England

Matthew Mott, England’s white-ball coach, has said he is “still hopeful” that Ben Stokes can be convinced out of his retirement from ODIs in time for England’s World Cup defence in October-November. Stokes, England’s Test captain and the Player of the Match in the 2019 World Cup final, quit ODIs last year citing an unsustainable

Zak Crawley will consider entering the next IPL auction and is lining up a return to the Big Bash League this winter. Fresh from an Ashes series in which he finished as England’s leading run-scorer, he is plotting a route into their white-ball set-up. Crawley’s opportunities in white-ball cricket have been sporadic since his Test

Alex Hales played across all three international formats for England, but has admitted that if he were a young player now, he would “chuck my eggs into the T20 basket”, and abandon any ambitions in Test cricket. Hales quit red-ball cricket in 2018, less than two years after playing the last of his 11 Tests

Alex Hales has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, at the age of 34. He signs off from his England career as a T20 World Cup winner, having played his last game in their five-wicket win over Pakistan at the MCG in November last year. Hales has been in semi-regular discussion with

A five-match series in India presents England with “an amazing opportunity” to test themselves – and their swashbuckling approach with the bat – in different conditions, according to Zak Crawley. England have a six-month break until their next Test match, which starts in Hyderabad on January 25. They struggled badly against India’s spinners on their

England coach Brendon McCullum asked Moeen Ali if he would consider playing the five-match series in India in early 2024 during their win at The Oval but was told: “That’s me done”. Moeen retired from Test cricket in September 2021 but made himself available for the Ashes after Jack Leach was diagnosed with a stress

Welsh Fire 94 for 3 (Wells 57, Little 2-22) beat Manchester Originals 85 for 4 (Buttler 37*, Afridi 2-24, Willey 2-17) by nine runs A half-century from Luke Wells, followed by two wickets in the first two balls of the innings for Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi set Welsh Fire on their way to a first

There aren’t many fairytale finishes in elite-level sport, but Stuart Broad came closer than most players ever could. In claiming Australia’s final two wickets at the Kia Oval, Broad put his personal seal on a thrilling fifth Test, closing out a series-squaring 49-run victory, and bowing out on a high with a final tally of

It might not have ended like this. There was the mutinous interview in an Ageas Bowl portacabin. The calf injury that ruled him out of the India series two years ago. The exasperation of the Ashes series he voided, and a blind-siding omission from the squad that toured the Caribbean. But Stuart Broad has often

Brendon McCullum believes that Zak Crawley‘s success against Australia validated England’s approach to Test cricket since he took over as head coach, saying of his Ashes record this summer: “People don’t do that, you know?” Crawley is one of three players – along with Joe Root and Ben Stokes – to have featured in every

Reece Topley, England’s left-arm seamer, believes that the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC) has opened up “a career path that probably outlives your international career”, and says that the more such global leagues there are, the better it will be for the world game. Topley, who is on the comeback trail after a

Moeen was sent an SOS message by Ben Stokes – which read ‘Ashes?’ – when Jack Leach England’s first-choice spinner, was ruled out of the summer with a lower-back stress fracture in the days before the series. After initially thinking it was a joke, he decided to reverse his retirement from Test cricket, having initially

Ricky Ponting believes the choice of replacement ball during Australia’s second innings in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval was a “huge blunder” which “needs to be investigated”. Umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball after the first delivery of the 37th over, deeming that it had gone out of shape after

Australia 295 and 135 for 0 (Khawaja 69*, Warner 58) need another 249 runs to beat England 283 and 395 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-100, Murphy 4-110) A day which started with Stuart Broad receiving a guard of honour from the Australians following his retirement announcement the previous night, ended with David

Stumps England 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110) lead Australia 295 by 377 runs Saturday at The Oval was never going to be quiet. After Australia had tried and failed to quieten the crowd here on day two of this fifth Ashes Test, England turned the

Australia 295 (Smith 71, Woakes 3-61) lead England 283 by 12 runs Underpinned by Steven Smith, Australia’s tortoises eked out a slender first-innings lead over England’s hares at The Oval. England had thrashed 283 in 54.4 overs on the first day, but Australia responded at a different tempo altogether. They edged ahead after exactly 99

James Anderson has reiterated he is in no mood to retire from international cricket, despite his meagre returns in the Ashes series to date, and insists he’s not far away from regaining his best form. Anderson has so far claimed five wickets at 74.80 in his four appearances in this series, and with his 41st

Australia 61 for 1 (Khawaja 26*, Labuschagne 2*) trail England 283 (Brook 85, Starc 4-82) by 222 runs The final match of the Ashes began in similar fashion to the first, with England hurtling along on the opening day with the bat. Harry Brook led the way with a sparkling 85, but this time they

Moeen Ali injured his right groin while batting for England on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test at the Kia Oval, and did not field in the evening session as a result. Moeen, who is playing what is likely to be his last Test, pulled up sore after taking a single while batting

Moeen Ali was batting on one leg by the time he arched his bat and upper-cut Pat Cummins for four over Alex Carey’s head, and Australia seemed to have let their opportunity to take control of the fifth Test slip away. Cummins had finally won a toss, his first of the series, and asked England

Richard Thompson, the ECB chair, has said that he will lobby ICC chair Greg Barclay “to ensure that schedules can be more flexible” after England’s hopes of regaining the men’s Ashes were washed away in the Manchester rain on Sunday. The fifth day of the fourth Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford was abandoned without

England have named an unchanged team for the fifth and final men’s Ashes Test at The Kia Oval, which starts on Thursday, with veteran seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad both retaining their places. The final day of the drawn fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford was wiped out by the Manchester rain, effectively giving

As Ben Stokes sweated in the Chennai sunshine earlier this year, he dreamed of spending the final week of July playing a full role with bat and ball while captaining England in an Ashes decider at The Oval. Instead, he spent the eve of the fifth Test bowling offspin in the nets, physically unable to

Olly Stone has been ruled out of the Hundred with a hamstring injury but remains optimistic about his chances of being fit to play a part in England’s 50-over World Cup defence in India in October-November. Stone hoped to feature in England’s Ashes squad this summer but has been limited to a single appearance since

Rod Bransgrove, the man who saved Hampshire cricket, has announced he will step down as the county’s chairman at the end of the season after 23 years. Bransgrove, 72, rescued Hampshire from insolvency in 2000, completed the club’s move from its 116-year home at Northlands Road to the Ageas Bowl and has overseen a successful

Harry Brook is about a month shy of a year as a Test cricketer. But on the eve of his 12th Test cap at the Kia Oval, where his journey in this format began in September 2022 against South Africa, this feels as good a time as any to reflect on his journey to date

Adil Rashid believes that England’s double-World-Cup-winning white-ball team already deserves to be remembered as “the best England squad that’s ever been”, but says they are not done with creating history as attention begins to turn to the defence of their 50-over title in India this winter. Rashid, 35, is one of the core members of

“I don’t think it’s really sunk in at the minute,” Tongue said. “Being out for so long with my shoulder, having two operations on it, not knowing what I was going to be doing and maybe retiring, then getting that call-up for the Ireland Test, words can’t really describe how I felt. Now, being in

Reece Topley is expected to make a playing comeback for Surrey in a 50-over contest against Suffolk next week, ahead of a full stint with Northern Superchargers in the Hundred, as he begins his comeback from a cruel run of injuries that derailed his participation in both the T20 World Cup in Australia last year

England have named an unchanged 14-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test at the Kia Oval, as they look to bounce back from the disappointment of drawing in Manchester with a win to square the series. Despite being “pretty much perfect throughout”, in the words of captain Ben Stokes, England were unable to force victory