Try GOLD - Free

BEN STOKES UP HOME FIRES

Daily Express

|

July 24, 2025

England's superhero landed some forceful blows on day one

UP IN the party stand, Old Trafford's vast scaffolding carbuncle, the mood was buoyant but Ben Stokes was poles apart.

England's best bowler in a gripping series landed the most forceful blows on day one of this fourth Test to gain some traction on his latest audacious call at the toss.

And as India made their way to 264-4 at the close, with dangerman Rishabh Pant retiring, hurt, Stokes threw off his superhero's cape and kept the party going.

Every year they build a sprawling, uncovered tribune here in the gap where the stage goes at money-spinning pop concerts.

MORE STORIES FROM Daily Express

Daily Express

Daily Express

Pair get life for Jewish slaughter plot

TWO men have been given life sentences for planning an Islamic State-inspired machine gun attack on a mass gathering of Jews in the Manchester area.

time to read

1 mins

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Daily Express

Is that Margot in a basque? Corset is

ANOTHER day, another corset for Margot Robbie as she and her Wuthering Heights costar Jacob Elordi touch down on home ground for the latest leg of the film's promotional tour.

time to read

1 min

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Daily Express

'Ratcliffe raises the concerns that Starmer refuses to hear'

KEIR Starmer pitched himself as a working class warrior this week but a billionaire tax exile showed he is more in touch with ordinary voters.

time to read

3 mins

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Daily Express

Flawed of the rings

BANKES SUFFERS NEW OLYMPICS NIGHTMARE

time to read

2 mins

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Daily Express

William had wanted Andrew banished immediately... 'before the rot further set in'

Why Prince of Wales argued for action after disastrous Newsnight interview

time to read

4 mins

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Daily Express

PM's defensive EU move

KEIR Starmer will brand Europe \"a sleeping giant\" as he argues the UK's future defence depends on deeper links with the EU.

time to read

1 min

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

ODDS AND NODS

THERE aren't too many obvious giantkillings today in the FA Cup fourth round, but there's plenty of scope for an accumulator.

time to read

1 min

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Tuipulotu: Title bid is over if we lose again

SCOTLAND skipper Sione Tuipulotu has told his side today's Calcutta Cup clash is 'make-or-break'.

time to read

1 mins

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

FIRST FAKENHAM WIN FOR PATRICK

STATTLER scored at Fakenham to give Patrick Mullins his first victory at the track— and earn a 10-1 quote for the St James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase.

time to read

1 min

February 14, 2026

Daily Express

Mo flying but can't sing like a Canary

MOHAMED TOURE is singing all the right notes at Norwich - even if he wasn't a fan of holding a microphone.

time to read

1 min

February 14, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size