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Midway through last season’s Bob Willis Trophy campaign, Jamie Overton took the agonising decision to call time on his career at Somerset, and seek out pastures new at The Kia Oval, where he hopes to find the freedom to break out of the constraints that he had found himself in at Taunton, and fulfil his

Ollie Pope believes that India paid England a back-handed compliment in preparing a trio of spin-friendly wickets for the final three matches of this winter’s Test tour, after revealing how Virat Kohli warned him midway through England’s first-Test victory in Chennai that life for the batsmen was about to get much tougher. After winning the

For England’s Test hopefuls the start of the County Championship season offers a simple, if slightly vague, formula for realising their dream: make runs, take wickets, get noticed by the national selectors. Ollie Robinson, the Sussex seam bowler, is among a handful of current players to have progressed considerably further along that path. Having spent

Alex Carey avoided being dismissed in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, when he caught his helmet as it fell towards the stumps © Getty Images The ECB are hopeful that a tweak to their playing regulations for this season’s County Championship may prompt a change to the game’s laws, after it was deemed that batsmen

News Fast bowler undergoes successful surgery to remove glass fragment from his hand Jofra Archer is set to return to India to play for the Rajasthan Royals after a period on the sidelines recovering from injury, despite some early doubts over his availability for the 2021 IPL. ESPNcricinfo understands Archer, who had finger surgery on

News Vaccination passports being considered as clubs focus on getting crowds back into venues The domestic game is expected to report combined losses in excess of £100 million by the time all 18 first-class counties have published their accounts at the end of April, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket.

Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s director of cricket, has insisted that a uniform spread of good cricket wickets remains the best way to develop Test-class cricketers, in spite of the difficulties that England encountered in spinning conditions on their tour of India this winter, where they succumbed to three heavy defeats at Chennai and Ahmedabad. After dominating

Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s participation in this year’s IPL will be decided later this week, following a bizarre incident prior to England’s tour of India, in which he dropped a tropical fish tank in his bath and suffered a cut middle finger on his right hand.

Chris Silverwood, England’s head coach, says his players will relish the opportunity for a rematch with India in their own conditions this summer, but added that he was proud of their efforts on tour this winter, despite coming off second-best in all three formats. After losing the Test series 3-1 last month, and the T20Is

Jos Buttler, England’s stand-in captain, says he is proud of the manner in which his side stayed true to the values that won them the 50-over World Cup at Lord’s two years ago, despite succumbing to a thrilling seven-run defeat in the ODI series decider against India in Pune. Faced with a stiff target of

News Stand-in captain says, “T20 has given people probably a greater understanding of risk and reward” in ODIs England will go into the final match of their tour of India hopeful of claiming the ODI series 2-1 but already confident that exposure to local conditions will enhance their chances of success at this year’s showpiece

Report Tom Curran was left out by England after Virat Kohli lost his third loss in a row in the series Toss England opt to bowl vs India England won the toss in the third and final ODI of the series, with stand-in captain Jos Buttler sending India in to bat for the third match

News She contends she was allegedly passed over for the job of South Africa women’s team manager because of her sexuality and nationality Former England World Cup-winning captain and current Titans team manager Karen Smithies is suing Cricket South Africa (CSA) for discrimination after she was ruled out of contention for a job allegedly because

News Fast bowler suffered cut to hand in January that will now require an operation Jofra Archer is set to undergo a surgical procedure on his right hand next week, having also received another injection in his elbow after being ruled out of England’s ongoing ODI series in India. The news means his participation in

News After stunning partnership, Bairstow says Stokes’ batting complementary to his, meaning “people don’t like to bowl at us” England stuck to their “no fear” philosophy and came good to level the series in Pune, testament to faith in their methods as well as the strength in depth they possess in the batting department. Even

Report Dawid Malan replaced the injured Sam Billings as the visitors looked to square the series Toss: England opt to bowl vs India England chose to bowl again, in their must-win second ODI against India, in Pune. This time it was stand-in captain Jos Buttler who called correctly at the toss, reckoning that the “pitch

Preview India will be without Shreyas Iyer, while England ponder on the fitness of Sam Billings and Eoin Morgan Big picture It appears the narrative of this series is set. England have committed to being the marauders and India are the pragmatists. It is like cricket’s own version of a buddy cop show. Eoin Morgan

News England captain split webbing on his hand in first ODI, while Billings suffered shoulder injury England captain Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the remaining two ODIs against India with a hand injury suffered during the opening match in Pune on Tuesday. Jos Buttler is set to take over the reins, with Liam

It wasn’t the glorious return to action that Ben Stokes might have envisaged, more than 18 months on from the World Cup final at Lord’s. His first match back in England’s ODI team, at Pune on Tuesday, ended with a rather limp 66-run defeat, while his much-vaunted promotion to No.3 proved to be something of

News With ODI form still flying, batsman seeks permanent home at No. 4 for T20 World Cup, No. 3 for Ashes Jonny Bairstow‘s “easy chemistry” with fellow opener Jason Roy was on show despite England’s heavy defeat to India in the first match of their ODI series in Pune on Tuesday – and Bairstow wants

News Sides will play five T20Is in January, three Tests in March after West Indies travelled to England last year England will extend its tours of West Indies in 2022, adding an extra Test and two more T20Is to their schedule. The tour next January will now feature five T20Is – increased from three matches

News Captain says other squad members ‘absolutely’ set to play in remaining two matches Eoin Morgan and Sam Billings are in doubt to play in Friday’s second ODI against India after picking up injuries in the series opener. Morgan split the webbing between his right thumb and index finger while fielding and needed four stitches

Report Mohammad Saifuddin replaced the injured Hasan Mahmud in the only change for Bangladesh New Zealand chose to bowl vs Bangladesh On a sunny day in Christchurch, New Zealand captain Tom Latham opted to bowl after winning the toss in the second ODI, the first to be played under lights at the Hagley Oval. After

Big picture In the year of the T20 World Cup and the inaugural World Test Championship final, most bilateral ODI series are expected to fly under the radar and this India-England series is no different. After being close to their full-strength in the T20I leg of the India tour, England will be without three of

News Ben Stokes eager to play ODIs in lead-up to IPL, says England captain Eoin Morgan has warned that no timeframe should be put on Jofra Archer’s recovery from a long-standing elbow injury, after it was confirmed that he would miss the three-match ODI series in India, starting on Tuesday, as well as the opening

News Liam Livingstone, Matt Parkinson, Reece Topley named in England’s 14-man ODI squad Jofra Archer will miss England’s ODI series in India and the early stages of the IPL season, the ECB have confirmed. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Archer’s elbow injury has become a growing concern for the England management over the course of the

Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s decision to miss the early stages of the IPL season in order to ensure his long-term fitness ahead of the T20 World Cup and the Ashes is a “very satisfying” one, in the eyes of England’s head coach Chris Silverwood. England confirmed

News Increase in number of points for a draw following comments from Joe Root this month The number of points on offer for a draw in the County Championship has been increased from five to eight, after England’s Test captain Joe Root called for changes in the competition’s regulations to incentivise teams to make games

News Fast bowler set to return to England post T20I series against India as Rajasthan Royals await formal update from ECB on his availability Jofra Archer is set to miss at least the first half of IPL 2021 with Rajasthan Royals as the ECB has decided to send him back home to tend to a

News Failure to convert 2-1 lead leaves England with as many questions as answers ahead of World Cup On the eve of the fourth T20I of this series, Mark Wood was asked how big a statement it would be for England to convert their 2-1 lead into a series win against India. After sliding to