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Chris Woakes remains troubled by a long-standing knee injury which has ruled him out for the first two months of the county season and Warwickshire have set “no timescale” for his return. Woakes was due to make his first appearance of the summer against Somerset at the end of April but has not played since

Stuart Broad has “found his rhythm” ahead of England’s upcoming Test series against New Zealand, according to his Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores. England confirmed this week that Broad – along with his long-time new-ball partner James Anderson – had been recalled to their squad for the first two Tests against New Zealand after their

Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the 2022 English summer with a stress fracture of the lower back as the injury saga which threatens to jeopardise his career rolls on. Archer, who last played for England in March 2021, had hoped to make his comeback from a long-term elbow injury for Sussex in the

Matthew Mott, England’s new white-ball coach, believes the coaching set-up appointed by the ECB is an “exciting” one, and is looking forward to working with Brendon McCullum, his Test counterpart, and Rob Key, the managing director of men’s cricket. Mott was unveiled earlier this week, having spent seven years in charge of Australia’s highly successful

Midway through Matthew Potts‘ nets session on Thursday morning, Eoin Morgan walked over to shake his hand to congratulate him on his first call-up to a full England squad. With England only picked 13 players to cover the first two Tests against New Zealand, Potts is almost certain to make his debut at some stage

Mark Wood is a naturally ebullient fellow, but even he admits he’s “clutching for straws” when trying to take any positives from the timing of the elbow injury that has interrupted his career just as he was hitting full flow. As recently as January, Wood was right at the top of his game. He alone

Brendon McCullum, England’s new Test coach, says that his existing relationships with Eoin Morgan and Matthew Mott, the new captain-coach partnership in the white-ball set-up, will help to create an environment where both squads are able to “sing from the same hymn-sheet”. McCullum, who is due to arrive in the UK next week ahead of

Matthew Fisher is unlikely to feature for England this summer after scans revealed that his back injury was worse than initially feared. Fisher, 24, made his Test debut in Barbados in March as a late replacement for the unwell Craig Overton and took a wicket with his second ball, having John Campbell caught behind. He

Matthew Mott has been named as the new head coach of England men’s white-ball squads, after being preferred in the role to Paul Collingwood, who took charge during the recent T20I series in the Caribbean. Mott, 48, joins the set-up after a seven-year stint as head coach of Australia Women, who recently claimed the ODI

It was a case of mindset over matter as England unveiled their first squad selection of the Brendon McCullum era. Many of the same notes, in a slightly different order, like the set-up for a Morecombe and Wise sketch, but hopefully without quite the same element of farce in the final analysis. McCullum, currently at

Does anyone remember Chris Dehring? Those of a certain age might raise an eyebrow of recognition at a name that, in the years leading up to the 2007 World Cup, was the ubiquitous, plausible face of West Indies cricket – first as the man who spearheaded the WICB’s successful bid, then as the Managing Director

Leaving aside the odd season of injury comebacks, it’s been 15 extraordinary years since James Anderson last went into a home summer as anything other than England’s attack leader. You have to go way back to the India series in 2007, when his second Test five-for at Lord’s hinted at the bowler he was about

Tom Harrison is set to step down as chief executive of the ECB after seven-and-a-half years in post. Harrison was appointed in October 2014, starting full-time the following January, and has been a controversial figure throughout his tenure. He oversaw the introduction of the Hundred, which belatedly launched last summer, and while the £1.1 billion

Saqib Mahmood, the England fast bowler, has been ruled out for the season after being diagnosed with a lumbar stress fracture. Mahmood, who made his Test debut in the Caribbean in March, missed Lancashire’s most-recent Championship fixture with lower back pain and subsequent scans revealed the full extent of the problem. His absence will further

Brendon McCullum “knocked it out the park” during his interview to become England’s new Test coach and “blew us away with his clarity of thinking”, according to Andrew Strauss, a strategic advisor to the ECB. McCullum’s appointment was confirmed on Thursday after two days of interviews at the start of this week and Strauss, who

