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The men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will kick off on October 17, with the first round (qualifying) matches featuring, among others, two-time beaten finalists Sri Lanka. Tour teams from that group of eight will move into the main competition, where they will join the top-eight teams, which have qualified for the event directly. Here’s a

News Markram replaces Malan at Kings as bubble fatigue, demanding winter prompt English withdrawals Several of England’s all-format players have withdrawn from this year’s IPL as a result of bubble fatigue and in anticipation of a long winter. Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have joined Jos Buttler in confirming their withdrawals. Jofra Archer

News Chief executive says club will need help from ECB after “unprecedented” loss of revenue Lancashire are facing “multimillion pound” losses and will require outside support to cope with the cancellation of the Emirates Old Trafford Test according to their chief executive, Daniel Gidney. Lancashire have promised to reimburse all those who bought tickets or

News ICC could adjudicate; if Test not rescheduled, ECB wants status to be “forfeited” to square the series and claim insurance payouts The match is off, but the fight for the result may just be starting. At present, as the ECB and BCCI sift through the fallout of the Test that never was, we know

The fifth and final Test in Manchester has been cancelled in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak within the India squad. “Due to fears of a further increase in the number of COVID cases inside the camp, India are regrettably unable to field a team,” the ECB said in a statement. “We send our sincere

News Joe Root has indicated that Jack Leach will only play if conditions suggest two spinners are required Joe Root has confirmed that Jos Buttler will reclaim the gloves for the final Test of the LV= Insurance series against India at Emirates Old Trafford. Root also indicated that Moeen Ali is seen as England’s first-choice

News The fate of the fifth Test was in balance after India’s assistant physio Yogesh Parmar was tested Covid-19 positive The prospects of the final Test starting at Old Trafford from Friday have brightened after the entire Indian squad returned negative for Covid-19 after a day-long uncertainty. The fate of the fifth Test of the

News Chris Woakes, David Willey and Sam Billings included, no space for Saqib Mahmood England have recalled Tymal Mills to their squad for the T20 World Cup, but there will be no return for Ben Stokes as the allrounder continues his indefinite break from the game for mental health reasons. Mills played the last of

News Julian Knight MP writes open letter to club officials, calling for findings to be open to scrutiny Pressure on Yorkshire to publish its report into allegations of racism at the club has increased significantly after the invention of the government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS). Julian Knight MP, the chair of the

News Opener relishing chance to play Test on ground where he first came through as a teenager Haseeb Hameed has admitted there were times he wondered if he would ever play a Test in front of his “boyhood crowd” at Emirates Old Trafford. Haseeb developed through the Lancashire system and, after a bright start to

Kane Williamson gets his hands on the Test Mace © Getty Images New Zealand and South Africa will be England’s Test opponents in the 2022 home season, while India will return for a six-match white-ball tour, as the ECB confirmed the dates and venues for next summer’s men’s international fixtures. New Zealand, the current holders

Ben Stokes is likely to miss the initial cut for the T20 World Cup © Getty Images Ben Stokes is set to be omitted from England’s initial 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup in October and November, and may yet miss the tournament entirely, after Chris Silverwood said that the selectors would “leave it

Report Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav all contributed too, as England lost 4 for 6 on the final afternoon to decisively swing the match India 191 (Thakur 57, Kohli 50, Woakes 4-55) and 466 (Rohit 127, Pujara 61, Thakur 60, Pant 50, Woakes 3-83) beat England 290 (Pope 81, Woakes 50, Umesh 3-76)

Shardul Thakur exults after bowling Joe Root © AFP/Getty Images England captain Joe Root highlighted his side’s lack of “ruthlessness” with the bat in their first innings, as well as dropped catches and a pivotal spell of reverse-swing from Jasprit Bumrah on the final afternoon, after India wrapped up victory in the fourth Test at

Report All results still possible as England need 291 runs, India ten wickets on placid Oval track England 290 and 77 for 0 (Hameed 43*, Burns 31*) need 291 more runs to beat India 191 and 466 (Rohit 127, Pujara 61, Thakur 60, Pant 50, Woakes 3-83) Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant‘s half-centuries frustrated England

