Split captaincy is the way forward for England: Mike Atherton
London: Slamming the team's decision-making and selections, former captain Mike Atherton has said split captaincy between Test and one-day cricket is an obvious way forward for England. "England's decision-making over the last cycle, though, is still based ...
Former England midfielder Reid follows crowd to new Indian league
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Former England midfielder Peter Reid became the latest high-profile name to sign up for the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) after he was named manager of the Mumbai franchise on Thursday. During his playing career, the ...
England must improve for Swiss test: Rooney
LONDON: Wayne Rooney admits England will have to improve on their lacklustre performance against Norway if they are to avoid a dispiriting start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in Switzerland. Rooney marked his first game as England's permanent ...
India aim for clean sweep in fifth ODI against England
A rampaging Team India will be looking to add more misery to England’s woes when they look to come away with a 4-0 series sweep with a win in the final ODI Leeds: Series already in their pocket, a rampaging India would look to keep the foot on the pedal ...
Brave new England fail to excite the masses
LONDON (Reuters) - The promise of the start of a brave new England was hardly given much impetus at an underpopulated Wembley despite Wayne Rooney beginning his captaincy with the winning penalty in a 1-0 victory over Norway on Wednesday. For the first ...
Rooney lifts England past Norway ahead of Euro qualifying campaign
New captain Wayne Rooney rescued Roy Hodgson from embarrassment as a record-low crowd watched England sneak past Norway in a dull and uninspiring friendly at Wembley. Just 40,181 turned up to the national stadium to watch England register a 1-0 win thanks ...
Rooney's penalty kick leads England over Norway 1-0 in sparsely-attended Wembley exhibition
LONDON – Wayne Rooney converted a penalty kick in the 68th minute of his first game as England's captain, an uninspiring 1-0 exhibition victory over Norway on Wednesday night in front a record-low crowd at the new Wembley Stadium. In England's first game ...
England vs. Norway: Winners and Losers from International Friendly
It took a Wayne Rooney penalty for England to edge Norway 1-0 at Wembley on Wednesday. Raheem Sterling, who was generally the best player on the pitch over the 90 minutes, drew the spot-kick when he was hauled to ground by Omar Elabdellaoui in the 67th minute.
England’s new order looks like the old order and the one before that
Welcome, then, to the new England order. Which looks, on the face of it, quite a lot like the old England order. This friendly international had been trailed in the match programme as the start of “a new journey”, a moment of fresh starts and new ...
Vaughan says Cook must go as England ODI skipper
Leeds (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Michael Vaughan said Wednesday that Alastair Cook must be sacked as England's one-day international captain if they are to have any chance of winning next year's World Cup. England's humiliating nine-wicket ODI defeat by ...
