Stubborn Atherton leads England towards safety against Pakistan
Michael Atherton's dogged effort in the third and final Test, in Karachi, has been chiefly responsible for keeping England fully in the fight
View ArticlePraise heaped on England's 'incredible achievement'
England's victory in Karachi, only their second Test match win in Pakistan since Lahore in 1961, was hailed as an "incredible achievement" by man of the match Michael Atherton
View ArticleAtherton's century sounds Ashes warning
Mike Atherton hit a superb unbeaten century to put Lancashire in a strong position after the first day of their Championship match against Essex at Old Trafford
View ArticleMuralitharan the ideal support for Atherton and Hegg
Essex have a tough battle to avoid the follow-on in their CricInfo Championship match against Lancashire after centuries from Warren Hegg and Mike Atherton put the home side in a formidable position
View ArticleGough offers to captain as Butcher and Stewart decline
With several of the leading contenders having ruled themselves out, Darren Gough has offered to captain England in the Second npower Test at Lord's in the absence of the injured Nasser Hussain
View ArticleGilchrist celebrates 'special' moment while Atherton looks on the bright side
"So many times we have been asked whether the Ashes are what they used to be," Gilchrist revealed
View ArticleRain at The Oval lifts England's hopes of a draw
Following days of endless sunshine and absorbing cricket, the fourth day of the final npower Test match was lost to the rain clouds today to reduce Australia's chances of victory and boost England's...
View ArticleMichael Atherton announces his retirement from cricket
As widely anticipated, Michael Atherton today announced his retirement frominternational and first-class cricket as a whole at the end of this season
View ArticleIf at first you don't succeed...
All Today's Yesterdays - July 23 down the years July 22 | July 24 1953 Birth of a batsman who took a while to find his feet in Test cricket but went on to become the best of his generation
View ArticleOut of Africa
2001 Hamilton Masakadza becomes the first black African to score a Test century - and, for all of 41 days, the youngest debutant centurion in Test history
View ArticleContract balance changes experience factor
Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture
View ArticleAtherton takes control
1993 On his first day as England captain, Mike Atherton top-scored with 72 at Edgbaston, but it was soon the same old story as Australia went on to win the Test and the series
View ArticleA half-century for Trent Bridge
Today's match brings up the half-century of Test matches at Trent Bridge
View ArticleVaughan calls for review of county game
In an exclusive interview for the first edition of The Wisden Cricketer magazine, which goes on sale on Friday, September 19, Michael Vaughan has called for a restructuring of county cricket, in which...
View ArticleAtherton adds to pressure on ECB over Zimbabawe
However much the ECB might wish that it would, the subject of next autumn's proposed tour of Zimbabwe just won't go away
View ArticleApathy threatens English cricket
Apathy among the British public is the single greatest threat to cricket's future, according to a survey conducted by a new sports lobbying group, The Sports Nexus
View ArticleICC name first 12 for voting academy
The ICC has named Kapil Dev, Michael Holding and Ian Healy among 12 former players and media representatives for the voting academy to select the world's best players of the past 12 months at the ICC...
View ArticleGavaskar leads World XI selectors
A star-studded selection panel chaired by Sunil Gavaskar will choose the ICC World XIs for the six-day Super Test against Australia and three one-day matches in October
View ArticleA bridge too far
MA Atherton: no prospect of a repeat of his epic unbeaten 185 at Johannesburg in 1995-96 © Getty Images It was a given at some stage of the series
View ArticleAustralia accused of double walking standards
Michael Atherton believes Australia will be accused of double standards if their walking phase continues alongside appealing for doubtful decisions
View Article'It's not a 17-wicket pitch'
After a seesaw first day at Lord's, Steve Harmison reflected on England's fluctuating fortunes.
View ArticleEngland's crossed-armed intimidators
It's not everyday that the reality lives up to the hype
View Article'I owe Kevin a beer or two'
After a seesaw first day at Lord's, Steve Harmison reflected on England's fluctuating fortunes.
