Essex players make hot meals for ‘incredible’ NHS staff
Essex players help prepare hot meals for NHS staff treating patients in hospital with coronavirus.
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Michael Neser: Australia seamer’s contract at Surrey cancelled
Surrey cancel the contract of Australia seamer Michael Neser after the start of the County Championship season is delayed.
Jos Buttler wants England’s salary donation to help grassroots cricket
England players agreed 20% pay cut for three monthsButtler awaits top bid for World Cup-winning shirtJos Buttler has said England players want their recent £500,000 wage donation to help cricket’s grassroots initiatives during the coronavirus pandemic….
Former Glamorgan all-rounder Walker, 84, dies
Peter Walker: Glamorgan all-rounder who played three times for England against South Africa in 1960.
England cricketers willing to dig deep but county game will be hit hard | Vic Marks
The £500,000 donated by Joe Root and his team is a worthy start but clubs and their players face a difficult balancing actThe last time I was in the Lord’s museum I spotted a letter of 1981 with the familiar Somerset CCC logo at the top in one of the d…
England’s cricketers to hand back £500,000 and donate to charities
Gesture equivalent to a 20% pay cut for men’s team playersEngland women offer three-month wage reductionEngland’s cricketers have announced they will make a donation of £500,000 to their employers and selected charitable causes as the sport continues t…
Edgbaston to become drive-through coronavirus test centre
The Edgbaston site in Birmingham will become a drive-through centre for NHS workers.
England cricketers open to wage cut but wait to hear ECB’s plan
Eoin Morgan: team willing to help ‘in whatever way’ ECB hopes for players’ voluntary pay cut of 20%Eoin Morgan believes England players are open to tackling cricket’s coronavirus crisis “in whatever way possible” but has held off from committing public…
My favourite game: Graham Gooch v India, Lord’s 1990
On that day, when Test triple hundreds were still extremely rare, it felt as if we were watching history in the makingI was 17. The end of the summer term had been dominated by Italia 90 and Friday nights dabbling in snakebite and black. I had little i…
Tom Harrison: ECB pledges £60m amid ‘biggest challenge in its history’
The England and Wales Cricket Board is facing the “biggest challenge in its history” as it pledges £60m of support to counties and grassroots clubs.
Joe Root predicts pay reduction talks for centrally contracted England players
Negotiations between ECB and players yet to beginPCA expects proposal from governing body this weekJoe Root expects talks over a possible pay cut for England’s centrally contracted players may be on the horizon, even if this is not a feature of cricket…
‘It’s a case of trying to give something back’ – ex-England player Clarke becomes NHS volunteer
Surrey and former England all-rounder Rikki Clarke becomes one of 750,000 NHS Volunteer Responders.
Lancashire chairman Hodgkiss dies after contracting coronavirus
Lancashire chairman David Hodgkiss dies at the age of 71 after contracting coronavirus.
Alastair Cook says cancelling County Championship may be best option
Essex star says condensed campaign would be less ‘meaningful’Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coverageFormer England captain Alastair Cook says he would rather the County Championship was not played at all this season than attempting to hold …
Jimmy Anderson has no plans to retire even if England’s summer is wiped out
‘I’ve not thought about never playing again,’ says 37-year-oldBowler believes starting West Indies Test on 4 June is unrealisticJimmy Anderson has given no thought to the prospect of having bowled his last ball in Test cricket and will plough on throug…