England

News Fast bowler expected to be out of action until May at the earliest after successful procedure Mark Wood, the England fast bowler, has undergone elbow surgery in London to address an “impingement issue” that caused him to pull out of both the ongoing West Indies tour and the IPL. Wood pulled up injured midway

News “I couldn’t be more positive of what we’ve done over these past three-and-a-half weeks,” says interim coach Interim head coach Paul Collingwood has said that despite England’s loss to West Indies he believes the team is making progress and that he “couldn’t be more positive of what we’ve done over these past three-and-a-half weeks”.

News Claims England made “big improvements” and played some “brilliant cricket” despite defeat to West Indies Joe Root has insisted that he retains the backing of England’s Test players and wants to continue in the job as captain, despite defeat in the Caribbean extending their run without a series victory to five – a sequence

News Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan lead calls for change of leadership England’s defeat on the Spice Isle was Root’s 26th in 64 Tests as captain since his appointment five years ago, meaning that only two men in Test history – Stephen Fleming (27) and Graeme Smith (29) – have overseen more defeats. While Root said

Report Match wrapped up in style inside an hour-and-a-half on the fourth morning West Indies 297 (da Silva 100*) and 28 for 0 (Brathwaite 20*) beat England 204 and 120 (Mayers 5-18) by ten wickets The stadium DJ was playing “London Bridge is Falling Down” as the last rites of England’s Caribbean humiliation were being

Close England 204 and 103 for 8 (Mayers 5-9) lead West Indies 297 (da Silva 100*) by 10 runs West Indies are closing in on a stunning victory in the third Test in Grenada, after Kyle Mayers’ blink-of-an-eye five-wicket haul seized on the dogged, emotional efforts of Joshua Da Silva’s maiden Test century to leave

Report Stokes the catalyst as England quicks drag lengths back to make inroads Lunch West Indies 71 for 3 (Bonner, 1*, Blackwood 1*) trail England 204 (Mahmood 49, Leach 41*, Seales 3-40) by 133 runs England’s seamers battled back before lunch on the second morning in St George’s, bagging three quick wickets after a flat

News Sky Sports commentator admits ‘lifestyle’ is a factor as he weighs up high-profile vacancy Rob Key, the former Kent captain turned Sky Sports commentator, has confirmed he is in the running to become the new managing director of England men’s cricket, but concedes that the “lifestyle” of the role may be the deciding factor

West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against England West Indies won the toss on a humid morning in Grenada and chose to bowl first, amid the expectation that a seamer-friendly surface for the third Test could finally break the deadlock in a bat-dominated series. “There’s just some moisture around, the pitch

Report Defending champions bowl out Pakistan for 105 to keep semi-final hopes alive England Women 107 for 1 (Wyatt 76*, Knight 24*) beat Pakistan Women 105 all out (Ameen 32, Brunt 3-17, Ecclestone 3-18) by nine wickets Katherine Brunt and Danni Wyatt rediscovered some form to dovetail with England’s World Cup resurgence as the defending

News Fitness under scrutiny as relapse on eve of Grenada Test caps desperate tour for seamer Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the third and final Test against West Indies in Grenada, following a recurrence of the back problem that forced him to miss each of the drawn Tests in Antigua and Barbados this

News England opener hit with mystery sanction by Cricket Discipline Commission Jason Roy has been fined £2,500 and handed a suspended two-match ban by the ECB, who released a cryptic statement that posed more questions than it answered on Tuesday afternoon. The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) – a body that hears disciplinary cases in the

Jack Leach, England’s left-arm spinner, says he has been studying YouTube videos of Graeme Swann in a bid to hone his attacking instincts, after coming through an extraordinary workload in Barbados with a better understanding of his role within the team. Leach churned through 94.5 overs for his six wickets in last week’s second Test

News Coach praises team spirit after battling for the upper hand in Antigua and Barbados Ollie Robinson and Craig Overton will be available for the third and final Test against West Indies in Grenada, as England look to force a 1-0 victory against a side that has held on for a draw in the opening

Joe Root praised both the fighting qualities of his England team, and the resilience shown by West Indies – in particular their indefatigable captain, Kraigg Brathwaite – as the second Test in Barbados finished in stalemate on the fifth and final evening. After a feisty declaration push in the morning session, led by another sparky

