England Cricket News
England bowler was not awarded Test central contract‘It’s less stress on my body. It could be a possibility’Mark Wood has said his career may head towards white-ball specialism and though this appears a long-term consideration, the admission still brin…
South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange is leaving Glamorgan to join Somerset as an overseas player after a change in his status.
Leicestershire sign Essex batsman Rishi Patel on a three-year deal following a loan spell with the county last season.
Fifty years ago cricket began using computers to draw up fixtures, putting an end to manually tackling county demands“Arranged two months in advance of the old date, the annual meeting of county secretaries was held yesterday at Lord’s,” the Guardian r…
The unspoken, unexamined decision of the Indian Premier League to ignore one country has turned the dressing room into a proxy battlefield, the auction into a theatre of warLast week, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced it is in the process o…
Essex chief executive Derek Bowden steps down after seven years in his role at Chelmsford.
The best male players’ earning power has exploded in recent years; it’s those on fringes that must worry most about Covid-19The gravy train has slipped into reverse for the first time in 20 years. Old cricketers are often asked when has been the best t…
Men’s team agree to changes in latest cost-cutting measuresFirst reduction since central contracts came in 20 years agoThe England men’s team have agreed to their win bonuses being slashed in half as part of an overall 15% cut to their pay package for …
Glamorgan wicketkeeper Tom Cullen says he can help a “nice guy team play in a tougher way” after signing a new one-year deal.
Chris Woakes benefited from taking a break from the game and England’s winter schedule will test how far cricket has comeIt has been 15 years since England played in Pakistan, a stretch that feels, nowadays, more than half a lifetime ago. They may go b…
England’s death-bowling specialist on taking a knee, why Eoin Morgan is one of a kind, and inspiring the next generationThe number of cricket teams taking a knee before matches may have dwindled during the recent summer but for Chris Jordan, England’s …
One-day captain says such decisions must be acceptedEngland begin white-ball tour of South Africa next monthEoin Morgan believes the strain of bubble life will see England players begin to withdraw from tours on mental-health grounds and insists any su…
Not since 2005 has the ECB sent a touring team to the country but it is hard to see how they can decline this invitationThe likelihood of England’s cricketers participating in a tour of Pakistan for the first time in more than 15 years is now strong. W…
Three divisions of six counties for summer of 2021 England’s tour next month set to get green lightSome clarity is emerging during what are uncertain times for cricket with news of a restructured County Championship for 2021 and the expectation that En…
The County Championship will return next summer with the 18 first-class counties split into three groups.