England

News “The last two games, we probably haven’t competed as much as we would have liked” Heather Knight has admitted that England were “mentally fatigued” and struggled for motivation in the final two ODIs against Australia with the Ashes’ fate already decided. England were bowled out for 129 and 163 in the second and third

News But interim managing director urges England to recognise “there is life beyond them as well” Andrew Strauss has insisted that “no-one is saying this is the end of the road” for James Anderson and Stuart Broad after they were left out of the squad for the Test series against West Indies but urged England

News Lauren Bell, Mady Villiers named as travelling reserves Newcomers Charlie Dean and Emma Lamb have made it to England’s 17-player touring party for the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup, scheduled to begin on March 4. The Heather Knight-led squad also includes travelling reserves in the young right-arm fast bowler Lauren Bell and spin-bowling allrounder

News Clarke was mentioned in former team-mate Alex Hepburn’s rape trial in 2019 Joe Clarke, the Nottinghamshire batter, has been taken off England’s blacklist after being placed on standby for next month’s Test tour to the Caribbean. The Evening Standard reported that Clarke is among a number of non-travelling reserves for March’s Test series against

Andrew Strauss, England’s interim director of cricket, believes that the absence of Stuart Broad and James Anderson in the Caribbean will encourage other members of England’s Test team to assume leadership roles, and thereby provide more “options” for the incoming regime, as and when a new head coach and permanent MD are appointed later this

News Strauss says captain’s promotion is “a healthy thing” at start of Test team’s reset Joe Root told England’s new selection panel “very categorically” that he wants to bat at No. 3 in the Caribbean and beyond, according to interim managing director Andrew Strauss. Root has been in career-best form over the last year, scoring

News “It wouldn’t be fair on any team I signed up for if I wasn’t totally focused,” Stokes writes in newspaper column Ben Stokes has revealed that he opted out of this weekend’s IPL auction because Test cricket is his “number one priority”. Stokes’ returns for Rajasthan were underwhelming – he made two fifties and

News England’s two most-successful Test bowlers reportedly left out of squad for Caribbean The fallout from England’s disastrous Ashes tour has moved from management to the dressing room with James Anderson and Stuart Broad, the country’s two leading wicket-takers in Test cricket, reportedly left out of the squad for the forthcoming tour of the West

News Beth Mooney’s match-winning 73 in the first Ashes ODI helped break her into the top three on the batters’ charts Australia veteran Ellyse Perry has regained the No. 1 ODI ranking for allrounders following an all-round show in the second Ashes ODI against England on Sunday. This comes barely months after she had slipped

Report Australia overhauled their target in the 37th over to send an ominous warning ahead of the upcoming World Cup Australia 164 for 2 (Lanning 57*, Healy 42, Ecclestone 1-18) beat England 163 (Beaumont 50, Sciver 46, Sutherland 4-31, Schutt 2-25) by eight wickets All-conquering Australia crushed England by eight wickets to complete an unbeaten

News Promoted assistant eyes chance to “reset and rebuild” with squad to be named on Tuesday Paul Collingwood will be England’s head coach for their Test series against West Indies next month after being appointed as a stand-in by Andrew Strauss, the ECB’s interim managing director of men’s cricket. Chris Silverwood was sacked last week

News Conditions have been tricky, but unlike Australia the visitors have not been able to find a way Across all the England cricket teams that have visited Australia this season they are currently 13-0 down with one match, the final ODI of the multi-format women’s Ashes, left to play. It has been a season of

News England allrounder, who retired from Tests last year, says coaching changes were inevitable after poor Ashes Chris Silverwood, the sacked England head coach, is a “good guy” who looked after his players’ best interests, Moeen Ali says. Speaking after Silverwood, his assistant, Graham Thorpe, and head of men’s cricket Ashley Giles were removed from

News England’s captain says he “couldn’t be prouder of the boys and all their efforts” following his team’s runners-up finish Halfway through the Under-19 World Cup final, England were confident they could still win, despite only having put up 189. Tom Prest, their captain, had the belief that his bowling attack could defend that total.

