David Hopps

Yorkshire optimism continues to surge

Optimism abounds in the Broad Acres. Yorkshire began this game five points adrift of Middlesex at the top of the Championship, once again sensing that this could be their year

08-Jun-2014•David Hopps at Headingley

Moeen, Robson, Jordan get Test calls

England have named three uncapped players - Sam Robson, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan - in a 12-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka.

05-Jun-2014•David Hopps

Panesar must heed Essex lesson

Monty Panesar's career has declined since his memorable India tour in 2012 as Essex's decision to omit him against Glamorgan for bad timekeeping further testifies

01-Jun-2014•David Hopps

All-round Jordan brings a smile back to England

A superb all-round performance from Chris Jordan, who smashed 38 off 13 balls then took three wickets, spearheaded England's 81-run win against Sri Lanka

22-May-2014•The Report by David Hopps

Yorkshire mourns slipper Sharpe

Philip Sharpe, who has died at 77 after a short illness, played 12 Tests for England but upon his passing in Yorkshire they will talk only off his slip catching

20-May-2014•David Hopps

Oliver under threat after finest triumph

Keith Oliver, a successful advocate of the rights of smaller cricketing nations, is facing a threat to his position on the ICC board barely a month after his greatest triumph

13-May-2014•David Hopps

Flintoff comeback plans quicken

Andrew Flintoff's plans for a remarkable comeback nearly five years after his career seemed over because of injury are moving closer with his secret talks with Lancashire at an "advanced stage".

13-May-2014•David Hopps

Morgan accepts MCC presidency

David Morgan, a past ECB chairman, and driving force behind the adoption of Cardiff as an international venue and the restructuring of the English domestic game, has been nominated as the next president of MCC.

07-May-2014•David Hopps

Farbrace has no cause for guilt - Moores

Peter Moores has dismissed suggestions that his new assistant, Paul Farbrace, should feel morally bound to sit out the Sri Lanka tour this summer

02-May-2014•David Hopps

England identity crisis tops Moores' agenda

The Peter Moores revolution will be a gradual and balanced one, focused on creating a more confident, self-sustaining culture for English cricket

02-May-2014•David Hopps

Inspired Somerset close in on victory

Somerset forced Sussex to follow on under heavy skies and then rounded upon them once more with such conviction on a sunlit evening that they even had the glimmer of a three-day victory

29-Apr-2014•David Hopps at Hove

Trescothick ton helps banish memories

County cricket has sustained Marcus Trescothick for nearly eight long years since his England career came to such a premature end

28-Apr-2014•David Hopps at Hove

Trescothick digs deep to gladden Somerset

Marcus Trescothick has been the mainstay of Somerset cricket for so long that any sign that he is beginning to rediscover some of his old poise is bound to quicken West Country hearts

27-Apr-2014•David Hopps at Hove

Smith, Robson light up dull draw

Leicestershire were the whipping boys too often last season, cast adrift at the foot of Division Two, to contemplate a more daring declaration on the final day against Kent

23-Apr-2014•David Hopps in Canterbury

Leics impress in three-day affair

Leicestershire's season has begun at Canterbury, in front of one of county cricket's more charitable crowds, and after three days they would all agreeably concede that they have begun rather well

22-Apr-2014•David Hopps in Canterbury

Will Smith very much alive and well

'Will Smith is dead' is one of the great hoaxes of the Internet. He has been misreported to have died in surgery in the United States and in a fall in New Zealand

20-Apr-2014•David Hopps at Derby

Burns calls for coaching upheaval

Neil Burns, one of the England's most influential independent coaches, has called for sweeping changes in the way cricketers are developed in England

13-Apr-2014•David Hopps

Notts capable of further glory

ESPNcricinfo considers Nottinghamshire's prospects for the 2014 season

31-Mar-2014•David Hopps

England's final humiliation

There is no cause to analyse England's defeat against the Netherlands, no need to search for explanations. It was beyond all that. All that is needed is a simple recognition that it was unacceptable

31-Mar-2014•David Hopps

West Indies can keep on dancing

An irreverent look in and around World T20 in Bangladesh. If you are looking for news, you have got lost in the right place

30-Mar-2014•David Hopps

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