the fact there were less nail biting final days and more three day...