Three memories of cricket in 2025
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England failures find success at Trent Bridge Peter Moores grew up in Macclesfield, a northern town that would not feel out of place in Surrey. Maybe that upbringing bred his ability to fit in, find a way to communicate and always be of one’s place, regardless of where that place may be. After winning the County Championship with Sussex in 2003, Moores was appointed coach of the England men’s team. Like pretty much all of his predecessors, his reign ended in failure, precipitated by a falling out with Kevin Pietersen (I guess that slips comfortably into the “it happens” category). Dusting himself down, he went to Lancashire and, in 2011, delivered a first outright Championship to Old...