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Shane Warne may be preparing for London Spirit’s opening match of the Hundred, against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston, but true to reputation, he can’t help but cast his gaze to a rather more distant campaign opener – at Brisbane in December, where he believes Matt Parkinson, England’s up-and-coming legspinner, could yet play a significant role

News Bairstow, Buttler, Curran, Stokes also return, but Woakes, Archer are not fit for selection Ollie Robinson has been recalled to England’s Test squad in the wake of his suspension during the New Zealand series, as Chris Silverwood, the head coach, named a 17-player squad for the opening two Tests against India, starting at Trent

News Tabraiz Shamsi replaces the Nepal legspinner in the Oval Invincibles squad Sandeep Lamichhane has urged the ECB to give him “a clear answer” after visa issues ruled him out of the Oval Incincibles’ side for the inaugural season of the Hundred. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Lamichhane said he was “extremely

News Spin might not play as a big a role in the UAE in October-November as anticipated, says England captain Eoin Morgan does not expect pitches to be conducive to spin in the T20 World Cup in October-November, and feels there are still spots up for grabs in the England set-up despite the fact that

Katherine Brunt, the longest-serving member of the England women’s squad, has warned her peers not to lose sight of the huge progress made by their game, after a gender pay row threatened to overshadow Wednesday’s standalone opening fixture of the Hundred. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, several of the more junior members

News Veteran Surrey allrounder played 22 times for England, including three Tests in 2003 Rikki Clarke, the veteran allrounder who won two Test and 20 ODI caps for England, has announced he will retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2021 season. Clarke, 39, won three Championship titles in a stellar county career

News Legspinner hopes performances against Pakistan prove he can play alongside Adil Rashid at T20 World Cup Matt Parkinson has admitted he was “gutted” to be left out of England’s white-ball squads at the start of the summer and that he hopes his performances throughout Pakistan’s tour can prove he can play in the same

News Tributes paid to ‘doyen’ of profession, who wrote on cricket for the Times for 65 years John Woodcock, the doyen of English cricket writing, has died at the age of 94. Woodcock, who lived almost his entire life in the village of Longparish in Hampshire, was cricket correspondent of The Times from 1954 to

News Chance to ‘reset’ during self-isolation another driving force behind 42-ball milestone, Livingstone says Liam Livingstone has credited a session in Bristol’s indoor school with Paul Collingwood and Marcus Trescothick and the opportunity to “reset” during 10 days of self-isolation as the driving forces behind his record-breaking 42-ball hundred for England in Friday’s first T20I

News “Sometimes though you just have to grin and bear it, and captaining England is one of those reasons” Ben Stokes has revealed he has had a pain-killing steroid injection in his left index finger after playing through “ridiculous” pain during England’s ODI series win against Pakistan. Stokes had fractured the finger in mid-April while

Report Morgan rings changes in bid to test bench-strength before T20 World Cup Toss England win toss, bowl first vs Pakistan England won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first of three T20Is against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. England, who swept the ODI series 3-0 earlier this week with a second-string side,

News Batter free to resume career in wake of incident in Powys in 2020 Joe Clarke will be free to resume his career after a charge of affray was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Clarke, the Nottinghamshire top-order batter, appeared at Welshpool Magistrates’ Court in June charged with affray following an incident in Powys

Report India have the chance to draw level on points if they win this match at Chelmsford Toss India chose to bat first vs England India won the toss and chose to bat first in last of three T20Is against England, which also marks the end of their multi-format series. India have the chance to

News Covid-19 fears could mean limited Hundred involvement for England Test players Ben Stokes accepts England’s players may have to spend more time in biosecure bubbles in the coming weeks, but insists it would be “pretty devastating” if they were not able to play in the Hundred. An upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the UK

News New umpiring signals and change to toss regulations among tweaks for new competition White cards to signal the completion of a set of five deliveries, and mandatory 50-second breaks at the change of ends every ten balls are among the playing conditions confirmed by the ECB ahead of the launch of the Hundred on

Ben Stokes had words of encouragement for England’s footballers © Getty Images England’s footballers are “absolute legends” who have their best years in front of them, according to Ben Stokes. Stokes, captain of the England ODI side which has taken an unassailable lead over Pakistan in the Royal London series, watched Sunday night’s Euro 2020

