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Amy Jones has no doubt Charlie Dean is ready to captain England into the T20 World Cup should Nat Sciver-Brunt miss the start of the tournament.
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27.05.2026
England were outplayed by India as they fell to a 38-run defeat in their pre-T20 World Cup meeting in Chelmsford.
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29.05.2026
Jamie Smith may have been short of runs in recent weeks, but Jack Russell believes England could soon see the benefit of him spending far more time behind the stumps.
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31.05.2026
Debutant: England kickoff their Test summer with new opener Emilio Gay PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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31.05.2026
Blasting off again: The men’s and women’s T20 Blasts are in full swing ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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31.05.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF RISHABH PANT has stepped down as Lucknow Super Giants captain. LSG director of cricket, Tom Moody, said: “Rishabh approached the franchisee with this request and we have respectfully accepted it. These decisions are never easy. We are gratef...
31.05.2026
Strong start: Scotland got a first-match win PICTURE: Alamy SCOTLAND WOMEN beat Netherlands by nine wickets at Edinburgh to kick off their T20I tri-series with a win and start their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup. They restricted the Dutch to...
31.05.2026
Future of the sport: Sooryavanshi is changing the game PICTURE: Alamy RAJASTHAN ROYALS 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just missed out on the fastest century in IPL history when he fell for 97 from just 29 balls in his side’s 47-run Eliminator vi...
31.05.2026
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31.05.2026
AN IMPROVEMENT in the weather last week led to a busy week of school cup competition matches. With the National Schools Boys Under 18 T20 now having arrived at the last 32 and the Boys Under 17 and Girls 100-ball at the Round of 16 stage, keen competition...
31.05.2026
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31.05.2026
Safe hands: Nigel Martyn kept wicket for England PICTURE: Mick Haynes EX-ENGLAND GOALKEEPER Nigel Martyn made his debut for England Over-60s in their match with The Forty Club (Scotland Senior Cricket 60s) last week. Martyn, who won 23 caps for England be...
31.05.2026
Brutal: Matt de Villiers smashed 247 from 88 balls PICTURE: Longridge CC PLAYING IN an NPCL 40-over cup match against Whalley, South African batter Matt de Villiers hit 23 fours and 22 sixes en route to an 88-ball 247 for Longridge. Longridge amassed 447-...
31.05.2026
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31.05.2026
SMETHWICK HAVE started their title defence in exceptional form and are six from six in the Birmingham & District Premier League. In their latest match, they defeated Dorridge by 37 runs after 80 from veteran batter Bilal Shafayat saw them to 227-9 from th...
31.05.2026
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31.05.2026
Captain’s knock: Sam Arthurton was in the runs for Norfolk HERTFORDSHIRE SEAMER Sam Davis made a spectacular return to National Counties cricket after an absence of eight years in the T20 double-header against Cambridgeshire at the West Herts club in Watf...
31.05.2026
The former England wicketkeeper is a woman in demand, having just become the first woman to coach a senior men’s international cricket team. After living for years with acute anxiety and agoraphobia, she tells Phil Walker how she’s rediscovered her love f...
31.05.2026
The Yorkshire leg-spinner on an encounter with an England legend which set his professional career in motion. Interview by Sam Dalling.
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31.05.2026
To mark Eid al-Adha, England spinner Shoaib Bashir sat down with new teammate and Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen at Lord’s to discuss faith, cricket and how they remain grounded as professional cricketers.
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31.05.2026
Richard Clarke examines Adam Hollioake’s decision to disable social media comments at Kent, exploring the coach’s views on mental health, online abuse and creating a winning environment.
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31.05.2026
All the action from the Women’s T20 Blast you might have missed MAY 27 SURREY V DURHAM Ryana MacDonald-Gay returned the best figures ever recorded in women’s domestic T20 cricket as Surrey won a low scoring thriller against Durham by two wickets at the Ov...
31.05.2026
By Jamie Bowman May 29, Headingley, Leeds Essex 146-7Yorkshire 143 Essex Women won by 3 runs Toss: Essex Women won the toss and decided to bat ESSEX WON a thrilling contest with Yorkshire at Headingley by just three runs with three balls remaining. The de...
31.05.2026
By Alex Smith Almost made it: A last ball run out meant the game ended in a tie PICTURE: Dave Vokes/Hampshire Cricket May 29, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Surrey 121 Hampshire Hawks 121-8 Match Tied Toss: Surrey Women won the toss and decided to bat HAMPSHIR...
31.05.2026
By ECB Reporters May 29, Old Trafford, Manchester Somerset 137-6Lancashire Thunder 138-3 Lancashire Thunder won by 7 wickets Toss: Somerset Women won the toss and decided to bat Class act: Lanning hit her second successive half-century PICTURES: Dan Adams...
31.05.2026
By Graham Hardcastle May 29, Chester-le-Street Durham Women won by 27 runs Toss: Durham Women won the toss and decided to bat Durham 140-5Warwickshire Bears 113 Thinking ahead: captains Hollie Armitage and Georgia Davis toss up PICTURE: Durham Cricket DUR...
