Shoaib Bashir is preparing to shoulder England’s spinning burden against India even though the young bowler cannot even get into his own county team. The tall Somerset off-spinner is a fixture in Ben Stokes’ Test side but is behind left-armer Jack Leach in the Taunton pecking order. In fact, he often finds himself third choice, … Read more
England will look to seal the three-match series when it takes on West Indies in the second T20 International at County Ground in Bristol on Sunday. The host rode on former skipper Jos Buttler’s 96 and spinner Liam Dawson’s 4/20 to clinch a 21-run win in the series opener at Chester-le-Street. Evin Lewis (39) top … Read more
England hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs in a one-off Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday. Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir took a Test-best 6-81 as Zimbabwe, following-on, was dismissed for 255 on the third day in what was the African nation’s first Test in England in 22 years. Bashir’s second five-wicket haul at Trent … Read more
England and Zimbabwe will face each other in a four-day, one-off Test after more than 20 years at Trent Bridge in Nottingham from Thursday, May 22. Ahead this summer is a five-Test series against India and then an Ashes tour Down Under. For England, it doesn’t get much bigger than that, so the match against … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has signed New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert as a replacement for Jacob Bethell, who will leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on May 24 to join the England national team. Bethell will be available for RCB’s final league-stage match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 23 before his departure. Seifert, who … Read more
Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine wants his side to focus on the task at hand rather than the sense of occasion when it faces England in a Test for the first time in over 20 years. This week’s four-day match at Trent Bridge marks the first Test between the two nations since 2003, a series that … Read more
England Women will take on West Indies in a three-match T20 International series, starting on Wednesday at the St. Lawrence Ground in Canterbury. The series will mark the beginning of a new era for England’s women’s team under newly appointed skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt and head coach Charlotte Edwards. While the remaining two T20Is will be … Read more
England is reportedly considering former New Zealand pacer Tim Southee as its fast-bowling consultant ahead of a home summer season that includes a marquee five-Test series against India. The 36-year-old is one of the contenders to replace veteran pacer James Anderson, who took up the role after retiring from Test cricket last year but is … Read more
Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, who helped his country win the 1970-71 Ashes series in Australia, has died aged 84. Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and also featured in 10 One-Day Internationals, including the historic inaugural match in the format against Australia in 1971. Lever, who also starred for English county Lancashire, … Read more
Former Glamorgan coach Grant Bradburn has been fined and warned about his future conduct after admitting to discriminatory conduct during his spell with the Welsh county cricket side. Bradburn was sacked by Glamorgan in December following an internal investigation into the New Zealander’s behaviour. A Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) found the former Scotland and Pakistan … Read more