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Matt Prior, the former England wicketkeeper, believes that Joe Root’s Ashes squad has the right calibre of fast bowlers to match the methods that delivered their last victory in an overseas Ashes campaign in 2010-11 – but only if their batters can compile enough runs to keep England competitive across the five-Test series. Prior made

News Perth Test still on the cards with plans being still worked through between Cricket Australia and the Western Australian government There could be 100000 people at the MCG on Boxing Day after the Victorian government announced all Covid crowd restrictions would be lifted on Thursday following the state reaching its vaccination targets. Victoria’s vaccination

Roger Hutton, the recently-departed chair of Yorkshire, has admitted in front of parliamentarians that the county is institutionally racist. Hutton, who stepped down as chair earlier this month, made the admission under persistent questioning from MPs at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee hearing into Yorkshire’s investigation of Azeem Rafiq’s claims of

News That said, the senior paceman doesn’t expect Australia to play the same four-man attack all summer Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins feels he is as fresh as he has ever felt coming into a Test series, but says he would be surprised if the side persists with the same four-man attack through all five Ashes

News Current SKY commentator and former England coach had made disparaging remarks in an exchange with a third party David Lloyd, the Sky Sports commentator and former England coach, has issued an apology to Azeem Rafiq and the wider Asian cricket community, after admitting to a text message exchange in which he had questioned Rafiq’s

News England spinner says he heard Vaughan question the number of players of Asian heritage in the Yorkshire side Adil Rashid has confirmed he heard Michael Vaughan question the number of players of Asian heritage in the Yorkshire side during an incident in 2009. In a statement released to ESPNcricinfo Rashid not only confirmed Azeem

News The trio will be formally inducted before the T20 World Cup final on Sunday in Dubai Janette Brittin, Mahela Jayawardene and Shaun Pollock have been inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and the formal induction will take place before the T20 World Cup 2021 final between New Zealand and Australia at the Dubai

Joe Root, England’s captain, has pledged to stick by Yorkshire in spite of the current turmoil surrounding the club, and help to reform it from within, as he called on the sport, and wider society, to “eradicate” the scourge of racism. Speaking from England’s Ashes touring base in Queensland, Root said that the revelations around

News “I think he brings so much more than just the batting” – England coach says of white-ball captain Eoin Morgan is the only man who can determine his future as England’s limited-overs captain and he was already making plans for the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia on the bus back from Abu Dhabi

News Squad has emerged from hard quarantine to focus on acclimatisation in Queensland Joe Root, England’s captain, believes that Ben Stokes is firmly on track for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane in just under a month’s time, after making a cautious return to training at the squad’s quarantine base on the Gold Coast in

New Zealand never felt that the target of 167 was beyond their reach, despite losing early wickets and falling behind the asking rate, in their semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi. So said finisher-turned-opener Daryl Mitchell after his unbeaten 72 off 47 balls dragged New Zealand into their first-ever T20 World Cup final. He put

Report With 57 needed in the last four overs and the chase seemingly dead, they teed off to fell England New Zealand 167 for 5 (Mitchell 72*, Conway 46, Neesham 27; Livingstone 2-22) beat England 166 for 4 (Malan 41, Moeen 51*; Southee 1-24) by 5 wickets James Neesham contemplated retirement in 2017. He didn’t.

Big picture Super Over, anyone? By the time England and New Zealand take the field for another World Cup encounter, 850 days will have elapsed since the craziest contest of the lot. Plenty has happened since that extraordinary day at Lord’s in July 2019 – a global pandemic, for starters, not to mention New Zealand’s

News Tom Harrison meets Ramiz Raja on bridge-building visit to Pakistan after October pull-outs England’s men will play two additional T20Is on their tour of Pakistan in September and October 2022, in compensation for the late cancellation of last month’s planned visit, following a meeting between ECB and PCB officials in Lahore on Tuesday. Tom

News Scans on Sunday confirmed he would be unable to recover for the knockout stages Jason Roy has been ruled out of the rest of England’s T20 World Cup campaign with a torn left calf. He has been replaced in the squad by James Vince, who was one of two remaining travelling reserves along with

