England

News Players in quarantine after IPL postponement unlikely to be rushed back Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, has hinted that the upcoming Test series against New Zealand will be used to look at “some new faces”. While England have the unexpected availability of some players they had anticipated would be at

News England have “full FTP schedule” from June onwards, says Ashley Giles England’s centrally contracted players are unlikely to be available for the completion of the IPL wherever and whenever it is rescheduled. While the England management were happy to allow up to a dozen English players to miss the Test series against New Zealand

News Family of former England seamer speak about struggles since inoperable diagnosis in 1999 The family of Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has released a film to raise funds and awareness for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust, 22 years after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour that has dominated his life

Marylebone Cricket Club has responded to criticism from leading female cricketers, including Heather Knight, the current England captain, after a report in The Times claimed that a proposal to erect a permanent memorial to one of the sport’s most pioneering figures, Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, had been met with resistance from sections of the club’s 18,500 male-dominated

News MCC, Surrey, Warwickshire and Emirates Old Trafford part of group; existing schedules remain a challenge A group of English counties has offered to host the remainder of the IPL 2021 season in September this year. The MCC (who own Lord’s), Surrey (who are based at The Kia Oval), Warwickshire (who are based in Birmingham)

News Proposal for statue or gate in memory of female pioneer met with resistance from members Heather Knight, the England women’s captain, has called on MCC to “move with the times”, after a proposal to erect a permanent memorial to one of cricket’s most pioneering figures, Rachael Heyhoe Flint, was met with resistance from sections

News Family of former England seamer speak about struggles since inoperable diagnosis in 1999 The family of Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has released a film to raise funds and awareness for The Brain Tumour Charity, 22 years after he was diagnosed with an inoperable growth that has dominated his life since

These were circumstances that, ordinarily, make cricketers question their life choices. A biting, blustery day on the South Coast, with a ragged wind harassing the bowlers in their run-ups and the batters in their stances. The first-team squad went through their paces for a while in the nets behind the square, but not a soul

News Scheme run by Lord’s Taverners will make Super 1s and table cricket available in every county The ECB has committed £2 million to ensure disability cricket is accessible in every county in England and Wales. The scheme, which will be run by the Lord’s Taverners, is believed to be the biggest investment ever made

News Visitors will be boosted at Hove this week by return of Liam Livingstone from IPL James Anderson will miss Lancashire’s County Championship fixture against Sussex this week as he continues to manage a minor calf injury. England have been managing the workloads of their centrally contracted players carefully – and their bowlers in particular

English cricket has joined football in the fight against online abuse © ESPNcricinfo Ltd English cricket has announced that it will take part in a social media boycott this weekend in a “show of solidarity against online abuse”. Leading English football clubs and organisations released a statement on Saturday to announce that they would boycott

News IPL franchises had enquired about Topley but change to rules meant he had to stay with Surrey A new cut-off date for county players to sign IPL contracts stopped Reece Topley becoming a late injury replacement in this year’s competition. In 2018, county coaches and directors of cricket called a crisis meeting at Edgbaston

News Archer has been training with Sussex at Hove as he works his way back to fitness England fast bowler Jofra Archer will not be available for the Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 IPL. The decision was taken on Friday by the ECB who said Archer would be “stepping up” his training intensity after spending

News The England and Rajasthan Royals batter has spent much of the last ten months moving in and out of biosecure environments Liam Livingstone, the England and Rajasthan Royals batter, has opted to return home early from the IPL, citing “bubble fatigue” after spending much of the last ten months moving in and out of

News Former England batsman returns to club where he forged memorable career Jonathan Trott has returned to Warwickshire as a batting consultant for the men’s squad. Trott, who retired in 2018 with a haul of 18,662 first-class runs and more than 12,000 more in List A and T20 cricket, performed a similar role for England

