Alan Gardner

Deputy editor, ESPNcricinfo

Hales in, Bopara out of ODI squad

England have included Alex Hales in their ODI squad for the forthcoming series against India, with Ravi Bopara dropped as England focus their minds on preparing for the World Cup

18-Aug-2014•Alan Gardner

KP in précis

Using secondary sources, a newspaper journalist tries to decipher Kevin Pietersen and his career beyond the prima donna stereotype

26-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner

Flower to coach strong Lions team

Andy Flower will return to coaching less than six months after stepping down as England's team director when he takes charge of the Lions in their triangular series against New Zealand A and Sri Lanka A next month

24-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner

Five key head-to-heads

From two embattled captains to the challenge for India's openers against the new ball, ESPNcricinfo picks five contests that could determine the series

07-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner

Pragmatic victory for MCC on nostalgia-filled day

Aaron Finch's unbeaten 181 guided MCC home, trumping a flowing century from Yuvraj Singh in the exhibition match against Rest of the World XI at the bicentenary exhibition game at Lord's

05-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner at Lord's

Game's greats descend on Lord's

04-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner

Sorry Derbs conquered by Hastings

Phil Mustard struck a 25-ball half-century before Ben Stokes' unbeaten 49 ensured that Derbyshire were never at the Blaydon races by finishing a crushing, eight-wicket victory with consecutive sixes

29-Jun-2014•Alan Gardner

The case for Cook's defence

Half a dozen reasons why Alastair Cook should keep padding away the king of Australian spin

27-Jun-2014•Alan Gardner

England crave tangible reward

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between England and Sri Lanka

19-Jun-2014•The Preview by Alan Gardner

SL buoyant despite Keogh resistance

Sri Lanka will head into the first Test at Lord's generally fortified in their hopes of scalping England at home for the third series in a row and a little wiser about their starting line-up

08-Jun-2014•Alan Gardner at Wantage Road

SL hopeful on Lakmal for Headingley

Sri Lanka remain hopeful that Suranga Lakmal will be fit for the second Test at Headingley, despite a hamstring injury keeping him out of the current squad

07-Jun-2014•Alan Gardner at Wantage Road

SL claim series amid Senanayake controversy

Figures of 1 for 36 were just one thread of Sri Lanka's series-clinching six-wicket win but, by running out Jos Buttler while the batsman was backing up, Sachithra Senanayake ensured that the narrative would be wound around him

03-Jun-2014•The Report by Alan Gardner

Sussex 'hurt' by fixing revelations

Sussex have made clear their shock and anger at the revelations of alleged match-fixing involving former players Lou Vincent and Naveed Arif, who were last week charged with corruption by the ECB

27-May-2014•Alan Gardner

World champion test for England

ESPNcricinfo previews the T20 between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval

19-May-2014•The Preview by Alan Gardner

Dilshan and Vithanage blitz Sussex in record time

Sri Lanka scorched to a ten-wicket win in less than half the allotted overs to complete their warm-up matches ahead of the limited-overs series against England in dashing style

18-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Hove

Sri Lankans start to hit their stride

Angelo Mathews hit fifty and Dinesh Chandimal an unbeaten 47 off 31 balls to set up a hefty thumping of Kent in Sri Lanka's second tour match in England

16-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Canterbury

Sangakkara applies sleeper hold to Sussex

Watching Kumar Sangakkara bat could never be described as a chore but his grit was of material value to Durham as they quietly applied the sleeper hold to Sussex for their fourth draw of the season.

14-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Hove

Borthwick learns from the master

This game seems destined to end in a draw, with more than 100 overs lost so far and Sussex requiring 18 wickets or some generous collusion in the time remaining

13-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Hove

Onions injury blow adds to Durham's woes

Durham's thin squad, which was already up against it in attempting to defend their Championship title, has been dealt a further blow by the news that Graham Onions will need to see a specialist about his back problem

12-May-2014•Alan Gardner at Hove

England's new era begins with tricky test

ESPNcricinfo previews the one-off ODI between Scotland and England in Aberdeen

08-May-2014•The Preview by Alan Gardner

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