England Cricket
Stokes, Buttler sign two-year England deals
Stokes has committed to England until at least 2026, covering the Ashes series in Australia, which starts late next year, while Buttler has agreed fresh terms, extending his contract by 12 months.
IPL's Modi blasts cricket's Hundred as 'big fat Ponzi scheme'
Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has labelled the Hundred competition a "big fat Ponzi scheme", accusing English cricket chiefs of unrealistic financial projections.
England introduce equal starting pay across professional domestic cricket from 2025
ECB said pay parity has been introduced as part of the restructuring of the women's professional game following their earlier announcement of the men's and women's professional white ball competitions alignment for next season.
Dawid Malan retires from international cricket
Malan, a member of England's 2022 T20 World Cup-winning squad, has accepted now is the right time to call time on a seven-year international career of 22 Tests and 92 white-ball internationals.
England call up five uncapped players for Australia T20Is
England have launched a new white-ball era after dropping Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali from their forthcoming clashes against Australia.
England part ways with white-ball head coach Mott
England assistant coach Marcus Trescothick has been appointed on an interim basis to replace the Australian.
McCullum hails instant impact of newcomers
Brendon McCullum lauded the newcomers in the team, praising their stellar performances that led to a 3-0 whitewash at home.
England progress but are no finished article: Brendon McCullum
England swept the three-match series against the West Indies on Sunday as they won the final Test at Edgbaston by 10 wickets inside three days.
Stokes backs Wood to break 100mph barrier in Test cricket
Australia's Mitchell Starc holds the current record for the fastest recorded delivery in a Test, at 99.6mph against New Zealand in 2015.
‘The host nation are slight favourites in big tournaments’
Australian captain Aaron Finch admitted his team was "tired" and needed to freshen up before their defence of the Twenty20 World Cup title, but England skipper Jos Buttler on Saturday said the hosts remain the favourites.
Moeen Ali 'proud' to lead England in Pakistan
Allrounder Moeen Ali said Sunday that captaining England against Pakistan -- where his family have roots -- was a "huge and proud moment".
Stage set for England-South Africa series-decider
England and South Africa go into Thursday’s final Test at The Oval without key batsmen as each looks to secure a series that is intriguingly poised at 1-1 after emphatic victories by both sides.
Stokes reveals he was ‘angry at cricket’
England Test captain Ben Stokes told the Telegraph on Monday that he felt deep resentment towards cricket because he had been unable to visit his dying father as much as he wanted.
First Test win dented England morale, says Maharaj
South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj hopes his side's first Test win over England week has dented home morale ahead of the second clash, which begins at Old Trafford on Thursday.
England to tour Pakistan in September
England will tour Pakistan in September for the first time in 17 years to play seven Twenty20 and three Test matches, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday.
'This is a line in the sand moment for the team'
England's white-ball coach Matthew Mott said the Twenty20 series defeat by South Africa was a "line in the sand" after they ended the home summer without a limited-overs series win for the first time since 2013.
‘We are not cars, you can't just fill us up’
Ben Stokes said on Tuesday he hopes his retirement from one-day internationals will serve as a warning to cricket chiefs over an increasingly congested global schedule, with the all-rounder insisting players "are not cars, you can't just fill us up".
'Stokes victim of crazy schedule'
The number of games being crammed into the global cricket schedule is "madness" and more players could follow Ben Stokes in quitting the one-day format, said former England captain Nasser Hussain.
‘Bumrah has an incredibly high level of skill’
Jasprit Bumrah responded to a one-day international career-best haul that set-up India's 10-wicket thrashing of world champions England by saying "I have bowled so much better than this and not got wickets".