Ben Stokes

Four Day Tests? You Must Have Peebles in your Head

It was the cricket writer Ian Peebles who wrote back in the 1960’s that when it came to new International teams being given Test Cricket status he thought they should be given an abbreviated version than the standard five days.

Facing the Facts – England Simply Was Not Good Enough

The Ashes series for 2017/18 has come to an end and Australia were worthy winners. Yet reading some reviews of the series one would think it was a far closer affair than it ended up. Sure there were key moments

Handling Obstruction

Ben Stokes made an unfortunate piece of cricket history at the weekend when he was given out obstructing the field in a One Day International. If that was not enough he has caused a major debate in cricket circles around