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Manchester’s University sport – a preview

Manchester’s University sport – a preview

The 2019/20 sporting year at Manchester is set to be a big one, with tonnes of teams across many different sports playing all over the country
England’s five day failures and short form successes

England’s five day failures and short form successes

Harry Deacon analyses the Windies series so far and how the English set up is fairing in preparation for a huge summer of cricket
England win marred by homophobia

England win marred by homophobia

West Indies bowler Shannon Gabriel allegedly asked Root ‘why are you smiling? Do you like boys?’
England suffer embarrassing defeat in West Indies Test Series

England suffer embarrassing defeat in West Indies Test Series

If West Indies were to win the third Test and complete a series white-wash, it would cap a truly dismal tour from Root’s England, writes James Gill
England complete first ever tour whitewash of Sri Lanka

England complete first ever tour whitewash of Sri Lanka

Moeen Ali and Jack Leach both grabbed four wickets in a close finish to the series.
England seal Sri Lanka series with a win in the second Test

England seal Sri Lanka series with a win in the second Test

A maiden Test five-wicket haul for Jack Leach gave England their first Test series win in Sri Lanka since 2001
Heavy rain calls off England’s first One Day International

Heavy rain calls off England’s first One Day International

Johnny Bairstow and Jason Roy fell early on in the start of the Autumn tour
Alastair Cook: a cricket legend retrospective

Alastair Cook: a cricket legend retrospective

His 147 helped lead England to a 4-1 series win
James Anderson becomes Test cricket’s most prolific fast bowler

James Anderson becomes Test cricket’s most prolific fast bowler

He overtook Australian Glen McGrath by taking the final wicket of the Test series against India
Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series triumph for Australia

Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series triumph for Australia

Australia 5 for 161 (Maxwell 103*, Short 30, Willey 3-28) beat England 9 for 155 (Malan 50, Maxwell 3-10, Agar 2-15) by 5 wickets
Whitewash denied at Australia Day

Whitewash denied at Australia Day

Australia 197 for 7 (Head 96, Rashid 3-49) beat England 196 (Woakes 78, Cummins 4-24, Tye 3-33, Hazlewood 3-39) by three wickets
Sporting events coming up in Manchester

Sporting events coming up in Manchester

Back in Manchester and need a sport fix? Well look no further

Ashes Preview

Come on lads, make Jim Jeffries cry

Lessons from Western Australia

England 349 for 6 dec (Stoneman 85, Vince 82, Hardie 2-46) drew with Western Australia 342 (Philippe 88, Hinchliffe 75, Anderson 4-27, Overton 2-70)

West Indies in Lancashire, a home far from home

Arthur Salisbury looks back at the West Indies cricketers who made a name for themselves in Manchester’s satellite towns

Team Manchester Retain ECB City Cup

The Red Rose county’s entry in to the ECB City Cup competition ran out victorious

Bairstow inspires England to Old Trafford victory

It was a routine win over the West Indies.

Day One: Lancashire vs. Yorkshire

Here’s a brief look back to the history of this special meeting, and in the present day, it’s advantage Red Rose as Lancashire face Yorkshire in county cricket

Alastair Cook and the end of an era

With the retiring of Alastair Cook, Guy Williams has a look at the record-breaking England cricketer

University of Manchester’s Women’s Cricket Club on the rise

We take a look at a small University of Manchester women’s sports team with big ambitions