David Hopps

Clarke remains to seek one-day solace

A number of high-profile names are missing the one-day series, but Michael Clarke is not one of them despite his bad back

05-Sep-2013•David Hopps

Morgan hopes to propel himself to Ashes

Captain influentially and score a stackful of runs and England will at least have to throw Eoin Morgan's name in the mix for the Ashes tour

05-Sep-2013•David Hopps

Hales sets up comfortable win

Alex Hales produced his most outstanding display in an in-and-out summer, his 94 the basis of a comfortable England victory in the second T20 international

31-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Greenway, Sciver guide England to 3-0

England completed a Twenty20 clean sweep and their fifth victory in a row over Australia with a seven-wicket victory with 22 balls to spare

31-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Richardson maiden hundred stalls Yorkshire

Michael Richardson scored his maiden first-class hundred as Durham piled up 573 to bat Division One leaders Yorkshire into a tight spot

29-Aug-2013•David Hopps at North Marine Road

Stoneman, Stokes douse Yorkshire optimism

Any talk of Yorkshire for the Championship was quickly quietened as hundreds for Mark Stoneman and Ben Stokes took full toll of a poor Yorkshire bowling performance

28-Aug-2013•David Hopps at North Marine Road

England's late-night antics bring Morris headache

The ECB hierarchy might take a dim view of an alleged late-night celebration which ended with them urinating on The Oval pitch on which they had completed their triumph only hours before

26-Aug-2013•David Hopps

Bad light denies England as Ashes ignite

With England needing 21 runs from four overs with six wickets in hand, and a capacity crowd in a state of high excitement, the umpires took their light meters out and ordered the players off

25-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Lehmann's comments 'incitement' - ECB

The ECB has stepped up the pressure on Australia's coach, Darren Lehmann, for his attack on Stuart Broad by accusing Lehmann of "incitement"

23-Aug-2013•David Hopps

England forced to grind as Australia chip away

Capacity crowds have been drawn to the Investec Ashes all summer in anticipation of another high-octane series, but England are juddering to their destination as if Australia have slipped petrol into their diesel engine.

23-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Smith achieves his moment, England miss theirs

Alastair Cook and Joe Root safely negotiated their way to the close to leave England 460 runs in arrears after Steven Smith's maiden Test hundred

22-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Panesar faces lifestyle challenges

Monty Panesar must rediscover his core values if he is to resurrect his Test career after his embarrassing early-morning escapade in Brighton

21-Aug-2013•David Hopps

Watson lifts Australia with elusive ton

Shane Watson took the highest score of his Test career off a reshaped and none-too-convincing England attack as Australia reached 307 for 4 at the close of day one

21-Aug-2013•The Report by David Hopps

How England retained the Ashes

ESPNcricinfo charts England's 14-day journey to maintaining their grip on the urn

05-Aug-2013•David Hopps

Declare and be damned

There is nothing like poor weather and trying to gauge a declaration to mess with a cricketer's mind - just for once Michael Clarke should have asked the journalists instead

04-Aug-2013•David Hopps at Old Trafford

Warner revels in panto villain debut

Australia's moustachioed cricketing pugilist made an appropriately comedic decision to review his dismissal, to the delight of the Old Trafford crowd

02-Aug-2013•David Hopps at Old Trafford

Anderson eager to mark Old Trafford return

James Anderson did his bit to help Old Trafford get the facelift it needed and now England's 21st century Statham can help England overcome their third Test jitters

30-Jul-2013•David Hopps

Four vie for chance to replace Pietersen

The potential replacements should Kevin Pietersen not be fit on August 1

24-Jul-2013•David Hopps

England complete crushing four-day win

England secured a 2-0 lead in the Investec Ashes series as they completed an inevitable victory against Australia with draining efficiency at the fag-end of the fourth day at Lord's

21-Jul-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Root's landmark day flays Australia

Joe Root has shown an ability to adapt to any given match situation in his brief international career. The brief for England on a Lord's Saturday was to take the heat out of the game and bat Australia into oblivion. And so Root did.

20-Jul-2013•The Report by David Hopps

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