Gloucestershire bowler Craig Miles has retired from professional cricket to protect his “mental well-being”. The 32-year-old, who last played in June, returned to Gloucestershire this year after a six-year spell at Warwickshire. He began his career in Bristol and took 512 wickets in total in all three formats of the game. “Although this has by
Despite bowling quickly on occasions, Wood averaged 41.73 with the ball across his first 12 Tests. Then, on the advice of West Indies legend Michael Holding, he lengthened his run-up and using it for the first time, took 5-41 in the first innings of the third Test against West Indies in Saint Lucia in 2019.
Available for over a year Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma look back at Mark Wood’s England career and discuss the toll fast bowling can take on the body. The World Cup and Ashes winner has retired from international cricket, saying “the England dream has slowly been ground out of me over the last
Derbyshire all-rounder Anuj Dal has retired from professional cricket to work in financial services. The 30-year-old leaves the County Championship Division Two side after nine years to take up a full-time role with Nottingham-based Ryley Wealth Management – a firm where he has previously worked part-time while juggling his career with bat and ball. Dal
In the race between athlete and time, there is only ever one winner. Messi has pushed that defeat date back for a long, long time now. But I think maybe two things hastened it a little bit. One is the recent death of his father and the other is – although it was 1-0 on
England opener Emilio Gay has suffered a shoulder injury while batting for Durham in their One-Day Cup match with Middlesex. Gay had been feeling his right shoulder but after playing an on-drive off Toby Roland-Jones, he called for the physio. After a few minutes of treatment he left the field, retiring hurt on eight and
