England captain, Joe Root has been named men’s Test Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Despite a difficult year for his team, Root hit 1,708 runs in 2021, the third most in a calendar year in Tests. He scored two double centuries and a further four hundreds, including three in successive… Continue Reading →

Russian, Daniil Medvedev demonstrated again why he is the man to beat at the Australian Open with a battling win over American, Maxime Cressy in the Melbourne heat today.  Second seed, Medvedev reached the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5 victory over Cressy. Medvedev was frustrated by 24-year-old Cressy’s resistance, needing his… Continue Reading →

England dominated most of yesterday’s 2nd Twenty/20 International against the West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados to win by 1 run after some astonishing late hitting by left-arm, leg-spinner, Akeal Hosein (44 not out) and fast bowler, Romario Shepherd (44 not out). They put on 72 runs unbeaten off 29 balls for the 9th… Continue Reading →

South Africa defeated India by 4 runs in the 3rd and final One Day International (ODI) at Cape Town, South Africa yesterday for a clean sweep of the series. Despite a late collapse in which South Africa lost seven wickets for 73 runs, Quinton de Kock scored a chanceless 124 off 130 balls with 12… Continue Reading →

Britain’s former world number one, Andy Murray produced a subdued display as he lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to Japan’s qualifier, Taro Daniel in the Australian Open second round today. Daniel is ranked below Murray at 120 in the world. Murray had never previously lost a Grand Slam match to an opponent ranked as low as… Continue Reading →

South Africa defeated India by 31 runs in the 1st One Day International (ODI) in South Africa yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. The scores: South Africa 294-4 off 50 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 129 not out, Tamba Bavuma 110), India 265-8 off 50 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 79, Virat Kohli… Continue Reading →

Manchester United recovered after being rescued by the heroics of goalkeeper, David de Gea to beat Brentford 3-1 at Brentford in the English Premier League last night. Manchester United survived a torrid opening 45 minutes, when their performance was laced heavily with mediocrity as De Gea made key saves from Mathias Jensen, and Brentford missed… Continue Reading →