The visitors reduced Surrey to 57 for two by the end of play at the Oval and they trail by 145 runsLehmann and Prest in the middle; Topley, leaping up and down at the top of his mark, to finish his over. And the sun is out.Just realised I’ve been watching the covers on day two on the stream. No wonder it all looked so familiar. Play is actually about to start at The Oval! Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:14:12 GMT]
Ben Stokes likely to leave England captaincy and 'retire' from Test cricket amid nightclub controversy The Times of IndiaEngland's Ben Stokes & Gus Atkinson investigated over nightclub incident BBCTotoa Auvaa: The 6.5 Feet, 125kg Rugby Player At The Centre Of Ben Stokes' Nightclub Row NDTV Sports
[The Times of India : Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:37:00 GMT]
Midnight bedtime was entirely a public relations exercise to reconnect with fans – the same fans the ECB invites to one long piss-up at Lord’sThe laws of cricket run to more than 200 pages. The International Cricket Council’s Test playing regulations fill another 125, the anti-doping code packs another 66, the code of conduct is 44 more, illegal bowling actions 37, kit and equipment 36. You’d be hard pressed to find one single rule anywhere among them as silly as the one we know Ben Stokes has just broken, which stipulates that players can’t stay out past midnight. And yes, that does include ICC clothing regulation 19.45, which says that the maximum size of the manufacturer’s label permitted on ankle of players’ socks is two square inches.So far as we know, the only thing Stokes has done wrong is break this self-imposed curfew. That may change. The investigation may reveal more details about his alleged involvement in an altercation involving a rugby player. But if there was one very clear lesson from the last time Stokes was involved in a situation such as this, at Embargo nightclub in 2017, it is that it’s worth waiting for the facts. But the drums have already started thumping. Dread phrases such as “hanging by a thread” and “hard to see how he can continue” were all over the press. Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:20:45 GMT]