News Seamer says England will aim to “tick it off slowly” in pursuit of their highest successful chase Chris Woakes has insisted England can create history on the final day of the fourth LV= Insurance Test against India at the Kia Oval. England were set 368 to win, a total they have never successfully chased

Cheteshwar Pujara congratulates Rohit Sharma on his century © AFP/Getty Images He would no doubt agree that his maiden overseas Test century carried a lot of “value”, but the most significant takeaway for Rohit Sharma from the fourth Test, in fact the first four Tests of the Pataudi Trophy, is the fact that he has

Play 01:24 Laxman: Pope looked assured right from the first ball India 191 and 43 for 0 (Rahul 22*, Rohit 20*) trail England 290 (Pope 81, Woakes 50, Yadav 3-76) by 56 runs Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes made their first Test fifties in a year to give England a 99-run first-innings lead at The

Report Chris Woakes leads England’s charge with ball, India under-par despite rapid fifty from Shardul Thakur England 53 for 3 (Malan 26*, Bumrah 2-15) trail India 191 (Thakur 57, Kohli 50, Woakes 4-55, Robinson 3-38) by 138 runs India were bowled out cheaply on the first day for the second Test in a row but

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from The Oval on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog It’s all square at The Oval! Who’s going to make strides towards a series lead? Joe Root‘s England or Virat Kohli‘s India? Follow it all on our live blog. For ball-by-ball commentary click here. For our coverage in Hindi

After three Tests, Joe Root is top of the England-India batting charts by a distance © Getty Images Joe Root‘s unstoppable run-making in the series against India has carried him to No. 1 in the ICC Test batting rankings, displacing Kane Williamson at the top. Root tops the Test batting rankings for the first time

News Allrounder offers calm perspective as he takes over role from absent Jos Buttler Joe Root has hailed Moeen Ali as a “natural leader” after his promotion to vice-captain of the England Test team. Root, the England captain, announced the news on the eve of the fourth LV= Insurance Test against India at the Kia

‘Once you get on a bit of a roll confidence is a massive part for me as well’ – Vince © Getty Images Grey skies and a green surface at the Ageas Bowl would have most County Championship batters sweating and fretting just two hours before the start of a day’s play. But James Vince

News World Cup winner, whose wife is American, had spoken of playing in the US if an opportunity arose Surrey and former England fast bowler Liam Plunkett will leave English cricket at the end of this season to play Major League Cricket in the United States. Surrey announced on Tuesday that Plunkett would leave the

News “Joe and I reflected on the Lord’s Test and thought about how we could get better,” says head coach It’s amazing how a few days can change things. After the Lord’s Test, the talk was of England’s longest winless streak at home in 30 years and how Joe Root had lost control in the

Chris Woakes appeals for the wicket of Fawad Alam © Getty Images England have recalled Chris Woakes to the Test squad to face India at The Oval, but Jos Buttler will miss the match due to the expected arrival of his second child. Sam Billings has been called up a wicketkeeper cover, with Jonny Bairstow

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from the third Test on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog Day four at Headingley, with Virat Kohli’s India resuming against Joe Root’s England. The visitors still trail by 139 runs. Can they produce another memorable comeback or will the hosts capitalise on their first-innings advantage? Get your updates

Day four at Headingley, with Virat Kohli’s India resuming against Joe Root’s England. The visitors still trail by 139 runs. Can they produce another memorable comeback or will the hosts capitalise on their first-innings advantage? Get your updates on ESPNcricinfo’s blog. All timestamps are local time. Ball-by-ball is commentary available here. And here’s our live

“Only through openness and transparency will racism in sport be eradicated” – Kevin Brennan © Getty Images Yorkshire’s reluctance to publish the report into allegations of institutional racism at the club have been branded “unacceptable” by a leading British member of parliament, Kevin Brennan, who has warned Yorkshire that “by suppressing this report’s findings” there

News “Not a single conversation has happened with Pujara regarding his form inside the dressing room” Cheteshwar Pujara was never under pressure from the Indian dressing room, Rohit Sharma has said. Coming with an average of 28 over the last two-and-a-half years, Pujara made his way to a breezy unbeaten 91 as India sought to