The Dukes cricket ball dates back to 1760 when shoemaker and avid cricketer Timothy Duke established Duke & Sons and began making balls as a cottage industry at Penshurst, Kent. The company received a royal warrant in 1775 and, at the 1851 Great Exhibition, their triple-sewn

I played at Arundel the other day and got bowled out for one run. This is lovely from Cameron Ponsonby and provided timely catharsis 👇

Obviously, the differences between a village cricket fielder and a professional are enormous. So it was fitting that James Wallace and I went to Headingly to undertake a series of fielding drills with former England and renowned fielding coach, Carl Hopkinson, to show this...

The Art of Fielding for The Athletic Decent bloopers reel 🧼 nytimes.com/athletic/65917…

"You cannot do that Jacob Tanswell!"

Fielding is cricket's third element, but often goes forgotten behind batting and bowling. And it can be brutal. “The mental and physical fatigue of fielding is unlike anything an amateur is going to experience,” says Carl Hopkinson, formerly England's fielding coach and now a

Cricket is hard. Sometimes ridiculously so. The game has pushed plenty to the brink and a few more beyond. So when a youngster announces themselves on the scene with a shimmering ability that defies age, expectation and cold, hard logic, it captures the imagination and leaves an

"There’s this moment when the ball leaves your fingers..." On Jofra Archer and *those spells* of fast bowling ⏩ Thanks to Dale Steyn and Devon Malcolm OBE for chatting about when everything clicks theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep…

Spoke to England’s elite pace bowling coach Neil Killeen about how the pace unit is shaping up for The Ashes He discusses the attributes they each offer that could go some way to securing England’s first victory in Australia in a generation 🔥🏏🇦🇺 nytimes.com/athletic/66441…

Get the skinny on the Ashes fast men 🔥

The Ashes: How England will fight fire with fire in Australia by ⁦James Wallace⁩ for ⁦The Athletic⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/66441…

If Cummins can't get ya, Boland will (?) 🤫 theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct…

A great pleasure to sit down with David Gower (David Gower) and talk all things Ashes Including, after some gentle probing, who he's picking to bat at No.3 for England in Perth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺⚱️ theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct…