David Hopps

NZ to manage Vettori workload

New Zealand have accepted they must manage the later stages of Daniel Vettori's career with care after he was ruled out of the Headingley Test

23-May-2013•David Hopps

Pietersen shadow lingers over England

Headingley still evokes memories of Kevin Pietersen's 2012 outburst but it now offers a further audition for his post-reintegration understudies

23-May-2013•David Hopps

Root to the rescue for Yorkshire's coffers

Joe Root is not just the most exciting young England batsman around, this week he is also a marketing executive's dream

22-May-2013•David Hopps

McCullum to keep gloves at Leeds

Brendon McCullum is not the sort to shirk a challenge so when BJ Watling was ruled out of the second Test at Headingley he wasted little time in deciding to take up the gloves

22-May-2013•David Hopps

Murtagh and Middlesex prove title credentials

The last time Somerset lost a Championship match at Taunton, the ground rang to raucous Lancastrian celebrations. This time it was deserted as Middlesex unexpectedly escaped the showers to pull off a three-day victory

17-May-2013•David Hopps at Taunton

Murtagh leaves Somerset begrumpled

16-May-2013•David Hopps at Taunton

Overton outdoes the old 'uns

Jamie Overton's four wickets against Middlesex brought hope to Somerset supporters that their talented yet unfulfilled side will be replenished

15-May-2013•David Hopps at Taunton

Team man Prior celebrates own success

Matt Prior has increasingly been hailed as England's ultimate team man, but for once he is celebrating an individual achievement. Prior has been named as England's cricketer of the year

13-May-2013•David Hopps

Rashid proves agreeable for Yorkshire

Adil Rashid made an unbeaten hundred and proclaimed he and Yorkshire were 'getting along nicely' after a difficult period

07-May-2013•David Hopps at Headingley

Root begins captaincy examination

His young features bely a grown-up temperament and steely focus that prompted England to test Joe Root's leadership credentials

07-May-2013•David Hopps

Napier steers Essex to priceless win

Graham Napier played one of his best innings to guide Essex over the line against Hampshire and provide coach Paul Grayson with some much-needed respite

01-May-2013•David Hopps at Chelmsford

Essex look to Cook for assistance

Graham Napier gave Essex a first-innings lead with a lower-order half-century to put his side on top at Chelmsford

30-Apr-2013•David Hopps at Chelmsford

Magnificent Root secures stunning victory

Joe Root produced arguably the most substantial innings of his fledgling career to banish the pessimism that had fallen prematurely upon Yorkshire's season

27-Apr-2013•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Stoneman makes Bairstow pay for drop

Jonny Bairstow dropped a catch that proved costly as Mark Stoneman scored a hundred to leave Yorkshire a tough final day

26-Apr-2013•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Onions makes Yorkshire wince

Graham Onions claimed a five-wicket haul on a shortened day to hand Durham a useful 60-run lead over Yorkshire

25-Apr-2013•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Yorkshire full of Bresnan beans

Tim Bresnan took 4 for 41 on his first outing since elbow surgery but Phil Mustard's breezy 70 prevented Yorkshire taking full control

24-Apr-2013•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Australia ask Hick to teach batting patience

Graeme Hick, one of the greatest batting enigmas in England's history, has been called up to sort out the mindsets of young Australia batsmen increasingly wedded to Twenty20 cricket.

21-Apr-2013•David Hopps

England's vexed problem with the IPL

Can't love it, can't quite ignore it, and the fact that it is pitted against county cricket only confuses matters further

19-Apr-2013•David Hopps

Chance to Shine takes on school cheats

Cheating in sport is rife among schoolchildren in England and Wales, according to a survey carried out by the MCC and The Cricket Foundation.

15-Apr-2013•David Hopps

Somerset succumb to Durham pressure

Eight wickets left and 105 needed for victory would have been a breeze at Taunton in midsummer. But Somerset were in Chester-le-Street in April. They failed by 48 runs.

13-Apr-2013•David Hopps

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