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Jonny Bairstow‘s recovery from a “horrific” broken leg means he can still do little more than run in straight lines. But he can think in straight lines, too, and he has identified a return to Yorkshire wicketkeeping duties as necessary to maximise his chances of playing in this summer’s Ashes series. A freak accident when

Ben Duckett says that the prospect of being involved in his first Ashes gives him “shivers”, 18 years after being glued to the sofa as England reclaimed the urn from Australia in an epic series. Duckett was 10 years old and already hooked on the game by the summer of 2005, but believes that many

Ollie Robinson has been likened to Glenn McGrath for his height and metronomic bowling style, and the England man seems keen to fulfil a similar pantomime villain role when it comes to the Ashes. Having suggested a couple of weeks ago, in an interview with BBC local radio, that England could give Australia “a good

Melbourne Stars have hired former England and current Nottinghamshire coach Peter Moores to take charge of the trophy-less BBL club for the next two seasons. Moores will become the only current overseas coach in the BBL, filling the role vacated by David Hussey after he chose to take up a position as Victoria’s head of

Jonny Bairstow will not play IPL 2023 as the England wicketkeeper-batter, who plays for Punjab Kings, continues to recover from the freak injury he picked up last September. ESPNcricinfo has learned that uncapped Australian batter Matthew Short will be Bairstow’s replacement for the 2023 season. Kings, via the BCCI, had been waiting for Bairstow’s exact

When snow hit large swathes of southern England on March 8 this year, a flurry of quips followed: it must almost be time for the county cricket season to begin. Those dry-witted weather predictions came true one year ago, on March 31, as photographer Matthew Lewis lined up to snap Nottinghamshire’s players and coaching staff

Mark Alleyne, the former Gloucestershire and England allrounder, has been named as Glamorgan’s new white-ball coach. Alleyne, 54, takes over T20 duties from Matthew Maynard, who has retained the red-ball role following Glamorgan’s strong showing in last year’s County Championship, while he will also oversee their 50-over fortunes, with David Harrison departing after guiding the

Laurie Evans has had his provisional suspension from all cricket lifted after a positive test for a banned substance caused him to miss the English winter. Evans denied any wrongdoing after failing a routine anti-doping test while playing for Manchester Originals in the Hundred last year, saying he was “shocked” at his positive result. But

ESPNcricinfo understands that Hales has been in talks with MLC franchises about his availability for the tournament, but several teams are worried that the ECB could block NOCs since the new league takes place during the English summer. While centrally contracted England players appear unlikely to be granted NOCs, players on white-ball-only deals with their

Moeen Ali will captain Warwickshire in the T20 Blast this summer, having re-signed for the club after 16 years with Worcestershire. He has previously captained Worcestershire and Birmingham Phoenix in short-form cricket, and has led England in one ODI and 11 T20Is. “I’m really grateful to be given the opportunity to captain my hometown club,”

Clare Connor has been appointed as deputy chief executive officer at the ECB, while taking on the new position of England women’s managing director that more closely mirrors Rob Key’s role with the men’s team. Connor, who captained England from 2000 to 2005, spent 15 years as the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket and

Will Jacks has been ruled out of the 2023 IPL due to injury, ESPNcricinfo understands. Jacks was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 3.2 crore (£320,000) at December’s auction, and would have provided cover for Glenn Maxwell in their middle order. But he sustained a muscle injury while fielding in England’s recent victory in

Bangladesh 158 for 2 (Litton 73, Shanto 47*, Jordan 1-21) beat England 142 for 6 (Malan 53, Buttler 40, Taskin 2-26) by 16 runs Bangladesh handed England only their second 3-0 loss in a T20I bilateral series with the 16-run win in the third game in Dhaka. The hosts, despite it being a dead rubber,

David Saker, England’s bowling coach during their ascent to the No. 1 Test ranking a decade ago, has agreed to return to the role for this summer’s Ashes, after being sounded out by the Test captain, Ben Stokes. Saker, 56, is currently in Bangladesh working with England’s white-ball squad, but has agreed to link up

Bangladesh 120 for 6 (Shanto 46*, Mehidy 20) beat England 117 (Duckett 28, Salt 25, Mehidy 4-12) by four wickets The optimistic Bangladesh fan would have predicted exactly the opposite of what happened in this England tour. Shakib Al Hasan’s men won the T20I series, convincingly in the second game in Dhaka, after conceding the

Will Jonny Bairstow be fit to play the IPL? Punjab Kings are waiting anxiously for an answer to that question, with the IPL getting underway in about three weeks. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Kings are waiting for medical clearance from ECB on Bairstow, who is recovering from the freak leg injury he suffered last September.

