England

News After injury-plagued career, fast bowler’s chance to be involved over-rides any fear of failure For Reece Topley, an exceptional return to T20 international cricket demonstrated exactly why England gave the tall left-armer a debut in 2015, aged just 21, and exactly why Eoin Morgan sees Topley as a crucial asset to England’s hopes –

News Allrounder hopes late fireworks in Bridgetown can turn heads ahead of mega-auction Just like anyone else, IPL owners, head coaches and general managers are afflicted by recency bias. Whenever the time comes to sit down at the auction table, performances that are fresh in the memory are given greater weighting than those that happened

News The fast bowler delivered the fourth-most expensive final over in a men’s T20I on Sunday night Saqib Mahmood will benefit from his experience of bowling an expensive final over in England’s nervy one-run win against West Indies in Barbados on Sunday night. That is the view of Moeen Ali, who told Mahmood that he

Report After only 4.1 overs were possible in the second game, not a ball could be bowled in the third Australia vs England – Match abandoned Unrelenting rain in Adelaide washed out the third T20I of the Women’s Ashes between Australia and England without a ball bowled. Just 24 hours after only 4.1 overs were

News Visitors caught on the hop after dominating on flat deck in warm-up match Eoin Morgan was frustrated by England’s failure to adapt to conditions at Kensington Oval in their nine-wicket defeat to West Indies in the first of five T20 internationals, on a pitch with variable bounce. England had posted 231 in their only

Report England handed a T20I debut to offspinner Charlie Dean Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia will again bowl first after Meg Lanning won the toss in a rain-reduced second T20I at Adelaide Oval although more wet weather threatened the contest which had been trimmed to 14 overs per side.

News Chance for fringe players to grab opportunity as focus turns to Australia 2022 Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, says that developing his side’s bench strength during their five-match T20I campaign against West Indies is more important than pushing for an outright series win, but he hopes that the team environment that has been fostered in

Big Picture Gird your loins, get back on the horse, let the show go on. Again. So soon after the Ashes debacle, it barely seems feasible that another England campaign is underway already – and to judge by Sam Billings’ 15,000 km and four-flight sprint from Hobart to Bridgetown (to follow up his 500km, nine-hour

News Former West Indies allrounder to become only second black head coach in county cricket Ottis Gibson, the former West Indies allrounder, is set to become only the second black head coach in the history of county cricket, after being appointed to take charge at Yorkshire on a three-year contract, starting at the end of

News England signalled his fitness by smashing 115 off 47 in a warm-up match ahead of the T20I series against West Indies England 231 for 4 (Roy 115, Vince 40*) beat Barbados Cricket Association President’s XI 137 for 11 (Springer 36, Mills 3-25) by 94 runs Jason Roy marked his return to fitness by hitting

News Bob Willis Trophy shelved, Yorkshire retained in Division One, Blast to be played in single block “Lessons have been learnt” from England’s poor Test showing in 2021, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket, following the announcement of a 2022 domestic schedule which will provide prospective Test players more opportunity

Report Meg Lanning said while her side had undergone some enforced changes, she was confident in their make-up Toss Australia chose to bowl vs England Australia opted to field in the first T20I against England in Adelaide, the opening match of the 2022 Women’s Ashes. Grace Harris has been recalled to cover for Mooney’s absence

News Analysis With the multi-format series beginning on Thursday here are four players to keep a close eye on Tests: 2 matches, 75 runs at 37.50; 3 wickets at 34.33ODIs: 8 matches, 179 runs at 35.80; 5 wickets at 44.20T20Is: 3 matches, 86 runs, strike-rate 134.37 Tahlia McGrath is a very different cricketer to the

News Assistant coach filmed footage of police’s 6am arrival at team hotel in Hobart Graham Thorpe’s role as England assistant coach could be under threat, as the ECB launch an investigation into reports that he was smoking a cigar indoors prior to the police being called to the team hotel in Hobart. England’s embarrassing end

News South Africa’s Dewald Brevis scored a match-winning hundred against Uganda, while Afghanistan bowled PNG out for just 65 England 320 for 7 (Prest 93, Bell 57, Thomas 52, Sharma 3-51) beat Canada 214 all out (Johal 44, Boyden 4-44, Prest 3-38, Bethell 3-45) by 106 runs England became the first team to confirm their

