Cricket

Preview Buttler is expected to return to the side for the hosts, and Bairstow is fit despite bruising his finger Big picture Phew, wasn’t that fun? After a three-hour bonanza of six-hitting that felt like a blur later, Pakistan justified their reputation of being predictably unpredictable, seeing off a near full-strength England side with a

News The visitors are already without many players who would make up their usual ODI top order Australia will monitor the fitness of captain Aaron Finch ahead of the ODI series against West Indies after he picked up a knee injury during the final T20I in St Lucia. Finch twisted his knee in the field

Report Morgan rings changes in bid to test bench-strength before T20 World Cup Toss England win toss, bowl first vs Pakistan England won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first of three T20Is against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. England, who swept the ODI series 3-0 earlier this week with a second-string side,

News The players named will be involved in a “trial series” in August, with the final squad due to be named later that month George Scott and Scott Steel, the Gloucestershire and Leicestershire allrounders, are in contention to play in this year’s T20 World Cup after being named in Scotland’s 40-member longlist for the event.

News The legspinner’s 2 for 20 was a key part of Australia’s victory in the fourth game With West Indies surging away in their chase on the fourth T20I, threatening to make a mockery of Australia’s 189, Adam Zampa went to Aaron Finch and told him he wanted to bowl inside the Powerplay. It hadn’t

News Batter free to resume career in wake of incident in Powys in 2020 Joe Clarke will be free to resume his career after a charge of affray was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Clarke, the Nottinghamshire top-order batter, appeared at Welshpool Magistrates’ Court in June charged with affray following an incident in Powys

News The pair has been given a chance to push for England Test selection James Bracey and Haseeb Hameed will be given the chance to stake their case for inclusion in England’s Test squad after being named in a County Select XI to play India in a three-day match at Chester-le-Street next week. Bracey did

News Marsh continued his fine form in the series with a player-of-the-match display When Fabian Allen kept depositing the ball in the stands in the penultimate over, bowled by Riley Meredith, at Daren Sammy Stadium, it seemed as though one of Mitchell Marsh‘s best nights in coloured clothes for Australia might not end in victory.

Report Play abandoned on fourth day after serious injury mars rain-doomed contest Yorkshire drew with Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74* Perhaps we should have realised on Tuesday evening that the Roses match would end not with the two counties contesting a tightly-fought battle for valuable bonus points but

News Five more new signings for tournament after injury, international and Covid restrictions Hayley Matthews, the West Indies allrounder and T20 World Cup winner, has signed for Welsh Fire, while Colin de Grandhomme will continue his stint at the Ageas Bowl after replacing Andre Russell on Southern Brave’s list of overseas players. Matthews, who was

Play 01:45 ‘We’ve probably let the bowlers down’ – Henriques Big Picture West Indies have hit their stride in the last few days to give Australia some harsh lessons. They had a helping hand in the opening game as the visitors’ batting lost the plot, but the following matches have been superb all-round displays where

Report Young Yorkshire bowler lost footing on damp ground while fielding, slid into concrete base of Western Terrace Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74*) vs Yorkshire Nobody who has lived through the past 18 months needs to be reminded that there are times when cricket doesn’t matter a damn.

News He might have to stay on in the team’s bubble in Zimbabwe to be eligible for the full series Mushfiqur Rahim could be one of two players asked to stay back with the Bangladesh contingent after their ODI series against Zimbabwe, to avoid a longer quarantine period ahead of their T20I series against Australia

News “He let me know where I stand within this team and he wanted me to go and express myself” Chris Gayle has thanked injured West Indies captain Kieron Pollard for a pre-match “pep talk” after he emerged from his lean run with a reminder of him at his best, scoring 67 off 38 balls

Report Hampshire openers add 174 for first wicket to leave hosts in danger of missing top flight Hampshire 270 for 5 (Weatherley 78, Holland 74) lead Gloucestershire 229 (Phillips 47, de Grandhomme 4-31) by 41 runs Joe Weatherley and Ian Holland put Hampshire on top at Cheltenham with a 174-run opening stand as their side

News Spinner who was the first person of colour to represent South Africa, opens up during SJN hearings Omar Henry has revealed how he wanted to return home from the 1992 World Cup after being given what he considered an unsatisfactory answer over why he was left out of South Africa’s match against New Zealand.

Play 01:39 Mitchell Marsh: Australia won’t make excuses for West Indies loss Big Picture In the space of barely 24 hours this series is potentially one match away from being decided. Australia need to win to keep things alive, a position they found themselves in on the New Zealand tour which will give them some

News Opener could have represented West Indies thanks to Barbados upbringing West Indies supporters have probably become accustomed to losing players to England. Jofra Archer was a key part of England’s World Cup side, after all, while Chris Jordan has been an integral member of the T20 team for several years. But Phil Salt, too,