News Ben Stokes undergoes “successful” surgery; Jofra Archer continues rehab at Sussex Dom Sibley has been ruled out of Warwickshire’s next two County Championship matches after sustaining a broken finger at Trent Bridge last week. Sibley, the England opening batter, broke the finger – the middle one on his right hand – when dropping a

News Chris Silverwood assumes responsibility with Joe Root and Eoin Morgan alongside him Ed Smith is to leave the ECB with almost immediate effect after his role was made redundant. Smith, who was appointed as national selector three years ago to the day, has been squeezed out after a restructure of the selection process by

News ECB. BCCI accept benefits of global exposure after initial resistance to Olympic involvement Cricket’s return to the Olympics is moving closer, with the possibility that it could do so in the T10 format. That has emerged in the wake of the ICC’s scheduling meetings for a new calendar from 2023 onwards, which took place

News No immediate impact on IPL participants, but quarantine periods may affect future engagements The ECB are confident they will be able to fulfil their home international fixture programme despite India being added to the ‘red list’ of countries from which most travel to the UK has been banned due to fears of a new

News Allrounder requires surgery on left index finger ruling him out for up to 12 weeks Ben Stokes looks set to miss England’s Test series against New Zealand in June after the ECB said that he would require surgery on his broken finger, putting him out for up to 12 weeks. The England allrounder underwent

News Batter should be fit in time for T20 Blast campaign as he works on rehab alongside Archer Phil Salt, the Sussex batsman, has been ruled out until the end of May due to a cycling injury. Sussex announced on Thursday that Salt had broken a bone in his right foot, which was confirmed after

Ben Stokes has been named as the leading cricketer in the world for a second consecutive year in the 2021 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which is published on April 15. Stokes amassed 641 Test runs at 58.27 for the calendar year, which was more than anyone else, while his 19 wickets cost just 18.73

News Tour games between English first-class teams and New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan also scrapped India A’s tour of England this summer, which would’ve seen them play against both India and England Lions, has been postponed. Instead, the BCCI will send an inflated squad to “prepare for, and use during” India’s five-Test series against

News Ongoing elbow problem will be assessed once fast bowler returns to nets, ECB says Jofra Archer has been cleared to resume training after undergoing surgery to remove a glass fragment from his hand. Archer, missing from Rajasthan Royals’ side for the start of the IPL because of the operation to fix an injury he

News Team director admits Archer’s fitness issues had tempted Royals to consider their options ahead of the IPL auction in February Rajasthan Royals will take a long-term view on Jofra Archer‘s fitness – for England as well as for the franchise – and not seek to rush him back to action simply to fulfil his

News Surrey are currently in talks with BCCI and IPL authorities, who have not yet indicated any desire in favour of the move Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, wants to bring the IPL to the city, with Surrey said to be in preliminary talks with authorities in India to explore the possibility. London hosts

Warwickshire 169 for 5 (Lamb 41*) trail Derbyshire 189 by 20 runs Warwickshire are hoping to convince the government to allow 50% capacity at the Test between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston in June. The game starts on June 10 which, under current guidelines, means just 25% occupancy of the ground will be allowed.

News Robinson’s former Sussex coach believes seamer can stake claim for Ashes involvement Jason Gillespie says Sussex seamer Ollie Robinson deserves an England Test berth and believes he could prove more than handy on the Ashes tour at the end of the year. As Robinson prepares to spearhead the Sussex attack in their County Championship

After training at Emirates Old Trafford on Tuesday, Graham Onions, Lancashire’s bowling coach, stood looking at a picture of the celebrations after the club sealed Division Two of the County Championship by beating Middlesex in September 2019. “That was my last game,” he noted to Saqib Mahmood, following his retirement from the professional game. After

News The Kolkata Knight Riders captain also said the side’s spin attack is “one of the best” in the tournament this season Eoin Morgan has said that he has progressed well enough to have a chance to play in the Kolkata Knight Riders’ season opener against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 11 after sustaining a