31.05.2026
“Yeah, especially for my bald head!”. It’s the day after the hottest May Bank holiday on record, Jake Lintott has spent a relaxing family day at the seaside and is reflecting on the large amount of sun cream that the sweltering temperature of the previous...
31.05.2026
All the T20 action from across the country as the Blast returns MAY 27 LEICESTERSHIRE V DERBYSHIRE Martin Andersson was the star as Derbyshire thrashed Leicestershire by 86 runs to record their first win of the Blast season, the seam-bowling all-rounder b...
31.05.2026
By Fred Atkins May 29, Canterbury Kent Spitfires 129-9Essex 130-1 Essex won by 9 wickets Toss: Essex won the toss and decided to field ESSEX WON their first Blast game of the season when they routed the Kent Spitfires by nine wickets at Canterbury on Frid...
31.05.2026
By Alex Smith May 29, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Surrey 174-8Hampshire Hawks 178-5 Hampshire Hawks won by 5 wickets Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to bat Match-winner: Lima Dawson showed all his experience to take Hampshire home PICTURE: Dave Vokes/...
31.05.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore May 29, County Ground, Northampton Gloucestershire 164-9Northants Steelbacks 166-3 Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 7 wickets Toss: Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field High five: James Sales took a career-best PICTURE:...
31.05.2026
By Blake Bint May 29, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Somerset 171-9Glamorgan 175-3 Glamorgan won by 7 wickets Toss: Glamorgan won the toss and decided to field KIRAN CARLSON’S magnificent 42-ball century gave Glamorgan their first win of the Blast against Somers...
31.05.2026
By Brian Halford May 29, New Road, Worcester Warwickshire Bears 141 Worcestershire Rapids 142-4 Worcestershire Rapids won by 6 wickets Toss: Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field Tight at the top; Tom Taylor excelled against the Bears PICTURE:...
31.05.2026
By ECB Reporters Worrying sight: Sol Budinger is stretchered off after a collision PICTURES: Dan Adams May 29, Old Trafford, Manchester Lancashire Lightning 145-9Leicestershire Foxes 146-8 Leicestershire Foxes won by 2 wickets Toss: Lancashire Lightning w...
31.05.2026
By Graham Hardcastle May 29, Chester-le-Street Yorkshire 151-9Durham 93 Yorkshire won by 58 runs Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to field Heads we win: Jonny Bairstow and Alex Lees at the toss PICTURE: Durham Cricket A BATTLING performance with the...
31.05.2026
By Nigel Gardner Destructive Donald: The Derbyshire skipper hit eight sixes PICTURES: Alamy May 29, County Ground, Derby Derbyshire Falcons 234-4Notts Outlaws 211-6 Derbyshire Falcons won by 23 runs Toss: Derbyshire Falcons won the toss and decided to bat...
31.05.2026
England return to Test action for the first time since their Ashes humiliation over the winter with some new faces and a point to prove.
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31.05.2026
Barbecue weather in Belfast! All cricket discourse in Ireland has to include fatalistic predictions of the skies.
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31.05.2026
Legend: Heather Knight became England’s most capped women’s player HEATHER KNIGHT became the most capped England Women’s cricketer of all time only for India to spoil the party with an opening game win. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I...
31.05.2026
A brilliant display of hitting from Freya Kemp saw England level their three-match T20I series with India at one apiece after a 26-run win at Bristol.
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31.05.2026
It’s difficult to say what change looks like for England. The media seem to want Brendon McCullum to do a volte-face on his character and approach.
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31.05.2026
Not many 32-year-old pace bowlers are welcomed back into the England fold with a glowing reference after a two-year hiatus, but Ollie Robinson has done just that.
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31.05.2026
England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone has her sights set on home T20 World Cup glory after opening up about a tough last 18 months both on and off the field.
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31.05.2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the third franchise to successfully retain their Indian Premier League title after Virat Kohli inspired a five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in Sunday’s final at Ahmedabad.
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01.06.2026
Hampshire wicketkeeper-batter Toby Albert has penned a new deal to keep him at the Utilita Bowl until at least the end of the 2028 season.
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01.06.2026
Five months on from the 4-1 Ashes defeat, England return to Test match action on home soil with a three-match series against New Zealand, beginning at Lord’s on June 4.
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02.06.2026
Shoaib Bashir will make his England comeback at Lord’s on Thursday, 11 months and one unhappy Ashes tour since his last Test appearance.
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02.06.2026
Alice Capsey inspired England to the highest successful run chase in women’s T20 history on these shores to complete a series victory over India in Taunton.
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03.06.2026
Ollie Robinson conjured a jaw-dropping England comeback at Lord’s, claiming three wickets in his first over for more than two years on an action-packed opening day against New Zealand.
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04.06.2026
Davina Perrin says she has accepted her omission from England’s Women’s T20 World Cup squad, not least because she will be sidelined for the next few weeks.
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05.06.2026