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Ollie Robinson has “unreservedly apologised” after admitting posting “racist and sexist” comments on Twitter while a teenager. The Tweets, sent between April 2012 and June 2013, included use of the N word, comments suggesting Muslim people were linked with terrorism, and derogatory comments about women and people of Asian heritage. Robinson was aged 18 and

Broad in conversation with Joe Root and Chris Silverwood © Getty Images Stuart Broad has been named England’s vice-captain for the Test series against New Zealand, which starts at Lord’s on Wednesday. Ben Stokes is Joe Root’s usual deputy, and stood in for him in the first Test against West Indies last summer, but will

News Skipper reveals in-form batter has beaten Blundell, Young for opening spot alongside Latham Kane Williamson has confirmed that Devon Conway, the top-order batter, will make his Test debut in the first match of the LV=Insurance Test series against England at Lord’s. Conway, the 29-year-old South African-born player, has been preferred to Tom Blundell or

Joe Root keen to ensure moment is no empty gesture © Getty Images Joe Root has confirmed that both teams will “be taking a moment of unity” ahead of the first LV=Insurance Test between England and New Zealand as part of a wider commitment to combat issues around inclusion within the game. Root, the England

News The families of both men’s and women’s squads will be allowed to travel with the teams In a shot in the arm for the India men’s and women’s squads that are due to tour England, the families of players and coaching and support staff have been cleared by the UK government to accompany them

News Wicketkeeper’s spot is yet to be confirmed but he is suddenly the frontline option after Foakes’ injury When England announced their 55-man return-to-training squad last summer, it’s probably fair to say James Bracey was in the outer orbit among candidates for the Test side. But Bracey, a well thought of young wicketkeeper-batter from Gloucestershire,

News Sussex coach James Kirtley praises seamer’s “ability to dissect batsmen” Sussex had tried just about everything to get Kiran Carlson out in their County Championship fixture away at Glamorgan earlier this season: he had made 127 not out in the first innings, and was 129 not out overnight heading into the final day, holding

News Respected former fast bowlers given new roles in sign of ECB commitment to diversity Devon Malcolm and Dean Headley are set to be added to the panel of ECB match referees as the organisation seeks to address a long-standing failure to appoint non-white officials. ESPNcricinfo revealed in November that John Holder, the former Test

News Family affair in prospect as England allrounder gets his first game-time of the season Moeen Ali is set to return to action on Saturday with an appearance in the Birmingham League. Moeen, who recently returned from the IPL, has received approval from the England team management to play for West Bromwich Dartmouth (WBD) against

News The England quick, who underwent elbow surgery last week, insists he is placing no timeframe on his recovery Jofra Archer says he is “quite prepared” to miss England’s five-Test series against India in August and September in a bid to be ready for his twin targets of the T20 World Cup and the Ashes

News ‘I’m very confident we’ll get him back, and get him back as we’ve seen Jofra in the past,’ Giles says Ashley Giles, the ECB’s director of men’s cricket, says that England are prepared to play the long game when it comes to Jofra Archer’s fitness, after the bowler himself indicated in a newspaper column

News England players will not be released for tournament restart, says ECB director of cricket England are not planning on making any changes to their plans to accommodate the IPL, according to Ashley Giles. While Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, admitted some players may be rested from the tours of Bangladesh and

News It is understood that spectators only need to wear masks when moving around inside the ground Around 18,000 spectators will be able to attend each of the first three days of the Edgbaston Test between England and New Zealand after the match was deemed a pilot event by the UK government. It was feared

News James Bracey set to debut behind stumps, as England call up Billings, Hameed Ben Foakes has torn his left hamstring in a dressing-room accident and will miss the two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s on June 2, with James Bracey set to debut in his place as wicketkeeper. Foakes, who had been

News Fast bowler to start “intensive rehabilitation period” before review in four weeks Jofra Archer faces a race against time to be fit for the start of England’s Test series against India in August, following surgery on his long-standing right elbow problem last week. The ECB confirmed on Wednesday morning that Archer had undergone surgery

