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All change for the Oval as England hope for normality after extraordinary week

It is rare to make five changes after winning by more than a hundred runs, but this has not been a normal week between Tests for England

These past 10 days must have been curious for New Zealand’s cricketers, as their restful mid-series downtime was occasionally interrupted by news of England’s latest convulsions. “I guess it probably wasn’t necessarily what we were expecting,” deadpanned their captain, Tom Latham.

At least most of his own side got a chance to relax. “A lot of guys have had some good family time, they’ve had a bit of time off to refresh the bodies, refresh the minds and get ready for what we’ve got coming up,” Latham said. “We’re not necessarily used to a big break like that, but guys did their own thing, some guys got away. So we’re ready to go.”

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Brendon McCullum concerned for Ben Stokes after England captain dropped

  • Stokes and Gus Atkinson left out for Oval Test after curfew breach

  • McCullum speaking to Stokes daily, not pushing him to return to cricket

Brendon McCullum has spoken of his concern for Ben Stokes’s wellbeing as the England captain sits out this week’s second Test against New Zealand as a result of his breaking the team curfew after the first Test at Lord’s.

The fallout from Stokes and his teammate Gus Atkinson deciding to spend the early hours of last Monday morning at a Chelsea nightclub rather than the team hotel has dominated the week between the two matches. While McCullum, the England head coach, admitted he initially had a strong negative reaction to learning about the curfew breach, he said this quickly changed. He has spoken to Stokes every day since the story broke, and said those conversations had left him feeling worried.

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Essex beat Leicestershire by six wickets to go top: county cricket day four – as it happened

Meanwhile there was high drama at Wantage Road, where Calvin Harrison blazed 92 from 100 balls to give Northamptonshire a seven-wicket victory over Gloucestershire with just 13 balls to spare

Mostly positive, with sunny spells, though there are some showers moving north and east. At Wantage Road, they’re starting to mop up.

A huge wicket! Joe Clarke is bowled by Jake Ball, who was substituted in half way through the game because of Gregory’s hamstring. Delight for Somerset, despair for Clarke who was done for pace. Notts 51-4,

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England face more selection upheaval for second Test after Robinson ruled out

  • Stokes and Atkinson absent following nightclub furore

  • Ollie Robinson misses Oval Test due to soreness in knee

Seamer Ollie Robinson, whose performance guided England to victory in the first test against New ⁠Zealand, will ⁠miss ​the second match due to a sore right knee, the England and Wales Cricket Board, confirmed on Monday.

Playing his first test in more than two years, Robinson ⁠took seven wickets including five in the ​first innings to be named player of the match as ‌England won ‌by 115 runs on a difficult wicket at ‌Lord’s.

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Zampa edges Australia past Bangladesh to avoid ODI whitewash as Connolly hits first ton

  • 3rd ODI: Australia, 9-277, bt Bangladesh, 5-274, by 1 wkt

  • Connolly (149) falls in late collapse; hosts win series 2-1

Cooper Connolly came of age with his maiden international ton as Australia squeaked out a nail-biting one-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of their series.

Connolly defied cramps to play the innings of his life at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday, smashing 149 off 133 balls as Australia narrowly avoided a whitewash by edging past Bangladesh’s five for 274 with three deliveries to spare.

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Lancs v Kent, Jordan Cox joins England mid match and more: county cricket day three – live

Updates from around the grounds after 11am (BST) start
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Time to go round the grounds on this sleepy Sunday, Lancashire making a better fist of things this morning at Stanley Park, 31-1. The sun is even straining to come out from net curtain clouds. Matt Milnes has swapped to the north end.

Harry Singh, slip catcher extraordinaire, is caught by his Kent counterpart, Ben Dawkins, off Hasan Mahmud’s first over of the day. Lancashire 19-1.

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