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News Tom Harrison meets Ramiz Raja on bridge-building visit to Pakistan after October pull-outs England’s men will play two additional T20Is on their tour of Pakistan in September and October 2022, in compensation for the late cancellation of last month’s planned visit, following a meeting between ECB and PCB officials in Lahore on Tuesday. Tom

News Scans on Sunday confirmed he would be unable to recover for the knockout stages Jason Roy has been ruled out of the rest of England’s T20 World Cup campaign with a torn left calf. He has been replaced in the squad by James Vince, who was one of two remaining travelling reserves along with

News England allrounder praises Azeem Rafiq for encouraging others to share experiences Moeen Ali hopes that the short-term pain of the racism crisis at Yorkshire can have long-term benefits for the whole of English cricket, as he welcomed the chance for the sport to embrace true diversity and “open up those avenues for everybody”. Speaking

News Lord Kamlesh Patel is the likely interim replacement, though former Yorkshire and ECB chairman Colin Graves is keen on another stint Roger Hutton has resigned as chairman of Yorkshire with immediate effect citing a lack of support from the ECB and a lack of “care and contrition” from senior management at the club. Hutton,

News England opener says he has “got a good picture” of how Australia’s quicks operate While the return of Ben Stokes has been considered a huge boost to England’s chances of winning the Ashes, Rory Burns knows his role at the top of the order could hold the key to glory in Australia. Burns is

Report England lost Jason Roy to injury, and ended up falling short by just 10 runs South Africa 189 for 2 (van der Dussen 94*, Markram 52*) beat England 179 for 8 (Moeen 37, Malan 33, Rabada 3-48) by 10 runs An unbroken century stand between Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram handed England

News James Vince, one of two travelling reserves in the squad, would be Roy’s likely replacement Jason Roy is a doubt for the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup after retiring hurt with a calf injury during England’s final Super 12s match against South Africa on Saturday night in Sharjah. Roy had made 20

In the wake of ESPNcricinfo’s publication of details of the report into racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the club has been plunged into crisis, with major sponsors pulling out, senior players implicated in racist behaviour, and the prospect of the club hierarchy appearing before a DCMS select committee on November 16, including chairman Roger

News White-ball coaches to link up post-World Cup, as Collingwood warns about bubble life Graham Thorpe, England men’s assistant coach, will head up the advance party’s preparations for the Ashes, when the Test specialists and Lions arrive in Australia this weekend. Thorpe will stand in for head coach Chris Silverwood while England’s white-ball squad complete

Preview To put themselves in a comfortable position, they need a big win against red-hot England – so they have a better NRR than Australia Big picture There are no quarterfinals at this T20 World Cup but South Africa have found themselves in one anyway – in a win-or-go-home match against England. If the latter

News The team wants “matters of an extreme or serious nature” like racism in cricket “to be met head on”, England captain says Eoin Morgan has insisted that he does not mind England’s T20 World Cup campaign being overshadowed if that ensures Azeem Rafiq‘s allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire are “met head on”, adding

News Former England Ashes-winning captain denies he abused Rafiq during county match Michael Vaughan, the captain of England’s 2005 Ashes-winning team, has admitted that he is the former player implicated in the investigation into Azeem Rafiq‘s allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire. Vaughan, who represented the county from 1991 until his retirement in 2009, used

News Wood comes through training unscathed after ankle issue has kept him out of tournament Mark Wood looks set to replace Tymal Mills in the England team for their final T20 World Cup Super 12s fixture against South Africa on Saturday after coming through Thursday’s training session in Sharjah unscathed. Wood reported a niggle in

News “If we play in the semi-final on a wicket that maybe is not a 180 wicket, then it is a good learning curve for us” Sharjah was paradise for batters in last year’s IPL to the extent that there is an Uber pick-up location in the S117 highway that runs next to the ground

News Mills’ tournament comes to a premature end after he picked up a right thigh strain Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20 World Cup with a right thigh strain. Reece Topley, who had been travelling with the England squad as a reserve player, has been added to the side

