Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport Tomorrow sees the conclusion of the mammoth six week-long Cricket World Cup with a 'local derby' final between Antipodean rivals Australia and New Zealand. The tournament has been an absolute festival of runs, punctuated by a seemingly endless ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport Test cricket is all that really matters. ODIs are just a Disneyfied version of the real thing, designed for people who want things now, people who measure excitement in terms of boundaries and cartwheeling stumps, people who don’t appreciate the beauty ...
By Jots du Jardin @jotsdujardin @TLE_Sport Stuart Lancaster's squad selection is an admission that he'd be happy to only reach the quarter finals in next year's World Cup. It's the type of squad he believes he'll need to beat Australia and Wales in 2015, not South Africa, New Zealand and ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The vote for Scottish independence seems to have raised a few eyebrows in God’s County. If a country that is less populous and has a relatively similar economic fabric wants to go at it alone, shedding the out-of-touch heart of England that ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Writer @davidjdewinter Cricket is a game of fine margins. Matches, even series turn on a crucial decision, an important wicket, a dogged innings or a dropped catch. This is the difference between success and failure. One regularly hears soundbites from cricketers ...
In a tribute to his most famous screen character, Jim Royle, he said: “Guilty, my arse.”