Bangladesh 158 for 4 (Shanto 51, Shakib 34*) beat England 156 for 6 (Buttler 67, Hasan 2-26) by six wickets “New Bangladesh” took down England in the first T20I in Chattogram, gunning down the 157-run chase in impressive fashion. The new-look side that had one player returning after eight years, one after two years and

Sam Billings insists he has no regrets about his decision to miss ongoing England’s white-ball tour to Bangladesh in order to play for Lahore Qalandars in the PSL. Several England players without central contracts – including Alex Hales, Liam Dawson and Tymal Mills – opted to fulfil their more lucrative PSL deals rather than travelling

Michael Vaughan‘s lawyer has said “due process” was denied to his client, and “sent on holiday” in the ECB’s investigations into charges that he made racist comments to four Asian and British-Asian players in 2009. Christopher Stoner KC, representing Vaughan, called the investigation “wholly and woefully inadequate” on the final day of the Cricket Discipline

Jos Buttler admitted that planning for the long term was of greater benefit than any short-term fine-tuning – even in England’s final overseas ODI ahead of this winter’s 50-over World Cup – after they slipped to a 50-run defeat in the third ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram. With a 2-0 lead already secured from the

Mark Wood has played down his expectations of involvement in England’s bid to regain the Ashes this summer, suggesting that he is unlikely to play more than two or three of the five Tests against Australia. Wood was England’s leading wicket-taker and best bowler during their 4-0 defeat on the 2021/22 tour, but has only

Will Jacks‘ seemingly never-ending winter has been cut short by an injury, which will see him fly home early from England’s tour to Bangladesh. Jacks hurt his left thigh while fielding in England’s 132-run victory in Friday’s second ODI, which saw them clinch the series with a game to spare. “Jacks will fly home in

Sam Curran has hailed the competition for places among England’s white-ball seam attack as Jos Buttler’s squad builds towards the defence of their 50-over World Cup title in India later this year. Curran took 4 for 29 in the second ODI against Bangladesh on Friday, including a devastating burst of 3 for 19 in five

A set plan to tackle the spinners with sweeps and reverse sweeps in addition to overlooking the “smoke” around his batting form allowed Jason Roy to make 132 off 124 balls in a series-winning effort in the second ODI against Bangladesh. Roy’s ton was big enough to end the hosts’ proud home record of seven

Historic tweets from Michael Vaughan took centre stage on the third day of the ECB’s racism hearings, as the former England captain denied having made the statement that forms the core of the ECB’s charge of bringing the game into disrepute. As he has done publicly before, Vaughan emphatically denied ever having said, “There’s too

Harry Brook has made a stunning start to his career as a Test cricketer but this weekend he will swap Bazball for baseball as he tries his hand at a different kind of hitting. Brook, who has made 809 runs and four hundreds in his first four Tests, arrived in the United States on Wednesday

Adil Rashid has denied being pressured into supporting Azeem Rafiq’s claims that their former team-mate, the ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, made racist remarks to a group of Asian players ahead of a Yorkshire T20 match in 2009. Rashid, who is currently on tour with England’s white-ball squad in Bangladesh, joined the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing

Big picture – Can the likes of Mushfiqur and Shakib stand up? England know all too well the importance of taking a 1-0 lead against Bangladesh in Dhaka. The last time it happened, in 2016, England ended up winning the series 2-1 despite the home side bouncing back with a win in the second game.

Brendon McCullum is confident that Ben Stokes’ involvement in the Indian Premier League will not jeopardise his participation in the Ashes this summer. Stokes, England’s Test captain, has found himself in the middle of a franchise versus country dilemma: insistent on fulfilling his £1.6million contract for Chennai Super Kings despite a left knee that requires

The ECB opened the long-awaited, much-delayed Cricket Discipline Commission’s racism hearings by laying out its case against, among others, former fast bowlers Matthew Hoggard and Tim Bresnan. On the opening day of hearings at the International Arbitration Centre in London, the ECB accused Hoggard, Bresnan and John Blain of repeatedly making racist remarks while at