David Hopps

Anderson leads fight in face of Joyce ton

Twice Sussex have threatened to sound the death knell on Lancashire's Division One existence and twice Lancashire have stubbornly refused to yield

10-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Hove

Procter gives Lancashire a lifeline

The Invisible Man, who currently coaches Lancashire, must have been heartened by the outcome at the close of the first day

09-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Hove

Morgan stokes fires of imagination

The Edgbaston T20 reinforced Eoin Morgan's credentials as the fulcrum of England's limited-overs cricket. Approaching his peak, is it time they made him their World Cup captain as well?

08-Sep-2014•David Hopps

Stokes blasts Durham back to Lord's

Ben Stokes emphatically put a troubled summer behind him with one of the most destructive innings of the season as his 164 swept Durham into the Royal London One-Day Cup final.

06-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Root satisfies Headingley craving

Neither Boycott nor Vaughan were able to satisfy their local crowd in one-day cricket but Root finally broke the 41-year duck

05-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Headingley

Moeen calls for greater home support

Moeen Ali has once again proved himself to be a fearless advocate of Britain's maturity as a multi-cultural nation by telling the British Indians who booed him at Edgbaston that he looks forward to the day when they support England

04-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Headingley

Cook at centre of England tangle

With their one-day plans in a familiar mess six months out from the World Cup, questions abound on England's priorities and strategy

04-Sep-2014•David Hopps at Headingley

England face dilemma in fine tuning attack

With Chris Jordan blowing more cold than hot, England could turn to Steven Finn or Harry Gurney at Trent Bridge but both present their own issues

29-Aug-2014•David Hopps

Durham burst Yorkshire's bubble

Yorkshire will rue their elimination from the Royal London Cup, comfortably beaten by Durham despite home advantage in this quarter final

28-Aug-2014•David Hopps at Headingley

Raina, spinners destroy England

India's intention is to stage a party during the Royal London ODI series, to help them forget what had gone before. After a 133-run win, they look empowered again

27-Aug-2014•The Report by David Hopps

Root rebuffs England criticism

It does not seem two minutes since Joe Root was making his first steps in the England side and reading so many descriptions of how childlike he still looked that he might have been preparing for the Primary School prom

26-Aug-2014•David Hopps

Cook, Dhoni look for on-field statements

As countdowns for the World Cup go, neither England nor India can claim to have started in the best shape

26-Aug-2014•Preview by David Hopps

'No chance' England will win World Cup - Swann

Graeme Swann and Michael Vaughan have joined forces to condemn England's selection and strategy heading into the 2015 World Cup

25-Aug-2014•David Hopps

Hales in as England attempt subtle evolution

England's selectors have given Alastair Cook their backing and he will have a new opening partner as the focus turns to a marathon of one-day cricket culminating in the World Cup

24-Aug-2014•David Hopps in Bristol

Lancashire dominate meeting of T20 experts

No counties have better records in T20 since its inception in 2003 than Hampshire and Lancashire. But it was Lancashire who dominated this semi-final to set up a clash with Birmingham in the final.

23-Aug-2014•David Hopps at Edgbaston

From beach to Blast for Pietersen

To seek to exist as a T20 specialist is the most precarious of occupations. Cricket is not like the movies where Harrison Ford can still get the girl even though he is in his 70s

20-Aug-2014•David Hopps

India befuddled as England complete humiliation

India might have been transported to another world, a world so unfamiliar that their senses were befuddled. One by one their batsmen came and went as they underwent the third heaviest Test defeat in their history.

17-Aug-2014•The Report by David Hopps

Root takes England into huge lead

Joe Root's sparky, unbeaten 92 ensured England remained in complete control at The Oval despite a mid-afternoon fightback from India

16-Aug-2014•Report by David Hopps

Frustrated Rafiq to leave Yorkshire

Azeem Rafiq, once regarded as a potential Yorkshire captain, will leave the county at the end of the season after failing to make an impact in all forms of the game.

16-Aug-2014•David Hopps

Dhoni fights but India's top order folds again

Without MS Dhoni, India would have been entirely bereft. Even with his redoubtable effort, consolation was only skin deep as India succumbed tamely in exacting conditions on the opening day of the fifth Investec Test

15-Aug-2014•The Report by David Hopps

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