Report Meg Lanning held a stunning catch in what was a superbly sharp performance from Australia England 129 (Ecclestone 32*, Jones 28, McGrath 3-4, Perry 3-12, Jonassen 2-25) v Australia Ellyse Perry produced a vintage performance while spinners Alana King and Jess Jonassen strangled a beleaguered England in the second ODI at the Junction Oval

Report James Rew’s 95 in vain while Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu shine with the bat for India India 195 for 6 (Sindhu 50*, Rasheed 50, Boyden 2-24) beat England 189 all out (Rew 95, Bawa 5-31, Ravi 3-34) by four wickets It was India’s seamers, not spinners, who plotted England’s downfall in the Under-19 World

News Fourth appearance for cricket at DCMS hearing in as many months The Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) has been called to give evidence next week to the parliamentary select committee looking into allegations of institutional racism in English cricket. The session, which is due to take place on Tuesday, comes in the wake of Azeem

Graham Thorpe has joined Chris Silverwood in paying the price for England’s Ashes debacle, but Joe Root will continue as captain for the upcoming tour of West Indies, after receiving the endorsement of Andrew Strauss, England’s interim director of cricket. Speaking at Lord’s in the wake of Thursday’s sacking of Silverwood as head coach, Strauss

News Strauss’ cricket committee has recommended “full independent review” into county game Andrew Strauss, the interim director of England men’s team, says that the ECB should not be afraid of being “ambitious, bold and radical” as it seeks to restore the country’s red-ball fortunes in the wake of this winter’s Ashes defeat. Strauss, who took

News ECB boss insists he will walk away when the time is right, as English cricket grapples with crises on and off field Tom Harrison has denied that he is “clinging on for grim death” amid a wave of post-Ashes sackings, and insists that he will walk away from his role as chief executive when

News Australia wrapped up the Ashes with two games remaining but have promised no let-up Australia pace bowler Megan Schutt fired back at her Ashes rivals after the hosts sealed victory in the multi-format series, saying “if there’s anyone we can put pressure on it’s England”. Schutt took issue with England captain Heather Knight‘s suggestion

News Head coach joins Ashley Giles in carrying can after disastrous tour of Australia England have parted company with head coach, Chris Silverwood, in the wake of their 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia. The decision, which had been widely expected after a disastrous trip, comes 24 hours after the sacking of Ashley Giles as director

News The best England women can hope for after defeat in the first ODI is to draw the Ashes Twice in five days at Manuka Oval, England have had it within their grasp to keep the Ashes alive, but instead Heather Knight was left to reflect on the trophy staying with Australia until at least

Report Danni Wyatt comes into the middle with the visitors having to win England won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia England will have another run chase as they aim to keep the Ashes alive after Heather Knight put Australia into bat in the opening ODI in Canberra. Australia have handed an ODI

News Managing director of England Men’s Cricket stands down, to be replaced by Andrew Strauss on interim basis Ashley Giles is standing down as Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket amid the fallout from the team’s dismal Ashes campaign in Australia. Andrew Strauss has agreed to step into the role on an interim basis and

News Pooran, Moeen and Livingston are other notable movers in the latest ICC rankings Akeal Hosein and Jason Holder have achieved career-best positions in the latest ICC T20I rankings for bowlers, after guiding West Indies to victory in the fifth match against England in Bridgetown. Left-arm spinner Hosein has jumped 15 places to the 18th

Tom Prest, England’s Under-19 captain, praised the character of his team-mates after they collectively held their nerve in an extraordinary World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan in Antigua, to book their place in the final for the first time in 24 years. England’s eventual 15-run victory spanned the full gamut of emotions, not least for the

Big Picture The first semi-final of the 2022 Under-19 World Cup will feature two teams, who in many ways, play just like their senior sides do. England are the side that bat aggressively, while Afghanistan have tied a web around other teams with their spinners. However, both teams have had largely different paths to the

News “It’s a great place to come and play cricket, I absolutely feel safe,” says the PSL veteran England’s decision to cancel their white-ball tour of Pakistan last October made “zero sense”, according to Alex Hales. “That decision to cancel that tour made absolutely no sense,” Hales told Geo TV. “Especially after Pakistan came to

News The push has strengthened for more games in the format but the future is unclear Australia’s women could have to wait up to four years to play another home Test with the thrilling Ashes finish no silver bullet for more certainty on red-ball cricket. Sunday’s final hour in Canberra capped arguably the best women’s