Nottinghamshire offspinner made history on debut and, at age of 17, has further ambitions to fulfil

The NZ allrounder speaks about growing up in a cricketing family, the challenge of bowling offspin to right-handers, and the planning that helps the team take down bigger oppositions

The former New Zealand fast bowler, and current Rajasthan Royals bowling coach, talks about playing with and after injury

Foot fracture may delay first-class debut, but Smeed targets trophies after club's triple near-miss last year

England spinner hopes to play big role in Somerset's relaunch, as thoughts turn to Heather Knight's successor

With a Test debut looming in New Zealand, wicketkeeper suffered the cruellest break, but he's ready to bounce back

Allrounder is carving his own niche away from attention that comes with Ashes-winning father

Fast bowler impressed in maiden Tests in 2023 but has barely bowled a ball since

South Australia paceman credits off-season hobby for marked increase in bowling speed and stamina

Head coach returns to county cricket after two decades, with a focus on high standards and no excuses

The KKR batter explained it was "not an easy pitch to just go out there and hit," and taking his time to get set worked

Changes could come in for 2026 with Hundred sale helping provide "financial certainty" for counties

KKR's batters built steam gradually to post a challenging 200 for 6 before Arora led a new-ball effort that demolished SRH's top three in 13 balls

The KKR captain also heaped praise on Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana, especially in the powerplay

Veteran journalist was synonymous with New Road, and filed reports to this website via the ECB Reporters Network

He has been on the sidelines for the last three months due to a back injury

Naqvi who has been PCB chair since February 2024 said that he was "deeply honoured" by the appointment

The pollution issue doesn't happen every year, says Devajit Saikia

Ambidextrous Sri Lankan allrounder bowls one over on IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad

KKR lost their openers cheaply but Rahane and Raghuvanshi steadied their innings before Iyer and Rinku went ballistic

DAVID LLOYD: I was at the golf club on Saturday with a couple of mature fellas who like cricket and they said they were losing interest. They were shrugging their shoulders about this Pakistan series.

Sri Lanka seized control on day three of the third Test, cruising to 94-1 before bad light stopped play on Sunday.

DAVID LLOYD: After Ollie Pope's scintillating century on day one, the Surrey man's side collapsed on day two, posting a total of 325 all out before taking to the field with the ball at the Oval.

DAVID LLOYD AT THE OVAL: He has been the reserve batter for a period of time and he deserves to retain that title this winter. If further opportunity arises he'll be more comfortable in the middle order.

DAVID LLOYD AT LORD'S: He also joined an exclusive group of players - which includes George Headley, Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan - to have scored two centuries at Lord's.

DAVID LLOYD: They say it is like riding a bike, but even after some pre-match throw-downs, it felt like mine was still chained up until I got one down the leg side.

NASSER HUSSAIN: There have been plenty of poor displays in one day cricket as four bilateral series defeats in a row and their win ratio dropping to 29 per cent since the last World Cup signifies.

NASSER HUSSAIN: How cricket reacts is a very complicated issue, but one thing that is not up for debate is how badly the women of Afghanistan and their sporting teams are being treated.

Nearly every cricketer in this Bazball era - and some of the selections have been more than left field - has justified their place. And the two fast bowlers are absolute gems.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Jacob Bethell is as raw as they come. He is just 21 years old and has never batted at three or got a first-class hundred ahead of England's Test series against New Zealand.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Is the second loss in Asia this year a serious setback for Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as they look to develop momentum ahead of next year's Ashes Down Under?

NASSER HUSSAIN: What Saud Shakeel did well in the deciding Test that England batters did not was defend the ball straight, but also work it square of the wicket and play with soft hands.

The KKR batter explained it was "not an easy pitch to just go out there and hit," and taking his time to get set worked

Changes could come in for 2026 with Hundred sale helping provide "financial certainty" for counties

KKR's batters built steam gradually to post a challenging 200 for 6 before Arora led a new-ball effort that demolished SRH's top three in 13 balls

The KKR captain also heaped praise on Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana, especially in the powerplay

Veteran journalist was synonymous with New Road, and filed reports to this website via the ECB Reporters Network

He has been on the sidelines for the last three months due to a back injury

Delays caused by negotiations around overseas rightsECB also launch review into crowded domestic scheduleThe England and Wales Cricket Board insists that the sale of the eight Hundred franchises will be completed by the end of April, despite the delays to negotiations.The governing body’s chief executive, Richard Gould, said that the high valuations were not one […]

The 125th edition – the calm before the 2026 storm – begins on Friday with notable names headlining the cast list The cut of the grass, the shine of a boot, the sigh of a drop, the joy of a catch, the crunch of a four, the hope of the spring. Time stealthily gouging out […]

The West Indies batter on his effortless style, playing with his idols and how leadership brought out the best in himBy Wisden Cricket MonthlyBorn in Georgetown, Guyana, Carl Hooper, 58, played 102 Test matches for the West Indies between 1987 and 2003, scoring nearly 6,000 runs, taking 114 wickets with his wily off-spin and captaining […]

New head coach targets Women’s World Cup in India‘I’m confident we can turn things around very quickly’Charlotte Edwards has promised to make England’s players “more accountable for their fitness” as she seeks to improve the team’s fortunes after her appointment as women’s head coach.The 45-year-old insisted that despite England women’s recent troubles against Australia they […]

Both were prolific in the recently concluded Pakistan-Sri Lanka series, but their overall Test careers is a strange mix of excellence and mediocrity

Despite the draw in Bulawayo, 2017 has seen a new high in terms of Test matches that have had decisive results

Pakistan's pace attack has enjoyed a superb year in ODIs in 2017, and the biggest reason for that has been the emergence of Hasan Ali

He has been outstanding on tours, but his average at home has dropped to less than 37; the difference between the two is among the highest in Test history

Australia have the home advantage, but most of the other numbers between the two teams are pretty similar over the last 18 months

He has been on an incredible run spree against Australia in recent years, and his superb numbers of late suggest he will have another fine series against them

The average T20I run rate in 2018 so far is 8.87, the highest among all years so far

Many people can recall outstanding deliveries, such as Shane Warne's'ball of the century' to Mike Gatting at Old Trafford in 1993

The England allrounder who missed a summer after being sent down

The story of Harry Lee, an England batsman who played a Test match after being declared officially dead

The player who many thought was a better batsman than the greatest of them all

The 16-year-old WG Grace made an impact in his very first match 150 years ago

When the selection of Derek Pringle ruffled feathers

It seems extraordinary to recall now, given all the seismic scandals that have clawed away at the integrity of cricket over the past decade, but at the start of the 1990s, there was no issue more emotive than ball-tampering