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News Player of the series against England says squad is strong ahead of India tour West Indies are building “something special” with their T20I side according to Jason Holder, who has said that the “strong togetherness within the dressing room” is something he has rarely felt before during his nine-year international career. Holder, who was

News Former England, Yorkshire and Warwickshire allrounder ends 20-year playing career Tim Bresnan, the former England allrounder who played a pivotal role in the Ashes triumph in Australia in 2010-11, has retired from professional cricket. Bresnan, 36, announced the decision through his club, Warwickshire, on Monday, ending a 20-year playing career after he helped them

Report Two changes for Windies, one for England, with compelling series locked at 2-2 West Indies won the toss and chose to bat vs England Kieron Pollard won the toss for West Indies and chose to bat first in the series decider, and auspiciously for the hosts, they will be using the same strip on

News Players from both sides soak in an “emotionally draining” finish in Canberra And breathe. Both teams were still trying to digest the epic finish to the Ashes Test in Canberra during in the immediate aftermath, but the responses could be summed up as Australia’s relief and England’s disappointment. The fact it was that way

Report Mooney and Perry rode their luck in a 91-run stand to push Australia’s lead beyond 160 Australia 337 for 9 dec and 122 for 4 (Mooney 63) lead England 297 (Knight 168*) by 163 runs Charlie Dean‘s first Test wicket on the stroke of lunch has given England a slim chance at an unlikely

Paul Collingwood believes that the Ashes were “one step too far” and that he is genuinely concerned about the long-term implications on the mental health of players that Covid bubbles are causing. Speaking in Barbados, where he is standing in for Chris Silverwood as head coach during England’s T20I series against West Indies, and on

Report The home side slipped to 12 for 2 after England’s captain had got their first innings close Lunch Australia 337 for 9 dec and 12 for 2 lead England 297 (Knight 168*) by 52 runs Heather Knight‘s magnificent career-best 168 not out carried England to within 40 of Australia’s first-innings total on the third

News Fifty on T20I debut as new boy embraces England’s winning mentality Phil Salt says there was plenty for him to savour despite finishing on the wrong end of a high-scoring defeat in the third T20I in Barbados, after marking his debut in the format with a hard-hitting half-century, on the island where he spent

News Fast bowler praises competitive surface after picking up five-wicket haul on second day Heather Knight‘s battling century in the Women’s Ashes Test in Canberra ranks among the “top three” performances, according to her longest-serving team-mate Katherine Brunt, whose own five-wicket haul helped to keep England in contention after two days of a keenly fought

Report An overcast day offered more encouragement for the pace bowlers England 38 for 2 trail Australia 337 for 9 dec by 299 runs Australia made early inroads on an overcast second day in Canberra after Katherine Brunt had completed a five-wicket haul before the home side declared. It was the third five-wicket bag of

News Captain missed third match after experiencing pain during England’s warm-up Eoin Morgan, England’s white-ball captain, has been ruled out of the remaining two matches of England’s T20I series against West Indies in Barbados, after sustaining a low-grade quadriceps injury. Morgan sat out England’s 20-run defeat in Wednesday’s third match, with Moeen Ali stepping in

News Australia opener says she was “more disappointed to lose two wickets in a row,” when she fell soon after Lanning With the one-off Ashes Tests, which form part of the multi-format series, the only guaranteed games in the format Australia get – although this is their second of the season after the game against

Report Megan Schutt is not part of the Australia line-up in Canberra England won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia Heather Knight gave her bowlers the chance to find some early help from the Canberra surface after putting Australia into bat in the one-off Ashes Test with both sides fielding a debutant. Legspinner

News MCC in running to host first women’s international since 2017 England could play their first international women’s fixture at Lord’s since the 2017 World Cup final this summer. England’s fixture list for the 2022 home season is yet to be confirmed but ESPNcricinfo understands that MCC have bid for a game to be staged

News After injury-plagued career, fast bowler’s chance to be involved over-rides any fear of failure For Reece Topley, an exceptional return to T20 international cricket demonstrated exactly why England gave the tall left-armer a debut in 2015, aged just 21, and exactly why Eoin Morgan sees Topley as a crucial asset to England’s hopes –

