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Stuart Broad looked cooked. James Anderson wasn’t given the second new ball and looked grumpy. The opening Test at Edgbaston was decided by very fine margins, but it felt as though England’s pace attack ran out of steam for the final push. There has been a reasonable break ahead of the second Test at Lord’s.

Language matters. That much has become increasingly apparent with every new revelation in England’s ongoing racism reckoning. Whether the arrestingly awful headline slurs that Azeem Rafiq outlined during his emotional testimony at the DCMS hearings, or more insidious everyday micro-aggressions – such as Cheteshwar Pujara protesting on this website that he didn’t much like his

The long-awaited report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket was published on Tuesday, and offered a damning critique of both English cricket, and Marylebone Cricket Club – the hosts for this week’s second Test against Australia at Lord’s. The issues raised in the report have overshadowed England’s preparations for the contest, and at

Sethi’s list included Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Rawalpindi but they were named out of the rotation. The PCB election commissioner and acting chairman, Ahmed Shehzad Farooq Rana, rejected them and replaced them with representatives of Larkana, Dera Murad Jamali, Bahawalpur and Hyderabad. This difference of opinion is the reason the matter has been taken to

Glamorgan 242 and 46 for 0 lead Sussex 203 (Hudson-Prentice 59, Harris 3-38, Swepson 3-52) by 85 runs Glamorgan’s bowlers fought their way back into this game, dismissing Sussex for 203 as the home side finished with a lead of 85 and 10 second-innings wickets standing A first-innings lead of 39 could be crucial in

Kane Williamson has not given up on playing a part in New Zealand’s 2023 ODI World Cup campaign as he takes his recovery from a right knee injury on a “week-to-week” basis. Williamson, who ruptured his ACL while fielding for Gujarat Titans against Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of IPL 2023 on March

Surrey 70 for 4 trail Lancashire 274 (Salt 56, Clark 4-47, Abbott 4-71) by 204 runs The BBC’s radio coverage from The Oval started with birdsong. After the first eight rounds of the LV= Insurance County Championship season were played with the Dukes ball, Sunday heralded the arrival of the Kookaburra. The idea behind its

In a parallel universe, Alyssa Healy would currently be nursing her fourth consecutive duck in Ashes Tests and England, in all probability, would be favourites to seal a compelling contest at Trent Bridge and steal a march in their bid to win back the trophy for the first time since 2015. Instead, Healy – Australia’s

Steven Smith has detailed how he felt like he’d had “a dozen beers” after being floored by a Jofra Archer bouncer at Lord’s on the last Ashes tour. Smith has made his return to the famous English ground this week, training on Saturday for the first time since the first Test. Australia’s players did not

When Tammy Beaumont was axed last summer from England’s T20 set-up – on the eve of a seminal Commonwealth Games campaign no less – it was the sort of shattering blow that would make any self-respecting sportsperson assess their priorities. “I went away, and asked myself if I even wanted to play anymore,” Beaumont told

Despite a tough day in the dirt at Trent Bridge, courtesy of Tammy Beaumont‘s career-best 208, Ashleigh Gardner says that Australia remain quietly confident of forcing victory in their one-off Test against England, and claiming four precious points in their bid to retain the Women’s Ashes. Gardner’s attacking offspin returned Australia’s best figures of the

Spectators attending day three of the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday are being encouraged to wear red and show their support for this year’s #RedforRuth campaign to raise funds and awareness for the charity established in memory of Sir Andrew Strauss’ late wife. The initiative begins the build-up towards day two of

Lancashire 177 for 4 (Buttler 83, Livingstone 47) beat Derbyshire 150 for 7 (Came 45) by 27 runs A blistering 83 off 36 balls by England captain Jos Buttler clinched two precious points for Lancashire Lightning as they improved their chances of securing a place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a 27-run win against

Heather Knight has called on her batters to “go again tomorrow” and earn the right to be dominant on a run-laden surface in the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, after closing the second day on a promising 218 for 2, thanks to an outstanding century from Tammy Beaumont. Although England still trail Australia’s first-innings

Former West Indies batter Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach of the West Indies women’s side for their upcoming limited-overs series against Ireland at home. Samuels had been assistant coach to Courtney Walsh until April, when Cricket West Indies (CWI) had decided not to renew their contracts as well as that of the

Middlesex 254 for 3 (Eskinazi 73, Holden 68*, Higgins 48) beat Surrey 252 for 7 (Jacks 96, Evans 85) by seven wickets Will Jacks just missed out on smashing six sixes in an over in a massive Surrey total of 252 for seven, but Stephen Eskinazi and Max Holden still emerged as the heroes of

Durham have signed Callum Parkinson on a three-year contract. Parkinson’s club, Leicestershire, had previously announced that the left-arm spinner had turned down a new contract. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Durham made an approach to sign Parkinson after he entered the final months of his contract. They are also set to sign Parkinson’s team-mate Colin Ackermann,

Former Australia and Queensland paceman Peter Allan, who played one Test and is one of only three men to have taken 10 wickets in a Sheffield Shield innings, has died at the age of 87. Allan played his sole Test for Australia in the 1965-66 Ashes against England on his home ground at the Gabba.