Cricket

England have never won a World Cup and they will be hoping to end their record as bridesmaids when they host the tournament next summer. But the size of their task has just been revealed with the schedule announced. And it confirms that England don’t appear to be solid favourites …

Rajasthan Royals got themselves in a terrible muddle last time out in the Indian Premier League. Against Kolkata Knight Riders they failed to pick their best players – duh! – and were then hammered by seven wickets. Against Chennai Super Kings on Friday they could be in a spot of …

The Indian Premier League is living up to the hype. We have had runs aplenty, some extraordinary upsets and powerful performances. Plus, most importantly for punters, a handy toss bias to take a chunk out of our research time. As we type it’s nine wins out of 14 for the …

The race for the top flight of the County Championship begins on Friday. It is probably one of the least glamorous leagues in the world game, but that doesn’t mean we should view Division Two as beneath us for a wager. Quite the opposite. The beautiful thing about the bottom …

Only a few weeks ago there was heavy snow, the rain continues to fall and one stadium is flooded. It can only mean one thing in the UK: The start of the County Championship cricket season. The first round of matches begins Friday with players ordering extra thermals for a …

England will aim to shrug off the disappointment of surrendering the Ashes when they begin a five-match ODI series Down Under on Sunday. There has been little to cheer for England’s Barmy Army of late as their team lost four and drew one of the five tests. But several fresh …

The third Ashes test begins on Thursday and Australia look well placed to continue their dominance over England in the series. They beat them comfortably at The Gabba and the Adelaide Oval to take a 2-0 lead, and can have the best of five series wrapped up with two tests …

Australia brutally punished the inexperience in the England ranks to take a 1-0 lead in the Ashes series with a 10-wicket win at The Gabba this week. The tourists badly missed Ben Stokes as Mitchell Starc and co tore through England’s elongated lower order, while Steve Smith was devastating with …

The countdown is on to the Ashes and pessimistic cricket fans are overwhelmingly backing England to suffer another whitewash Down Under. News that Ben Stokes will miss the series was greeted with grim acceptance by England fans as he is the world’s best all-rounder and will be a huge loss …

The conspiracy theorists will be having a chuckle to themselves that’s for sure. How predictable is it that the T20 series marking the return of international cricket to Pakistan has gone to a decider in the best-of-three series? Who cares. It gives us another opportunity to bet Pakistan to beat …