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

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

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

Captain immersed in challenge of firing county to rare heights, with England days long behind him

Kent's T20 captain addresses talk on his England candidacy and bringing his franchise success home to Canterbury

Last season's finalists have been off the boil in IPL 2025

Livingstone fifty, and cameos from Jitesh and David, took hosts from 42 for 4 to 169, but it wasn't enough

The GT keeper put down a simple chance off Phil Salt in the first over of the game

Sanjay Bangar, however, feels all pitches must adhere to broad guidelines, with local characteristics bringing in natural variety

RCB had slipped to 42 for 4 in the seventh over, before the middle order smashed 64 runs in the last five overs

New head coach dismisses 'inspire and entertain' mantra, with focus on better fitness and more domestic cricket

The BCCI announced fixtures for India men's home internationals on Wednesday

RCB play their first home game this season after back-to-back wins, while GT have started with a win and a loss each

Ahead of Thursday's game against SRH, KKR's mentor has reminded his batters that "cricketing shots are allowed in T20s as well"

ESPNcricinfo has learned that it was Goa Cricket Association which approached the India opener

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.

Last season's finalists have been off the boil in IPL 2025

Livingstone fifty, and cameos from Jitesh and David, took hosts from 42 for 4 to 169, but it wasn't enough

The GT keeper put down a simple chance off Phil Salt in the first over of the game

Sanjay Bangar, however, feels all pitches must adhere to broad guidelines, with local characteristics bringing in natural variety

RCB had slipped to 42 for 4 in the seventh over, before the middle order smashed 64 runs in the last five overs

New head coach dismisses 'inspire and entertain' mantra, with focus on better fitness and more domestic cricket

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 […]

Familiar faces such as Kemar Roach will feature, as will the two Camerons in Bristol – Bancroft and GreenThose of us lucky enough to watch county cricket in the 1980s, with a packet of Salt’n’Shake in one hand and an autograph book in the other, could tick off Viv Richards at Somerset, Malcolm Marshall at […]

Surrey look primed to make it four titles in a row and Lancashire have enough to jump back to Division One Continue reading...

Ex-teammate Greenway: ‘Everyone should be excited’ Predecessor Lewis was sacked after 16-0 Ashes drubbingThe appointment of Charlotte Edwards as the new England women’s head coach has been warmly welcomed, with former teammate Lydia Greenway saying “everyone should be really excited by this appointment”.“The one thing with Lottie is the standards she sets, and what she […]

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