News The Lahore Qalandars have re-signed the legspinner after his replacement Shakib Al Hasan pulled out of the PSL Rashid Khan will re-join Lahore Qalandars for the remainder of this year’s Pakistan Super League, which is due to resume in Abu Dhabi in the first week of June. Khan played the first two games of

News Bowler suffering from “impingement” of joint but England hope for return against India Jofra Archer is set to miss a significant portion of the English season after a decision to operate on his troublesome right elbow. Having seen a specialist on Wednesday, the decision was taken for Archer to undergo surgery on Friday. Although

Boyd Rankin, the former Ireland and England seamer, has announced his retirement from international and inter-provincial cricket. Rankin made his Ireland debut in 2003, and won the last of his 153 caps in a T20I against Afghanistan in Greater Noida last year. In between the 6ft 8in seamer also played for England, winning a Test

News Hard-fought 43 on return to Warwickshire team, but fielding may be key test Dom Sibley admitted his frustration at getting out for 43 on his return to action after a broken finger, but believes his attritional two-and-a-half hour stay has gone a long way towards proving his readiness for the first Test against New

The series opener is set to be played from August 4 as things stand © Getty Images Desperate to stage the remainder of the 2021 IPL, the BCCI has put in a late request to the ECB to prepone the start of the five-Test series by a week. ESPNcricinfo understands the request was put in

James Bracey, the Gloucestershire wicketkeeper-batter, and Ollie Robinson, the Sussex seamer, are in line for Test debuts against New Zealand next month, after being named in England’s 15-man squad for the two-match series, starting at Lord’s on June 2. Both players have been rewarded for their patience in travelling as reserves during England’s bio-secures campaigns

News England and Australia to play five Tests in six weeks; Women’s Ashes commences on January 27 England’s men will begin their attempts to reclaim the Ashes at Brisbane on December 8, with an intense programme of five Tests in six weeks culminating at Perth’s new Optus Stadium in mid-January. The multi-format women’s Ashes will

News Collaboration with BBC will showcase new talent during new competition The Hundred will provide venues for the return of live music in the UK this summer, with the unveiling of in-house DJs for each of the eight teams in the competition. The ECB’s new competition will see “sport and entertainment collide on a scale

News Seamer suggests ‘communication disappeared’ when Ed Smith was national selector Stuart Broad has suggested the “communication disappeared” when Ed Smith was national selector but insisted he would “understand” if he is left out of England’s Test side at any stage this summer. Broad took to Sky Sports to register his anger and disappointment after

News England fast bowler may face surgery as ECB plan next steps of recovery Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England’s two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s on June 2, and may face surgery on his troublesome right elbow after failing to come through this week’s return to first-class action. Archer, who

News Left-arm seamer collected eight trophies in globetrotting T20 career Harry Gurney, the Nottinghamshire and England seamer who became a fixture on the T20 franchise circuit, has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 34. Gurney announced the decision after failing to recover from a shoulder injury that caused him to miss Nottinghamshire’s

News England head coach will hand over to assistants Thorpe and Collingwood during busy summer Chris Silverwood will miss the ODI series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan as part of England’s rest-and-rotation policy. Silverwood, the England coach, was one of few ever-presents on England’s tours of Sri Lanka and India and accepts he will find

News Fiery outing for Sussex shows progress in recovery from elbow and finger injuries Jofra Archer demonstrated that his return to fitness is firmly on track following a fiery performance for Sussex on the opening day of their LV= County Championship clash with Kent at Hove, and confirmed he would be ready to step back

News Board finances report major dip in reserves after £100m shortfall in 2020 Ian Watmore, the ECB’s chairman, has announced his ambition to “help the game repair its Covid-inflicted wounds” via a business plan that will reduce the “unsustainable levels of debt” within English cricket. The ECB reported a drop in group reserves to £2.2

When Richard Gleeson was named in England’s enlarged training squad ahead of the truncated 2020 season, it was hailed as a triumph for late developers. Gleeson, 33, did not make his first-class debut until the age of 27, having held down a series of unlikely jobs – manual labour in a boiler factory, landscape gardening