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New Zealand and England will compete for The Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, honoring the legacies of the late Martin Crowe and Graham Thorpe. The trophy, made from wood sourced from a bat from each player, in collaboration with NZC, ECB and the families of each player, will be unveiled on Thursday morning in Christchurch ahead of the

David Warner, 38, was arguably the biggest name to go unsold at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah. Warner, who retired from international cricket in June, had entered the auction at a base price of INR 2 crore. After going unsold on Sunday, his name came up again in the accelerated round on Monday,

The incident occurred in the nets on Sunday morning in Queenstown, where England have been preparing for the first Test, which begins on Thursday at the Hagley Oval. Cox, primed to make his Test debut with regular keeper Jamie Smith on paternity leave for the tour, was taken to a local hospital for scans to

The incident occurred on Sunday morning in Queenstown where England have been preparing for the first Test, which begins on Thursday at the Hagley Oval. Cox was taken to a local hospital for a scan that revealed the extent of the damage. The 24-year-old was all set to make his Test debut with regular keeper

England 249 (Crawley 94, Johal 3-25) lead Prime Minister’s XI 136 (Reddy 60, Carse 4-48) by 113 runs Zak Crawley hit 94 and Brydon Carse took four wickets as England stretched their legs on the first day of action on their tour of New Zealand. After opting to bowl, England dismissed the Prime Minister’s XI

So where are England now?The men’s team rocked up in Queenstown, New Zealand earlier this week (the women and Lions are in South Africa, where they will also be joined by the Under-19s in the coming days). They will play a two-day tour match over the weekend, leading into the first Test, which starts at

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been added back to the final auction list days after his name did not feature in shortlist sent by IPL recently to franchises last weekend. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Archer’s addition was informally confirmed to franchises on Thursday, three days before the two-day mega auction will start on November

Richard Thompson, the ECB’s chair, has revealed a target to raise at least £350 million in the Hundred’s sales process – a target that he believes the board will surpass “comfortably” when deals are signed off early next year. The private equity group Bridgepoint made a lucrative offer to buy a majority stake in the

Speaking in the lead-up to Sunday’s first T20I against World Cup runners-up South Africa in East London, Wyatt-Hodge insisted that England had not “become a bad side in eight overs”, after an error-strewn performance in the field had allowed West Indies’ Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph to romp to fast-paced fifties, en route to a

Selection headaches await for England, but they won’t be for Marcus Trescothick. With his time as interim head coach over, Trescothick is clearing the way for England’s new, new white-ball era to begin under Brendon McCullum. “We’re waiting for the finalised side of what happens from January onwards,” Trescothick said of when the ultimate call

Carl Hopkinson and Richard Dawson, two key members of England’s white-ball backroom staff, will leave their roles at the end of the current tour of the Caribbean, in preparation for Brendon McCullum’s arrival as the new head coach across all three formats. Hopkinson, England’s long-standing fielding coach, joined the men’s set-up in 2018 and was

Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies England have won their third consecutive toss and, in keeping with the series so far, elected to bowl first against West Indies in the third T20i in Saint Lucia. The toss was delayed by an hour after heavy overnight rains meant there were still wet spots on

Richard Whittam KC has been appointed chair of the Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP), a new independent tribunal which will take over from the Cricket Discipline Commission as the body to hear and adjudicate on regulatory breaches in English professional cricket and subsequent sanctions handed out. Whittam’s appointment, made by the ECB board for a four-year

Big picture: Settled England scent the series It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. England’s T20 World Cup defence didn’t exactly go to plan in the Caribbean five months ago, but at least, in reaching the semi-finals, they can say they fared better than the hosts. West Indies had been

The World Cricketers’ Association (WCA, formerly FICA) has expressed its “concern” after receiving reports of certain cricket boards not paying the “prize money in full” to their players, who participated at the last men’s T20 World Cup, earlier this year in the USA and the West Indies. “In some cases the failure to pay in

