Matt Roller

Senior correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

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'Village cricketer' Jack Leach savours moment as unlikely Ashes hero

Spinner admits he thought he would be watching series at home - but now keen to prove his worth as a bowler

26-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

From Vishwa to Panesar - six great single-figures innings

After Jack Leach's heroics at Headingley, we look back at half-a-dozen other unlikely batting heroes

26-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

'Said I'd take back my 92 immediately for one run out here' - Jack Leach

"I know I look stupid when I'm out there but it got the job done" says number 11 after match-winning partnership with Ben Stokes

25-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

England quietly confident in Steven Smith's absence

Australia are unbeaten in eight Tests against England, but with their best batsman out, head to Leeds with the tide against them

21-Aug-2019•The Preview by Matt Roller

How Tim Bresnan turned down Steven Smith as rain rules the roost in the Blast

The latest snippets from the county circuit, including Delray Rawlins' Bermuda return and Middlesex's quarter-final preparations

20-Aug-2019•David Hopps and Matt Roller

Tracking Blast tactics: the new Trent Bridge and five-bowler Middlesex

As the group stages approach their conclusion, we round up the latest tactical trends among the contenders in the Vitality Blast

19-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

James Bracey leads Gloucestershire cruise to keep quarter-final hopes alive

Bracey hits 64 to chase down Hampshire's 139 after bowlers find rewards by taking the pace off

13-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

Blast soars towards 1 million mark, and Ackermann's surprise spin success

Plus Chris Green's jet-setting T20 career continues, and how Bermuda's call could prove costly for Sussex

12-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

No need to panic for England, insists Jos Buttler

Batsman says England "didn't play well enough for long enough" at Edgbaston but denies that the defeat served as a wake-up call

10-Aug-2019•Matt Roller at Lord's

The triumphs and travails of Moeen Ali's Test career

As he announces his retirement from Test cricket, we chart Moeen's many ups and downs over the past four years

09-Aug-2019 • Updated on 26-Sep-2021•Matt Roller

Jofra Archer takes six-for, scores century in quest for Test fitness

Seamer gets through 12 overs with the ball and then breezes to 108 off 99 balls in warm-up for potential Lord's debut

06-Aug-2019•Matt Roller at Woodmancote

Babar Azam crashes Somerset website, as Lancashire prepare for knockout chaos

All the latest news from the Vitality Blast, including over-rate penalties, Durham's death-bowling duo, and Worcestershire's unlikely pinch-hitter

05-Aug-2019•Matt Roller

AB de Villiers 88* inspires Middlesex win - but is anyone watching?

If ever a game epitomised everything that's right and much of what's wrong with the T20 Blast it was this

04-Aug-2019•Matt Roller at Richmond

Alex Blake upstages Eoin Morgan at Lord's as Kent maintain 100 percent record in Vitality Blast

Blake's 29-ball 66 not out leads Spitfires to 28-run victory over Middlesex

01-Aug-2019•Matt Roller at Lord's

Birmingham brilliance: England's Edgbaston winning streak

Australia haven't won in any format at Edgbaston since the 2001 Ashes, while England have 11 consecutive victories there dating back to 2014

31-Jul-2019•Matt Roller

Widening gulf in women's game exposed by England's Ashes thrashing

The drubbing at the hands of Australia suggests a £20m investment by the ECB cannot come soon enough

30-Jul-2019•Matt Roller

Cardiff Hundred team may drop 'Welsh' from name in favour of 'Western Fire'

ECB's legal partner applies to trademark name, along with "Northern Superchargers"

30-Jul-2019•Matt Roller

Alex Carey's Geneva jaunt and AB de Villiers' unlikely replacement

The latest snippets from the Vitality Blast, including Nicholas Pooran at number seven, Paul Nixon's prophetic tweets, and Lewis McManus' freak run-out

29-Jul-2019•Matt Roller

Ellyse Perry becomes first player to reach 1000 runs, 100 wickets in T20Is

Unbeaten 47 in Australia's win over England makes allrounder the first player - male or female - to reach the milestone

28-Jul-2019•Matt Roller at Hove

Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry steer Australia within touching distance of white-ball Ashes sweep

Assured partnership guides tourists to comfortable win in penultimate match of series

28-Jul-2019•The Report by Matt Roller at Hove

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