News Allrounder hopes late fireworks in Bridgetown can turn heads ahead of mega-auction Just like anyone else, IPL owners, head coaches and general managers are afflicted by recency bias. Whenever the time comes to sit down at the auction table, performances that are fresh in the memory are given greater weighting than those that happened

News The fast bowler delivered the fourth-most expensive final over in a men’s T20I on Sunday night Saqib Mahmood will benefit from his experience of bowling an expensive final over in England’s nervy one-run win against West Indies in Barbados on Sunday night. That is the view of Moeen Ali, who told Mahmood that he

Report After only 4.1 overs were possible in the second game, not a ball could be bowled in the third Australia vs England – Match abandoned Unrelenting rain in Adelaide washed out the third T20I of the Women’s Ashes between Australia and England without a ball bowled. Just 24 hours after only 4.1 overs were

News Visitors caught on the hop after dominating on flat deck in warm-up match Eoin Morgan was frustrated by England’s failure to adapt to conditions at Kensington Oval in their nine-wicket defeat to West Indies in the first of five T20 internationals, on a pitch with variable bounce. England had posted 231 in their only

Report England handed a T20I debut to offspinner Charlie Dean Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia will again bowl first after Meg Lanning won the toss in a rain-reduced second T20I at Adelaide Oval although more wet weather threatened the contest which had been trimmed to 14 overs per side.

News Chance for fringe players to grab opportunity as focus turns to Australia 2022 Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, says that developing his side’s bench strength during their five-match T20I campaign against West Indies is more important than pushing for an outright series win, but he hopes that the team environment that has been fostered in

Big Picture Gird your loins, get back on the horse, let the show go on. Again. So soon after the Ashes debacle, it barely seems feasible that another England campaign is underway already – and to judge by Sam Billings’ 15,000 km and four-flight sprint from Hobart to Bridgetown (to follow up his 500km, nine-hour

News Former West Indies allrounder to become only second black head coach in county cricket Ottis Gibson, the former West Indies allrounder, is set to become only the second black head coach in the history of county cricket, after being appointed to take charge at Yorkshire on a three-year contract, starting at the end of

News England signalled his fitness by smashing 115 off 47 in a warm-up match ahead of the T20I series against West Indies England 231 for 4 (Roy 115, Vince 40*) beat Barbados Cricket Association President’s XI 137 for 11 (Springer 36, Mills 3-25) by 94 runs Jason Roy marked his return to fitness by hitting

News Bob Willis Trophy shelved, Yorkshire retained in Division One, Blast to be played in single block “Lessons have been learnt” from England’s poor Test showing in 2021, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket, following the announcement of a 2022 domestic schedule which will provide prospective Test players more opportunity

Report Meg Lanning said while her side had undergone some enforced changes, she was confident in their make-up Toss Australia chose to bowl vs England Australia opted to field in the first T20I against England in Adelaide, the opening match of the 2022 Women’s Ashes. Grace Harris has been recalled to cover for Mooney’s absence

News Analysis With the multi-format series beginning on Thursday here are four players to keep a close eye on Tests: 2 matches, 75 runs at 37.50; 3 wickets at 34.33ODIs: 8 matches, 179 runs at 35.80; 5 wickets at 44.20T20Is: 3 matches, 86 runs, strike-rate 134.37 Tahlia McGrath is a very different cricketer to the

News Assistant coach filmed footage of police’s 6am arrival at team hotel in Hobart Graham Thorpe’s role as England assistant coach could be under threat, as the ECB launch an investigation into reports that he was smoking a cigar indoors prior to the police being called to the team hotel in Hobart. England’s embarrassing end

News South Africa’s Dewald Brevis scored a match-winning hundred against Uganda, while Afghanistan bowled PNG out for just 65 England 320 for 7 (Prest 93, Bell 57, Thomas 52, Sharma 3-51) beat Canada 214 all out (Johal 44, Boyden 4-44, Prest 3-38, Bethell 3-45) by 106 runs England became the first team to confirm their

England’s attempts to regain the Women’s Ashes and defend their 50-over World Cup title during the same winter trip to the southern hemisphere have already taken in a series of logistical challenges, with head coach Lisa Keightley admitting that there are “lots of parts of the jigsaw” still to piece together ahead of the T20I