Barney Ronay

Brook’s hoodlum hundred deserves to sit in its own brilliant square of light An England victory on the final day against India would probably nudge his 111 as the greatest at the Oval in the modern age

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He averages 58 and has won 19 of his 29 tests. Reckon he knows what to do. The old ways were less successful than this way

Brook’s hoodlum hundred deserves to sit in its own brilliant square of light An England victory on the final day against India would probably nudge his 111 as the greatest at the Oval in the modern age

Harry brook and the most fun anyone has ever had playing for England www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

England endure ugly case of the drops without superego Stokes in the field | Barney Ronay India are in the box seat after adding an extra 127 runs owing to missed catches, sloppy bowling and poor field placement

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The soundtrack of the women’s Euros was happiness … and some men can’t cope | Barney Ronay Familiar tones of rage, pain and betrayal that envelop men’s football were missing during England’s joyful run to glory

Stop the voices
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The soundtrack of the women’s Euros was happiness … and some men can’t cope | Barney Ronay Familiar tones of rage, pain and betrayal that envelop men’s football were missing during England’s joyful run to glory

Stop the voices
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Gambhir’s India can’t escape the Fortis-verse on rain-hit day Groundsman’s revenge at the Oval, and reminders of grim episode that reflects poorly on India’s head coach, and on the power dynamics of elite cricket

Enter Groundsman
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Gambhir’s India can’t escape the Fortis-verse on rain-hit day Groundsman’s revenge at the Oval, and reminders of grim episode that reflects poorly on India’s head coach, and on the power dynamics of elite cricket

Enter Groundsman
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Oleksandr Usyk wraps Ukraine’s flag around himself and his fists around Daniel Dubois | Barney Ronay No boxer has ever represented his country to this degree: Usyk is a living embodiment of his nation’s defiance of the Russian invasion

Usyk says he wants a rest. Come off it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Oleksandr Usyk wraps Ukraine’s flag around himself and his fists around Daniel Dubois | Barney Ronay No boxer has ever represented his country to this degree: Usyk is a living embodiment of his nation’s defiance of the Russian invasion

Usyk says he wants a rest. Come off it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Are Arsenal finally signing Viktor Gyökeres? It’s already real in the digital hive mind | Barney Ronay The Swedish striker has become more meme than man but the reality is he is the very good thing fans asked for, on a tray, ready to go

Terminally Gyokeres
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Are Arsenal finally signing Viktor Gyökeres? It’s already real in the digital hive mind | Barney Ronay The Swedish striker has become more meme than man but the reality is he is the very good thing fans asked for, on a tray, ready to go

Terminally Gyokeres
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Say the words “firing humans” without saying the words “firing humans”

Stokes is a destiny man who loomed over Lord’s like the angel of the north The England captain can realistically set his sights on winning the series against India, then the Ashes

All the Stokes all the time
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Stokes is a destiny man who loomed over Lord’s like the angel of the north The England captain can realistically set his sights on winning the series against India, then the Ashes

All the Stokes all the time
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Ignore the memes, Harry – those splayed stumps speak of Brook’s focus on glory | Barney Ronay An ugly dismissal against India looked dreadful, but Brook’s bold approach has won England more Tests than it has lost

Brilliant day of cricket
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Ignore the memes, Harry – those splayed stumps speak of Brook’s focus on glory | Barney Ronay An ugly dismissal against India looked dreadful, but Brook’s bold approach has won England more Tests than it has lost

Brilliant day of cricket
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Ball bother is dominating the India series but the Dukes is not the problem | Barney Ronay Complaints over its general condition have been frustratingly prominent but the real issue is red-ball cricket has drastically changed

Ball handcuffs and ring-pieces
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Also Part one of a six stage investigation into Paddington and the Bonneville-industrial complex

Lord’s was the scenery: art and beauty of West Indies’ historic first win 75 years ago | Barney Ronay The Victory Test against England has been immortalised in calypso song but is going unremarked during this series

Lords of the Windrush
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Jasprit Bumrah marvels for India with next level showing to dismantle top order | Barney Ronay Seamer’s five-for reaffirmed he is on numbers, skill and spectacle perhaps the greatest fast bowler of all time

Jas-funk
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Jasprit Bumrah marvels for India with next level showing to dismantle top order | Barney Ronay Seamer’s five-for reaffirmed he is on numbers, skill and spectacle perhaps the greatest fast bowler of all time

Jas-funk
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Welcome to The Crawley Zone, where endless backing doesn’t always deliver results | Barney Ronay The England opener walked off with 18 from 43 balls at Lord’s in the third Test against India, but to criticise those numbers is a kind of cultural faux pas

The endless summer of Zak Crawley
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Welcome to The Crawley Zone, where endless backing doesn’t always deliver results | Barney Ronay The England opener walked off with 18 from 43 balls at Lord’s in the third Test against India, but to criticise those numbers is a kind of cultural faux pas

The endless summer of Zak Crawley
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I hope skunk era Pietersen is credited

YouTube video by Good Areas with Jarrod Kimber The new Punk Rock number 5s | #cricket

How did we end up with Rishabh Pant, Travis Head and Harry Brook at number five messing things up.

It involves Sachin, Lara and Kallis, the wobbleball and T20 cricket

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Listen to Joey, sport is always trying to tell you something, even by the medium of hot dogs | Barney Ronay As Joey Chestnut, the Ronaldo of speed eating, regains his world hotdog crown, he’s holding up a mirror to our world

Dog Star
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Listen to Joey, sport is always trying to tell you something, even by the medium of hot dogs | Barney Ronay As Joey Chestnut, the Ronaldo of speed eating, regains his world hotdog crown, he’s holding up a mirror to our world

Dog Star
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Senseless death of Diogo Jota will not stop us celebrating what he brought life | Barney Ronay His loved ones’ lives are changed for ever and at one level this is not a sports story. But Jota’s footballing talent, heart and will should be cherished, amid the grief

Diogo Jota
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Jack Draper enters the Wimbledon meat grinder as Britain’s Big Thing | Barney Ronay First-round stroll past Báez shed light on shapes, sounds and iconography of newfound Draper fandom at SW19

Draper: fresh meat, influencers influencing and a pure talent
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