Tag: England cricket team

England captains will be invited to sit on board meetings under plans by Richard Thompson, the new chair of the England & Wales Cricket Board, to increase cricket knowledge at the top of the game.Rob Key, the England managing director, will also attend board meetings in a non-voting capacity ...

Ahmed says he wants to bowl more like Rashid, but the senior man “tells me I’m my own bowler and to focus on what I do well”. So Ahmed’s mantra is simple: “Whether it's a red ball or a white ball, I just want to keep the stumps in ...

Is it a year in the 21st century? Yes? Well then of course there's cricket world cup taking place. In fact 2023 is a bumper year for international limited-overs cup competitions, given that the women's 20-over World Cup finished in March. England's defence of the men's 50-over World Cup ...

A financial contribution from the England and Wales Cricket Board is set to help ensure Jos Buttler’s white-ball team’s tour of Bangladesh would be broadcast in the UK – and it means that it will also be streamed for free.Sky are set to secure the TV rights for the tour, which comprises three ODIs and ...

No UK TV or radio broadcast deal has been agreed to show England's white-ball tour of Bangladesh which starts in less than a month's time.It would appear that potential broadcasters are delaying their run in a bid to secure a cut-price deal with a growing belief in the industry ...

That automatically robs England of the likes of Joe Root, an ODI regular, as well as Ben Duckett and Harry Brook, who are playing in the three-match series in South Africa, which concludes today. There is a possibility that Will Jacks, if he was not selected to play in ...

When England chased down a record 378 to beat India at Edgbaston in July, it felt like they had found one opener at least. For the second time in three matches, Alex Lees had teed up a brilliant chase: he made a quick-fire 56, and stood up to Virat ...

The Surrey and England fast bowler Jamie Overton will be unable to bowl for the foreseeable future, all but ending his hopes of playing in the Ashes, after suffering a stress fracture of the back. Overton has returned home from the UAE, where he was due to play for Gulf ...

Sam Curran became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League after being sold to Punjab Kings for £1.85 million (18.5 crore) in the 2023 auction. Curran attracted bids from six different franchises before eventually being bought by Punjab for a record amount. The furious ...

by Nick Hoult, in Karachi Harry Brook’s reputation continues to rise like one of the new skyscrapers on Karachi’s Clifton Beach and with it England’s chances of a clean-sweep.  He became the first England batsman to score three hundreds in his first four Tests – and only the 6th ...