'Door open' for test return, says England's Moeen
LONDON : All-rounder Moeen Ali said he is open to playing test cricket again under new England coach Brendon McCullum.
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Ben Stokes Backs Brendon McCullum To Make England "Feel 10 Feet Tall"
Ben Stokes has said Brendon McCullum was already making England's players "feel 10 feet tall" ahead of the first Test against the coach's native New Zealand at Lord's starting Thursday. The series opener of a three-match contest will be England's first since new Test captain Stokes, himself born in New Zealand but brought up in Cumbria, in England's northwest, succeeded Joe Root as skipper. It will also be England's first game following the appointment of former New Zealand captain McCullum as their Test coach, with the new leadership duo bidding to revive the fortunes of a team who have won just one of their last 17 matches at this level and gone over 12 months without a red-ball series victory.
England vs New Zealand: Ben Stokes backs coach Brendon McCullum to make England feel '10 feet tall'
Ben Stokes has said Brendon McCullum was already making England's players "feel 10 feet tall" ahead of the first Test against the coach's native New Zealand at Lord's starting Thursday. The series opener of a three-match contest will be England's first since new Test captain Stokes, himself born in New Zealand but brought up in Cumbria, in England's northwest, succeeded Joe Root as skipper. It will also be England's first game following the appointment of former New Zealand captain McCullum as their Test coach, with the new leadership duo bidding to revive the fortunes of a team who have won just one of their last 17 matches at this level and gone over 12 months without a red-ball series victory. They now face a New Zealand side that under Kane Williamson, McCullum's successor as captain, became the inaugural World Test champions by defeating India in the final at Southampton last year, shortly after they completed a 1-0 campaign triumph away to England. For all the talk of a fresh start, England had just one debutant in fast bowler Matthew Potts when they named a familiar-looking XI on Wednesday.
Rugby-Union vote clears way for private equity investment in New Zealand Rugby
(Reuters) - A special general meeting of New Zealand Rugby in Auckland voted in favour of a NZ$200 million ($129.42 million) private equity investment from U.S. firm Silver Lake on Thursday, the final step in the approval process for the groundbreaking deal.
Union vote clears way for private equity investment in New Zealand Rugby
A special general meeting of New Zealand Rugby in Auckland voted in favour of a NZ$200 million ($129.42 million) private equity investment from U.S. firm Silver Lake on Thursday, the final step in the approval process for the groundbreaking deal.
England v New Zealand: start of a new era in English cricket under Stokes and McCullum
The world champions of Test cricket will return to the site of a recent glory when New Zealand face England in the first Test of the UK summer, starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Former Wales and Lions rugby star 'blown away' by MBE
Former Wales and Lions star Brynmor Williams says he is “blown away” at receiving an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The 70-year-old ex-Cardiff, Swansea and Newport scrum-half has been recognised for his services to sport and charity in Wales.
Loner bullied at school went on to become 'literal Nazi' who posted vile racist hate online and downloaded terrorist documents
A loner who was bullied at school posted vile racist hate online and downloaded two terrorist documents. Extremist Mason Yates, from Cheshire, described himself as a 'literal Nazi'.