View ArticleA game of fractions and moments
Denouement still awaits this Test, and who knows what twists lie in store
View ArticleAtherton slams India as the 'big beast of cricket'
India's decision to withdraw from the Champions Trophy from 2007 has been met with admonishment by the former England captain Michael Atherton
View ArticleAtherton raises questions about freedom on air
Michael Atherton has said that commentators had been had been asked to stay clear "sensitive" issues by the production company
View ArticleAtherton questions England set-up
Michael Atherton, the former England captain, fears history is in danger of repeating itself after Andrew Flintoff was ruled out for 12 weeks
View ArticleAtherton questions Australia's pace attack
Michael Atherton says Australia's pace attack is unlikely to be too different from the one that featured in last year's epic Ashes series, but he still lists them as favourites this summer
View ArticleWhere have all the grafters gone?
Test cricket has never been played at a quicker pace than in this modern age. Since over-rates are universally poor, it is the batsmen's scoring we refer to. Run rates and strike rates are rising and a...
View Article'An impossible act to follow'
The cricket world has been cautioned not to expect too much of the young spin bowlers who will be the long-term replacements for Shane Warne
View ArticleKen Schofield to head Ashes review
The ECB have turned to the world of golf as they search for answers as to where they disastrous Ashes tour went wrong
View ArticleSreesanth must be banned for beamer: Atherton
Michael Atherton, the former England captain, has called for Sreesanth to be banned from The Oval Test for bowling a beamer at Kevin Pietersen
View ArticleAtherton moves to The Times
Mike Atherton will replace Christopher Martin-Jenkins as cricket correspondent of The Times after England's tour of New Zealand early next year
View ArticlePitch fires knockout blow
The first Test between the West Indies and England was abandoned in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday after an hour's play on the opening day when the pitch was deemed dangerous
View ArticleMike Atherton named Sports Writer of the Year
Michael Atherton, the former England captain, has won the UK's top honour for a sports writer, being named Sports Writer of the Year for 2009 by the Sports Journalists' Association
View ArticleMacLaurin slams 'crazy' England schedule
Lord MacLaurin, the former chairman of the ECB, has laid into the "crazy" schedule that England's cricketers have been subjected to in Australia this winter, but believes it will have little bearing on...
View ArticleStrauss, Hussain among those out of England running
Andrew Strauss, Angus Fraser and Nasser Hussain have all confirmed they are not in the running to replace Hugh Morris as managing director of England cricket
View ArticleAtherton calls for more even distribution of game's profits
Mike Atherton, the former England captain, has called on cricket's most powerful nations to do more for the wellbeing of the weaker Test teams
View ArticleAtherton condemns Big Three plan
Michael Atherton has condemned proposals to put power to run international cricket in the hands of India, England and Australia as the end of an idealistic notion that the game can be run for the...
View ArticleSmith rebuffs Atherton call to protect tail
"It's a bit over the top," Australia's captain said. "We obviously had a plan from the start of the series that we were going to bowl a lot of short stuff to those guys, much like we did back in 2013"
View ArticleThe runners and riders in the race to be the England team director
ESPNcricinfo runs its eye over the stand-out candidates for the role that Andrew Strauss recently vacated
View ArticleJosh de Caires: Mike Atherton's son signs Middlesex contract
18-year-old batsman signs three-year deal with county
View ArticleJosh de Caires, son of Mike Atherton, thwarts Yorkshire with century for...
Teenage son shows familiar mettle in 270-run stand for second wicket at Headingley
View ArticleEx-England captains call for Joe Root to step down after West Indies defeat
Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan lead calls for change of leadership
View ArticleNasser Hussain on Ben Stokes: 'I do not think I've seen a better week of...
Michael Atherton describes dramatic Rawalpindi victory as "one of England's finest-ever Test-match wins"
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