Mike Atherton

Female voices heard loud and clear at home of cricket. T20 World Cup final may not have been the most exciting game but it proved Lord’s has finally embraced women’s cricket

Waiting too long to do right thing and axe Brendon McCullum as Test coach means England’s managing director has little wriggle room when it comes to picking successor

Something had to give. The results and chaos around the Test team demanded change and it is Brendon McCullum who has paid the penalty, with his removal as Test head coach.

Something had to give. The results and chaos around the Test team demanded change and it is Brendon McCullum who has paid the penalty, with his removal as Test head coach.

Mike Atherton | Times Newspapers ANALYSIS: Something had to give.

It is a perfect endorsement of the longest format’s beauty, with its thorough examinations of wit, skill and heart, that simplified approach fell apart

Zimbabwean may have been more persuadable in January, with time to put things in place before English season. It feels like last six months have been wasted

Third ODI (England won toss): England beat India by 27 runs: 747 runs in total at Lord’s where left-hander passes Viv Richards’ highest ODI score on the ground

Private investors have paid astronomical sum of more than £500m to own a three-week window of the English summer — so how much has the ECB’s hand been weakened?

The 2027 schedule is confirmed with three Tests in south and nowhere north of Nottingham — to ignore such a vital part of England’s heartland cannot be right