With the Wimbledon on, England's cricketers were asked to make their choice between Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, the defending champion at SW19 and who beat Sinner in a riveting French Open final last month.
The choice was overwhelmingly in favour of Alcaraz, the two-time Wimbledon champion. Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Shoaib Bashir, Chris Woakes, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith and Josh Tongue all picked him over Sinner, who was chosen fast bowlers Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton.
The 2025 Wimbledon kicked off in London on June 30, with Alcaraz surviving a five-set scare against the 38-year-old Fabio Fognini. He will play Oliver Tarvet in the second round. Meanwhile, Sinner beat Luca Nardi in straight sets in his first round match and is set to meet Aleksandar Vukic in the second round.
England are currently hosting India for a five-Test series for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy. They beat the visitors by five wickets in the first Test at Headingley. The second Test starts today, July 2, at Edgbaston.
We hadn't realised there was a crossover when it came to names of English cricketers and English villages, but when Stuart Broad takes the test, it's clear that it's pretty challenging to know which is a player and which is a village.
Manfred Palmes is a player, but Walden Stubbs is a village in Yorkshire. Albert Ward and Schofield Haigh are players, but surely Ledger Hill is a village? Nope, it's the name of cricketer Arthur Hill.
Lacey Green, Mickle Trafford and Kirk Hammerton are all villages, but what about Reginald Wood and Major Booth?