England’s attempts to regain the Women’s Ashes and defend their 50-over World Cup title during the same winter trip to the southern hemisphere have already taken in a series of logistical challenges, with head coach Lisa Keightley admitting that there are “lots of parts of the jigsaw” still to piece together ahead of the T20I

News Says disruptions during England’s preparation before the series was a big reason for the poor performance, insists Test cricket remains the priority for the team Eoin Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, has said that it is “laughable to point the finger at the Hundred” for England’s 4-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia, and insisted that Test

News “Time for bed, thank you” – police had to be called in to send the merrymakers to their hotel rooms as the noise continued till just after 6am The ECB has launched an investigation after an early-morning drinking session at England’s team hotel in Hobart ended with the police being called in to send

News Gladiators pick England batter Dan Lawrence as a reserved supplementary pick, while Zalmi roped in Pakistan quick Sohail Khan in that category Karachi Kings have snapped up English batter Ian Cockbain for the upcoming PSL season. In a heavily English-centric PSL replacement draft, Cockbain, 34, was signed as a substitute for fellow countryman Tom

News “Until I’m told differently I’ll start planning for the West Indies” Chris Silverwood, England’s embattled head coach, has said that he wants to remain in his post despite overseeing a humbling Ashes defeat in Australia and will begin planning for March’s Test tour of the Caribbean “until I’m told differently”. In the wake of

Report England lose all ten wickets for 56 in final collapse after Mark Wood six-for raises hopes Australia 303 (Head 101, Green 74) and 155 (Carey 48, Wood 6-37) beat England 188 (Cummins 4-45) and 124 (Boland 3-18, Green 3-21, Cummins 3-42) by 146 runs Australia’s seamers ran through England to win the fifth and

Report Joshua Boyden rattled the defending champions by taking 4 for 16, before England chased down the low total inside 26 overs England 98 for 3 (Bethell 44, Rew 26*) beat Bangladesh 97(Mondol 33*, Boyden 4-16, Aspinwall 2-18) by seven wickets Bangladesh crashed and burned in their opening game of the Under-19 World Cup, getting

News Australia captain rates young allrounder among best in the world Australia captain Pat Cummins believes Cameron Green is the complete package and as good as any current Test allrounder in the world after his match-winning efforts in the fifth Test in Hobart. Green, 22, turned the game on the third evening with a blistering

News Australia has only six teams in its premier first-class competition, meaning opportunities for outsiders are limited Tom Harrison, the ECB’s chief executive, has sent a formal proposal to Cricket Australia encouraging it to involve young English players in the Sheffield Shield. Harrison, who arrived in Australia as the inquest into another Ashes drubbing for

Report Australia take 115-run lead but late wickets under lights keep tourists interested Australia 303 and 3 for 37 (Smith 17*, Boland 3*) lead England 188 (Cummins 4-45) by 152 runs Australia’s seamers, led by Pat Cummins, ran rampant over England’s flat-lining batting order to bundle the tourists out for just 188 on an eventful

News While Wood has already submitted his paperwork for the auction, Root is clear he would do so only if it doesn’t detract from his Test commitments Joe Root and Mark Wood are among the England players who are weighing their potential involvement in the 2022 IPL, with players required to submit their paperwork for

Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has acknowledged the need to “reset” England’s red-ball fortunes in the wake of an “exceptionally difficult” Ashes campaign, after insisting that “our priority is Test cricket”. Speaking to reporters in Hobart, Harrison echoed the sentiments of England’s Test captain, Joe Root, who had called on the ECB to match

Report Hosts recover from 3 for 12 as Head and Cameron Green continue impressive series Australia 6 for 241 (Head 101, Green 74) vs England An accomplished century from Travis Head wrested back control for Australia on an entertaining first day of the fifth and final Ashes Test, which was ultimately curtailed by rain. It

News Anthony McGrath, Alan Richardson, and Paul Tweddle named as coaches for Barbados trip Harry Brook, Yorkshire’s promising young batter, has been added to England’s T20I squad for the forthcoming five-match series against West Indies in Barbados, as cover for Sam Billings, who has been added to the Ashes squad for this week’s final Test

Mark Wood insists he does not see his recent successes against Marnus Labuschagne as a moral victory “because we have been getting battered”, but hopes that a green pitch at Hobart could offer one last opportunity for England to go out on a high at the end of a tough Ashes campaign. Wood, who turned