Alzarri Joseph has returned from suspension to rejoin the West Indies squad for the final three matches of their T20I series against England, but star allrounder Andre Russell has been ruled out of the series with a left ankle sprain. The pair are part of two changes to the hosts, who are 2-0 down heading

Reece Topley, the England fast bowler, has been fined 15 percent of his match fee by the ICC, after smashing a chair in anger in response to another injury setback during the first T20I against West Indies in Barbados. Topley, 30, jarred his right knee in his delivery stride during the series opener on Saturday,

A series of broken fingers meant he had been short of cricket, so a 20-year-old Mousley approached a coach at the Warwickshire Academy with connections to Sri Lanka and asked if he could get a game. A few weeks later he was off to Colombo. Mousley has never been one to do things the usual

Danni Wyatt-Hodge will play for Surrey in the new Women’s Tier 1 county competition next season, after transferring her allegiance from Hampshire-based Southern Vipers. Wyatt-Hodge, 33, is currently in action for Hobart Hurricanes in the Women’s Big Bash League, having recently featured in England’s T20 World Cup campaign in the UAE. Last summer, she represented

Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl for the second night running at Kensington Oval, as England looked to back up their impressive victory in the opening match of the five-T20I series. There was one change to the visitors’ XI, with Reece Topley making way

Toss England win toss, bowl vs West Indies England have won the toss and chosen to field in the first of five T20Is against West Indies. With play set to get underway in bright sunshine after heavy overnight rain in Barbados, England are seeking to overcome a 2-1 ODI series loss to the hosts as

Offspinner Amar Virdi has been released by Surrey, having been overlooked throughout their run of three consecutive County Championship titles. Virdi, 26, claimed 39 wickets in Surrey’s Championship-winning season in 2018, and was at the time considered to be a future Test prospect, having featured for the England Under-19 side in 2016 and 2017. He

Big picture: Can West Indies deepen England’s white-ball funk? Plenty has gone on since Jos Buttler led his players off the field at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, following a comprehensive defeat to India in their World Cup semi-final. Matthew Mott vacated his post soon after, leading to Brendon McCullum’s appointment as cross-format supremo and,

Alice Capsey has paid the price for England’s disastrous performance in last month’s T20 World Cup, after being omitted from the T20I leg of their forthcoming tour of South Africa. Capsey, who made her England debut aged 17 in 2022, is regarded as one of the brightest talents in the women’s game, but is in

Marcus Trescothick has described the current List A domestic structure as “not helping” England’s new era of white-ball players. With the series overlapping with England’s Test commitments, several first-choice players are missing with only Jordan Cox and Rehan Ahmed from the group that toured Pakistan also being in the Caribbean. Cox batted at No. 3

Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs England Shai Hope chose to bowl after winning the toss at Kensington Oval, with West Indies and England both eyeing a rare ODI series win in the deciding third match. The sides made two changes apiece, with West Indies bringing in Romario Shepherd and Alzarri Joseph for Jayden

Gus Atkinson has been awarded the Bob Willis Trophy for England’s Player of the Year after a debut Test summer in which he collected 34 wickets as well as scoring his maiden hundred. Atkinson collected the award, voted for by members of the Cricket Writers’ Club, at the Kia Oval on Tuesday. The annual awards

Phil Salt will keep wicket for England’s T20I series against the West Indies, despite the return of Jos Buttler to the team. White-ball captain Buttler has kept in 106 of his past 108 T20 internationals, fielding only in the two matches that took place in Trinidad during England’s previous tour of the Caribbean in December

“I’ve seen a few things on Twitter asking if I actually exist,” jokes John Turner. Five England squads and 15 months after his first call-up, he finally earned his debut in Antigua this week. A first appearance came on Thursday and a first wicket arrived on Saturday, when Brandon King’s flashing drive was brilliantly caught

England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs West Indies England have won the toss and will bowl first against West Indies in the second ODI at Antigua, looking to overturn a 1-0 scoreline in this three-match series. West Indies marched to an accomplished eight-wicket DLS win in the opening match at this