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Fast bowler Mark Wood experienced “stiffness in his hamstring” on the first day of England’s only warmup match before the Ashes series begins next week in Australia, the team said on Thursday. Wood bowled eight overs – a pre-planned amount, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) — before leaving the field at…
England batter Harry Brook said he was fired up to score a century in the ongoing second Test against India after being dismissed for a duck in the second innings of their five-wicket win in the first game at Leeds. With England struggling at 84 for five in reply to India’s first innings total of…
England captain Ben Stokes says Jofra Archer is “absolutely desperate” to return to Test cricket in the upcoming five-match home series against India, marking a possible comeback after more than four years. Archer last played a Test in February 2021. Since then, his career has been plagued by a string of injuries, most recently a…
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,…
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…
Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday (May 2, 2025) that it had updated…
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…
England and South Africa will lock horns in the last Group B match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on Saturday. While South Africa will look to seal a top spot in the standings with a win, England, which has already been knocked out of the competition,…