News Opener could have represented West Indies thanks to Barbados upbringing West Indies supporters have probably become accustomed to losing players to England. Jofra Archer was a key part of England’s World Cup side, after all, while Chris Jordan has been an integral member of the T20 team for several years. But Phil Salt, too,

Report England cannot be beaten in their multi-format series as they hold an eight-points-to-four lead Toss England chose to bowl vs India England have opted to bowl in the second of three T20Is which round out India’s tour. England cannot be beaten in their multi-format series as they hold an eight-points-to-four lead with four more

News Fast bowler regrets his own efforts couldn’t save series as England seal 2-0 lead Pakistan’s top order batting is supposed to be their strength in white-ball cricket but over the course of the last two ODIs it has become the cause of a chastening series loss. In Cardiff on Thursday they were reduced to

News England batter sustained a left thigh muscle injury while playing for Surrey in the Vitality Blast Ollie Pope is an injury doubt for the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India after sustaining a thigh muscle injury. Pope, the 23-year-old batter, sustained the injury while playing for Surrey against Kent in the

Nat Sciver has attributed her match-winning 27-ball 55 in England’s win in the rain-affected first T20I against India to her “boundary-oriented” approach on a pitch that had their openers struggle for fluency early in their innings. “[It] Felt good. I wasn’t thinking about the speed of it,” Sciver said after hitting the joint-fastest T20I fifty

Preview Pakistan need to regroup even as rain forecast swirls around second ODI Big Picture It’s a week short of two years since England played an ODI at Lord’s, and barring a 500-plays-500 tie, it’s hard to see how Saturday will match their last outing there. The euphoria on London’s streets in the past two

News Lancashire seamer takes unexpected opportunity with new-ball strikes in England rout The message Ben Stokes delivered to England’s hastily-assembled ODI squad ahead of the series with Pakistan, which involved 18 players being called in at barely 48 hours’ notice, was that “everyone deserves to be here”, Saqib Mahmood said after his four-wicket haul helped

News Captain puts focus on enjoyment amid extraordinary circumstances of early England recall You didn’t think Ben Stokes would turn England down in their hour of need, did you? He is not, by any means, at full fitness. And he does not, by any means, have a full strength squad at his disposal. But when

News Warwickshire spinner could play first match for England since 2014 after Covid reshuffle Danny Briggs is promising not to put too much pressure on himself as he makes a return to the England set-up that he admits he thought would never happen. It’s seven-and-a-half years since Briggs last played a T20I for England and

News Health concerns in England camp will have no immediate effect on touring party The Indian squad on tour in the UK will be receiving their second round of the Covid-19 vaccine on July 7 and 9. While this is in accordance with long-planned BCCI countermeasures to keep their players safe, it assumes greater significance

News Left-arm seamer pulled out of County Championship fixture vs Middlesex on third morning Amid the chaos of England’s first-choice ODI squad entering self-isolation on Tuesday morning, a handful of county stalwarts received news that they thought would never come. Danny Briggs was recalled after seven-and-a-half years since his last international appearance; John Simpson was

News Seamer takes five-wicket haul within opening eight overs at Emirates Old Trafford to reach landmark James Anderson claimed the 1000th first-class wicket of his career during a vintage afternoon’s work on day two of Lancashire’s County Championship match against Kent at Emirates Old Trafford. Anderson, the most-prolific fast bowler in Test history, went into

Report Sciver’s 49 and Knight’s 42 lift England on a rain-affected, 47-overs-a-side contest England Women (Sciver 49, Knight 46, Sharma 3-47, Kaur 1-24) vs India Women Nat Sciver‘s 49 and Heather Knight‘s 46 lifted England to a total of 219 in a rain-affected, 47-overs-a-side contest. Deepti Sharma was the other star performer in the third

News England fast bowler will be eligible for selection for India series after panel issues verdict Ollie Robinson has been cleared for an immediate return to cricket in the wake of the publication of historic offensive tweets during his Test debut at Lord’s last month, after the cricket discipline commission chose to suspend him for