Nasser Hussain

Cricket expert and columnist

Articles by Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain has backed Andy Flower to return as England Test coach

Opinion

Hussain: Flower should get Test job - but 'lucky' Key has questions to answer

Australia captain Sophie Molineux (left) and England head coach Charlotte Edwards (right) chat after T20 World Cup final

Analysis

Why England should take the positives as road to Ashes begins

Australia's Ellyse Perry (left) and Sophie Molineux (right) celebrate the Women's T20 World Cup victory at Lord's

Opinion

Hussain: Australia too good but England were too timid

England in action during West Indies in the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup match at Lord's (PA Images)

Hussain: England must take no 'mental baggage' into Australia final

Opinion

Nasser wants honesty from McCullum amid England's attention-to-detail crisis

Sophia Dunkley made 57 against Scotland having filled in at No 3 in Nat Sciver-Brunt's absence

Analysis

Nasser: England must step up against unbeaten West Indies

England captain Ben Stokes

Hussain: Time for ECB to back Stokes

New Zealand's Nathan Smith looks on as a groundsman flattens the pitch on day two

Analysis

Hussain: Substandard Lord's pitch is not good enough

England suffered a 38-run defeat to India on Thursday night

Hussain questions England 'changing winning formula' in India loss

Ben Stokes' first appearance of the season came for Durham against Worcestershire in the County Championship

Nasser: Stokes' lack of matches leads to 'too much tinkering'

Ben Stokes needs to start scoring runs, according to former England captain Nasser Hussain

Nasser: Stokes needs to get back to batting the way he used to

Opinion

Nasser's T20 World Cup predictions: Winners and England's chances

Ben Duckett's poor series continued as he was dismissed second ball in England's second innings in Adelaide

Analysis

Have England blinked with Bazball approach en route to Ashes defeat?

England captain Stokes consoles Will Jacks after England's third-Test defeat

Opinion

'No different' - Hussain bemoans England's old frailties after Ashes slump

England captain Stokes consoles Will Jacks after England's third-Test defeat

Exclusive

'No different' - Hussain bemoans England's old frailties after Ashes slump

Ben Duckett's poor series continued as he was dismissed second ball in England's second innings in Adelaide

Analysis

Have England blinked with Bazball approach en route to Ashes defeat?

Ollie Pope was dismissed for three on day two in Adelaide as his wait for a first Ashes fifty continues

Analysis

'Chaotic Pope innings set tone for England batting failure'

Ollie Pope was dismissed for three on day two in Adelaide as his wait for a first Ashes fifty continues

Analysis

'Chaotic Pope innings set tone for England batting failure'

Opinion

Stokes' rebuke of England players reminds Nasser of Klopp methods

Captain Ben Stokes' strong character will be vital as England look to bounce back from their two-day defeat, says Hussain

Analysis

Hussain: Wheels came off as England got Bazballed

Mark Wood and Shoaib Bashir are in 12-man England squad for first Ashes Test against Australia from Friday

Wood, Bashir in 12-man England squad for first Ashes Test

England fast bowler Mark Wood is in line to play in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth from Friday

England 'optimistic' that 'rapid' Wood will play in first Ashes Test

Root's highest score in Tests in Australia is the 89 he struck in Brisbane during the 2021/22 series

Analysis

Will 'machine' Root score away Ashes ton - and why has he not done so yet?

Analysis

India's Cricket World Cup triumph: 'Sleeping giant is well and truly awake'

Alice Capsey scored a half-century during England's World Cup semi-final defeat

Analysis

England out of World Cup - the good, the bad and the future

Teenager Davina Perrin hit the fastest ton in women's Hundred and the second fastest overall for the Northern Superchargers

Nasser Hussain: Davina Perrin's ton for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred a 'life-changing' day for teenager

Jofra Archer, England

Analysis

England in need of 'special' Jofra Archer after India defeat in second Test but Lord's return is 'a gamble'

Sussex's Jofra Archer in action during day two of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match at Durham

Analysis

Jofra Archer selection ahead of second India Test a 'gamble' for England, says Nasser Hussain

Dawson took 4-20 in his first England international for three years, and first at home in eight

Analysis

Liam Dawson: England 'must pick' spinner for 2026 T20 World Cup after 'masterclass' in West Indies win

England's spinner Shoaib Bashir took nine-wickets in the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe

Analysis

Hussain: Bashir loves playing under Stokes and it will make him better

Virat Kohli scored 9,230 runs in 123 Tests to stand fourth in India's all-time list of Test run-scorers

Analysis

Hussain: Kohli's aura, passion and swagger transformed Indian cricket

Suryavanshi's stunning IPL ton eclipses the emergence Sachin Tendulkar, says Sky Sports' Nasser Hussain

Analysis

A ton to top Tendulkar? Nas and Ath react to 14-year-old's IPL hundred

England's Jos Buttler (R) and Harry Brook

Nasser backs Brook to replace Buttler 'as soon as possible'

England's white-ball teams have regressed under Jos Buttler's captaincy and the time has come for change, says Michael Atherton

Analysis

Champions Trophy exit underlines regression of 'one-dimensional' England

England's Mark Wood (right) and Jos Buttler (left) in ICC Champions Trophy (Associated Press)

Nasser: Time for Buttler to move on from captaincy

England's Jofra Archer delivers a ball during the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Australia and England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on February 22, 2025. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Questions for England: Should Buttler bat up order? Worries over Archer?

Jos Buttler and Rohit Sharma (Associated Press)

Hussain: England not lazy - but must get training balance right

India's Harshit Rana celebrates the dismissal of England's Harry Brook in the first ODI at Nagpur

Hussain: England have been 'way off' in white-ball cricket

England captain Heather Knight after her side's T20 defeat to Australia in Sydney that saw them lose the Women's Ashes

Analysis

Hussain: Is England women's side improving?

England's Zak Crawley was dismissed six times in six innings by New Zealand pacer Matt Henry

Hussain: Pope and Crawley under threat when Smith returns

England's Matthew Potts took three wickets on day one of the third and final Test against New Zealand

Atkinson and Potts show England there is life after Anderson

England's Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope struggled during the 2-1 Test series defeat to Pakistan last month

Hussain: England loyal but Crawley and Pope shouldn't get comfortable

England's Ben Stokes (Associated Press)

Captain Stokes in spotlight as Pakistan tail plunders runs in Pindi

Zak Crawley averaged 27.80 across five innings in Pakistan, with one fifty

'England must learn from Pakistan loss and not just focus on Ashes'