News Cruel blow for left-arm quick as Reece Topley steps into England squad Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup, with Reece Topley taking his place in the 15-man squad. Mills, England’s joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, left the field midway through his second over against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on

News England captain “absolutely delighted” after defending 163 against Sri Lanka Eoin Morgan was nowhere near his fluent best in Sharjah on Monday night. On a slow pitch with low bounce – at least until the dew had its say – he eked out nine runs off the first 20 balls he faced, and his

News His absence would leave England short on death-bowling options; any of Curran, Wood and Willey could replace Mills Tymal Mills will discover in the next 48 hours if he will play any further part in the T20 World Cup after he reported tightness in his right quadriceps during England’s 26-run win against Sri Lanka

Joe Root says that he could almost “hear the smile down the phone” when Ben Stokes rang him to say he was ready to return to action for this winter’s Ashes tour, and knows that his team-mate will do everything in his power to be fully prepared for the first Test in Brisbane on December

Jos Buttler‘s six-hitting clinic against Australia on Saturday night prompted a question: what’s the best innings an Englishman has played in a T20 World Cup? Then, 48 hours later, Buttler provided an unequivocal answer. There will be nights when English batters have found run-scoring much easier than Buttler did against Sri Lanka in Sharjah but

News Former Kent and England seamer was diagnosed more than two decades ago Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has died at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour more than two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, Kent said they was devastated to learn of Igglesden’s

News The panel said it “was not reasonable for Azeem to have been offended” At least one Yorkshire player admitted to regularly using the term ‘P**i’ when talking to Azeem Rafiq, according to the report into racism at the club. But he was cleared of wrongdoing on the basis that it was perceived as, what

Jos Buttler says he has been given the licence to “throw caution to the wind” during his exhilarating 71* from 32 balls against Australia on Saturday, as England’s batters seized on the opportunity to drive home their dominance after another outstanding bowling display. Buttler’s remarkable innings – featuring five fours, five sixes and innumerable bewildered

Big Picture On the same night that they romped to the tournament’s highest powerplay total (66 for 0), they restricted Australia to a flatlining 21 for 3, just one run off their lowest ever total in the first six overs of a T20I (and with a fourth wicket falling one ball later). On the same

News “When he comes off like today, it’s very difficult to stop him,” says captain Morgan after Buttler’s 32-ball 71 against Australia Buttler had made nine runs off his first ten balls, watching Jason Roy take the attack to Australia’s new-ball bowlers, when he skipped down the pitch and launched Ashton Agar over long-off over

News Captain admits England “dominated us from the start” but remains confident in side’s ability Aaron Finch has insisted that Australia are “a very good team in T20 international cricket” despite their eight-wicket hammering against England in Dubai on Saturday night, but he recognised that the scale of their defeat – with 50 balls to

News Test and white-ball formats too far apart to land any psychological blows, says captain England versus Australia is always a high-stakes contest irrespective of the format, but Eoin Morgan believes that the result of Saturday’s T20 World Cup clash in Dubai will have no bearing “whatsoever” in the build-up to December’s Ashes opener in

Big Picture In a few weeks the focus will be on the drawn-out battle of an Ashes series (although, in truth, a lot has already been said) but this meeting between England and Australia is a short, sharp encounter. A win for either of the great rivals would make it three from three and put

News Allrounder admits he was in “a real dark place” before succesful surgery on injured finger Ben Stokes will return to cricket after a four-and-a-half month break in the first Test of the 2021-22 Ashes, in a major boost to England’s hopes of winning in Australia for the first time in 11 years. Stokes has

News Prolific Essex seamer added to party after claiming 58 Championship wickets in 2021 Sam Cook, Essex’s prolific new-ball bowler, has been added to England’s Lions squad for the tour of Australia. Cook, 24, claimed an impressive 58 wickets at 14.43 in the 2021 County Championship, including a remarkable haul of ten wickets in a