Southee at the double as England slump

Tim Southee, right, celebrates the dismissal of Matt PriorTim Southee took two wickets in successive balls, and England lost four for nine runs, as a sudden collapse took hold on the second morning of the first Investec Test against New Zealand.Day ...

Matt Prior's love of cycling has sparked an upshift in his Test form and fitness. The 31-year-old became "The one thing that took me by surprise was the escapism. You are out here with a lot of time to yourself with no mobile phones and no worrying ...

, 12:03 pm England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has dismissed any suggestion that the Black Caps are a mere warm-up to the Ashes. The first test starts at Lord's on Thursday, with England to then play Australia in July. Prior says playing for your ...

ENGLAND were indebted to their wicket-keeper Matt Prior who helped them scrape to an unlikely draw in a thrilling final test in Auckland. Matt Prior's 110 pulled England out of a hole Prior's unbeaten knock of 110 foiled the hosts and prevented them ...

Matt Prior is the equal of Australian great Adam ­Gilchrist, writes Richard Edwards. That's the view of former England wicket-keeper Jack Russell, who watched Prior inspire his country to their great escape in ­Auckland with a ­superb ­unbeaten ...

Matt Prior has increasingly been hailed as England's ultimate team man, but for once he is celebrating an individual achievement. Prior has been named as England's cricketer of the year and received his award at a celebratory dinner in the Long Room ...

Perhaps Prior's position in this trinity will come under scrutiny. Certainly, the fact that he has been curiously hopeless at both formats of limited-overs internationals must be raised. (He was dropped from England's ODI side two years ago, and ...

Contrasting performances with the bat have helped India's Cheteshwar Pujara and England's wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior to move into the top 10 of latest ICC Test Player Rankings for batsmen, for the first-time in their careers. The latest ...

Matt Prior inspired a Sussex fightback by equalling the record for the most dismissals in an innings against champions Warwickshire on day two of their LV=Championship game at Hove. The England wicketkeeper became the ninth Sussex player to claim ...