Stephen Lamb

Harmison, Trescothick tighten England's grip

An unbeaten 77 from Marcus Trescothick fuelled a robust reply by England after Bangladesh were dismissed for 203 on day two of the inaugural Test between the two sides in Dhaka

22-Oct-2003•Stephen Lamb

Thorpe hopes for a longer-term renaissance

He's just turned 34, and with his long-time Surrey and England colleague Alec Stewart recently retired at 40, talk of an Indian summer for Graham Thorpe may even sound premature

11-Oct-2003•Stephen Lamb

Collingwood back to knock on Test door

By the end of the World Cup, Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood had established himself as an integral part of the England one-day team

16-Sep-2003•Stephen Lamb

Rhodes contemplates life after cricket

It's an old-fashioned maxim - quit while you're ahead

11-Sep-2003•Stephen Lamb

White out for three months after surgery

England all-rounder Craig White is expected to be out of international cricket for three months after undergoing a rib operation

09-Apr-2003•Stephen Lamb

Caddick calls it one-day quits

Andrew Caddick has announced that he will play no more one-day international cricket

28-Mar-2003•Stephen Lamb

Predictable end to a long, long tournament

In the end it was a tame, rather predictable finish, although nothing like the anti-climax of the 1999 World Cup final

24-Mar-2003•Stephen Lamb

Crunch match looms between lesser African rivals

Kenya's best chance of reaching an astounding semi-final slot in the World Cup almost certainly rests in their Super Six match against Zimbabwe, a team they have never beaten, at Bloemfontein

11-Mar-2003•Stephen Lamb

Agony for the also-rans as Super Six is completed

To England supporters, there is a peculiarly ghastly symmetry about the fact that the coup de grace to their World Cup aspirations has been delivered in Zimbabwe

04-Mar-2003•Stephen Lamb

Clinical bowling carries India towards Super Sixes

The toss was widely expected to be influential, and just as England thrived on it against Pakistan last Saturday, so it undermined them today as India coasted to an 82-run win at Kingsmead

26-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

Familiar foes square up for battle royal

Often though England and India have met in one-day internationals in recent times, last year's encounters pale into insignificance beside tomorrow's Kingsmead day-nighter.

25-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

England still in contention after 55-run win

England hearts were made to flutter a little before they completed their expected victory over Namibia in the World Cup Group A match at Port Elizabeth

19-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

No coming back from defeat, warns Hussain

Stage two of what England's captain has identified as their World Cup knock-out run gets under way in Port Elizabeth tomorrow, with the cobwebs blown away to a reassuring degree by their opening win at Buffalo Park on Sunday.

18-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

ICC awards controversial World Cup match to Zimbabwe

The World Cup's technical committee has ruled against switching England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe away from Harare.

15-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

Kenya defeat brave Canada by four wickets

Kenya edged past Canada to win by four wickets with nine balls to spare, despite a late wobble as the Canadians exerted pressure, took vital wickets and so nearly pulled off another upset at this World Cup

15-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

Kenya have no cause for Cape Town complacency

If confidence means anything in cricket - and the evidence in favour of that assertion has been pretty compelling over the years - Canada must be favourites to rewrite the form book for the second time in a week when they meet Kenya in tomorrow's

14-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

Verbal brickbats precede crucial Zimbabwe decision

Although the expression "Decision Day for England" has now been used with monotonously repetitive regularity over the last few days, there is no doubting today's qualifications for such a tag.

14-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

England will not play Zimbabwe match on Thursday

The International Cricket Council have confirmed that England's World Cup opener against Zimbabwe will not go ahead in Harare on Thursday.

11-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

Zimbabwe dispute between ICC and ECB meanders on

The unsavoury brinkmanship that has developed between the England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council continued in Cape Town today, as England considered their response to the ICC's confidential reply to their latest appeal

11-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

England World Cup line-up has a settled look at last

After considering England's diabolical run of misfortune with injuries throughout their recent Ashes tour, it would be wise to lay a finger - perhaps a whole hand for good measure - upon the trustiest plank of timber at your disposal before

05-Feb-2003•Stephen Lamb

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