Report Windies pair look to dig in after Mahmood, Leach strikes have tourists’ tails up Tea West Indies 411 and 65 for 3 (Brathwaite 32*, Blackwood 14*) need 217 runs vs England 507 for 9 dec and 185 for 6 dec (Lawrence 41, Crawley 40, Bairstow 29) Three wickets in the middle session gave England

Report It will be a virtual knockout with both teams having lost three matches apiece Toss England Women opted to bowl vs New Zealand Women In a match dubbed as the virtual knockout, England opted to bowl first with inclement weather around at the Eden Park in Auckland in the Women’s World Cup. The toss

Report Windies captain falls for 160 as visitors take 3 for 45 in middle session Tea West Indies 396 for 8 (Da Silva 24*, Permaul 4*) trail England 507 for 9 dec by 111 runs Jack Leach finally prised out Kraigg Brathwaite for a dogged 160 as West Indies crept towards England’s first-innings total, but

News Hosts facing elimination if they cannot arrest slump in form, as group-stage hots up Katherine Brunt believes that the pressure will be ramped up on the tournament hosts New Zealand in Sunday’s crucial group-stage encounter at Eden Park, as they take on England in what is effectively a knock-out contest in an extraordinarily tight

Report Brathwaite offers resistance with unbeaten 44 as Leach, Stokes make inroads Lunch West Indies 114 for 3 (Brathwaite 44*, Blackwood 7*) trail England 507 for 9 dec by 393 runs England added two more wickets on the third morning to keep the pressure on West Indies during the second Test in Barbados. After resuming

News The England quick picked up the injury during the first Test in the West Indies last week Mark Wood, the England fast bowler, will not take part in IPL 2022 for Lucknow Super Giants, after picking up a right elbow injury during the first Test against West Indies in North Sound last week. ESPNcricinfo

Report Stokes brings up ton, Root passes 150 as hosts claim three wickets in afternoon session Tea England 482 for 6 (Woakes 30*, Foakes 27*) vs West Indies Ben Stokes brought up his century to forge England to a commanding 482 for 6 at tea on the second day of the second Test against West

News Naeem Ashraf, Sue Redfern, and Jack Shantry among 34-strong panel The ECB has created a new 34-strong professional umpires’ team following an independent review into the officiating of top-level cricket in England and Wales, with Sue Redfern becoming the first woman on the panel. ESPNcricinfo revealed in 2020 that the ECB had been accused

England hope a four-wicket victory against India finally sets their World Cup defence rolling after breaking the winless streak that had put their campaign in peril. After close defeats to Australia, West Indies and South Africa – the latter two characterised by sub-par performances in the field – England held their catches and pulled off

Report England’s bowlers came in with a clear plan to bowl fuller to the Indian side and they executed well 36.2 overs India Women 134 (Mandhana 35, Ghosh 33, Dean 4-23) vs England Women Rookie offspinner Charlie Dean claimed four wickets as India were bowled out for 134 in 36.2 overs to give England a

News Lancashire quick will become cap No.702 after being inked in for maiden appearance Saqib Mahmood will be handed England cap No.702 on Wednesday morning, after being locked in for his Test debut at Bridgetown in the second Test against West Indies. Mahmood, 25, was named in England’s XI a day in advance of the

News “Still an element of that that might be getting a little bit overlooked from people outside of the cricket environment” Kate Cross has warned that the difficulties of constantly being required to live in biosecure bubbles in order to play cricket “might be getting a little bit overlooked”, as England approach a critical juncture

The ECB is set to launch a high-performance review into English cricket with the ambition of making the England men’s team “the best in the world in all formats”, according to Interim managing director Andrew Strauss. Speaking in Barbados where the second Test is due to start on Wednesday, Strauss laid out the plans for

News Poor fielding display condemns holders to third straight loss in robin-robin stage Lisa Keightley, England’s head coach, says that she shoulders the blame for the collapse in form that has left her team’s defence of the World Cup hanging by a thread, following their third straight loss of the tournament, and their sixth ODI

Report England made a tactical change in their XI and also tinkered with the batting order Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs England Women Sune Luus chose to chase as South Africa went in search of their first win at a World Cup over England in 20 years, since the last time the