News England allrounder praises Azeem Rafiq for encouraging others to share experiences Moeen Ali hopes that the short-term pain of the racism crisis at Yorkshire can have long-term benefits for the whole of English cricket, as he welcomed the chance for the sport to embrace true diversity and “open up those avenues for everybody”. Speaking

News Lord Kamlesh Patel is the likely interim replacement, though former Yorkshire and ECB chairman Colin Graves is keen on another stint Roger Hutton has resigned as chairman of Yorkshire with immediate effect citing a lack of support from the ECB and a lack of “care and contrition” from senior management at the club. Hutton,

News England opener says he has “got a good picture” of how Australia’s quicks operate While the return of Ben Stokes has been considered a huge boost to England’s chances of winning the Ashes, Rory Burns knows his role at the top of the order could hold the key to glory in Australia. Burns is

Report England lost Jason Roy to injury, and ended up falling short by just 10 runs South Africa 189 for 2 (van der Dussen 94*, Markram 52*) beat England 179 for 8 (Moeen 37, Malan 33, Rabada 3-48) by 10 runs An unbroken century stand between Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram handed England

News James Vince, one of two travelling reserves in the squad, would be Roy’s likely replacement Jason Roy is a doubt for the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup after retiring hurt with a calf injury during England’s final Super 12s match against South Africa on Saturday night in Sharjah. Roy had made 20

In the wake of ESPNcricinfo’s publication of details of the report into racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the club has been plunged into crisis, with major sponsors pulling out, senior players implicated in racist behaviour, and the prospect of the club hierarchy appearing before a DCMS select committee on November 16, including chairman Roger

News White-ball coaches to link up post-World Cup, as Collingwood warns about bubble life Graham Thorpe, England men’s assistant coach, will head up the advance party’s preparations for the Ashes, when the Test specialists and Lions arrive in Australia this weekend. Thorpe will stand in for head coach Chris Silverwood while England’s white-ball squad complete

Preview To put themselves in a comfortable position, they need a big win against red-hot England – so they have a better NRR than Australia Big picture There are no quarterfinals at this T20 World Cup but South Africa have found themselves in one anyway – in a win-or-go-home match against England. If the latter

News The team wants “matters of an extreme or serious nature” like racism in cricket “to be met head on”, England captain says Eoin Morgan has insisted that he does not mind England’s T20 World Cup campaign being overshadowed if that ensures Azeem Rafiq‘s allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire are “met head on”, adding

News Former England Ashes-winning captain denies he abused Rafiq during county match Michael Vaughan, the captain of England’s 2005 Ashes-winning team, has admitted that he is the former player implicated in the investigation into Azeem Rafiq‘s allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire. Vaughan, who represented the county from 1991 until his retirement in 2009, used

News Wood comes through training unscathed after ankle issue has kept him out of tournament Mark Wood looks set to replace Tymal Mills in the England team for their final T20 World Cup Super 12s fixture against South Africa on Saturday after coming through Thursday’s training session in Sharjah unscathed. Wood reported a niggle in

News “If we play in the semi-final on a wicket that maybe is not a 180 wicket, then it is a good learning curve for us” Sharjah was paradise for batters in last year’s IPL to the extent that there is an Uber pick-up location in the S117 highway that runs next to the ground

News Mills’ tournament comes to a premature end after he picked up a right thigh strain Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20 World Cup with a right thigh strain. Reece Topley, who had been travelling with the England squad as a reserve player, has been added to the side

News Cruel blow for left-arm quick as Reece Topley steps into England squad Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup, with Reece Topley taking his place in the 15-man squad. Mills, England’s joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, left the field midway through his second over against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on

News England captain “absolutely delighted” after defending 163 against Sri Lanka Eoin Morgan was nowhere near his fluent best in Sharjah on Monday night. On a slow pitch with low bounce – at least until the dew had its say – he eked out nine runs off the first 20 balls he faced, and his