The challenge of lifting England’s Test cricket from “rock bottom” instead of a “cushy” role with the limited-overs side is what attracted Brendon McCullum to his first red-ball coaching job. He admitted that initially it was not a job he had given much thought to but as the interview process progressed the opportunity “kind of

To paraphrase Monty Python, apart from 6453 runs in 101 matches, a highest score of 302 and a world-record 54-ball century in his final appearance, what has Brendon McCullum ever done for Test cricket? Well, if those numbers alone don’t impress you, how about his defining role, in the winter of 2014-15, in creating the

Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has been confirmed by the ECB as England Men’s new Test head coach, on a four-year deal. McCullum, who will step down from his role as Kolkata Knight Riders’ head coach at the end of the ongoing IPL, played 101 Tests for New Zealand between 2004 and 2016,

Brendon McCullum has emerged as a surprise contender for the vacant role as England’s Test coach following two days of interviews at Lord’s. McCullum, who is in his third season as Kolkata Knight Riders’ coach at the IPL, has never coached a first-class game and was widely expected to be a candidate for the white-ball

Rob Key, the ECB’s new managing director of men’s cricket, has given the first clear outline of his vision for England’s white-ball sides by throwing his weight behind Eoin Morgan‘s captaincy while underlining that he is not looking for a “facilitator” white-ball head coach during the ongoing interview process. Key has largely focused on England’s

Surrey head coach Gareth Batty has confirmed that Sam Curran‘s return to full bowling fitness is on track despite the England all-rounder’s limited workload. Curran has sent down just 10 competitive overs since his Surrey return three weeks ago, following six months out with a stress fracture of the back. Those overs all came on

Graham Thorpe, the former England batter, is “seriously ill” in hospital, according to the Professional Cricketers’ Association. Thorpe, 52, played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, averaging 44.66 with 16 centuries. He was recently announced as the new head coach of Afghanistan following a decade of involvement within England’s coaching set-up, which came

Ron Kalifa, the man widely tipped to become the next chair of the ECB, has withdrawn from the race, to deepen the leadership crisis at the top of English cricket. The ECB has been without a permanent chair since October, when Ian Watmore quit the role in the wake of England’s withdrawal from their planned

Ben Stokes, England’s new Test captain, has confirmed that Joe Root will move back to No. 4 in the order when the team returns to action against New Zealand next month. Root, Stokes’ predecessor who stood down after five years in the role, had moved up to No. 3 for England’s most-recent series, a 1-0

Jofra Archer hopes to make his return to first-team cricket later this month and has admitted that his elbow injury left him fearing for his England central contract. Archer, 27, has not played for England since their T20I series in India last March and has undergone three bouts of surgery in the last 14 months:

Joe Root and Ben Stokes, England’s past and present Test captains, will both return to action for the first time this season in the latest round of LV= County Championship matches on Thursday. Root, who stood down last month during an extended break following England’s series loss in the Caribbean, has been named in a

Ben Stokes, England’s new Test captain, says he expects a team of “selfless” cricketers to take the field alongside him, starting with next month’s first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s, as the squad begins the process of turning around a run of form in which they have achieved one victory in their past 17

Ben Stokes has been named as England men’s Test captain. Stokes was the preferred candidate to take on the job after Joe Root’s resignation following five years in the role. England’s leading allrounder, and one of the few players sure of their place in the XI, Stokes becomes the 81st captain of the men’s Test

James Anderson and Stuart Broad will be considered “available for selection” for the first Test of the summer, against New Zealand at Lord’s on June 2, according to Rob Key, the new director of the England men’s team, following their controversial omissions from the recent tour of the Caribbean. Despite their combined haul of 1177

Rob Key, England’s new director of cricket, says that the chance to have some “skin in the game” was the primary reason why he was willing to forego a commentary role with Sky Sports that he had previously declared to be the “best job in the world” and take on the onerous challenge of reviving