England cricket

64 articles tagged with "England cricket"

Oct 4, 2026

Mason Crane’s only England Test was in Sydney in 2018, and he is back for the ODI tri-series in Pakistan

England have named a 16-man squad under Harry Brook for this month’s ODI tri-series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with Jos Buttler injured and Jofra Ar...

Sep 28, 2026

Banton made his first England hundred, and Sri Lanka were all out for 132 as the Oval decider went by 223 runs

Tom Banton’s 126 and a 150-run stand with Harry Brook took England to 355 for 7, and Sri Lanka collapsed to give England the ODI series 2-1.

Sep 26, 2026

Jordan Cox has three ODI caps, and he keeps wicket in the Oval decider without Buttler

England go into Sunday’s series decider against Sri Lanka with a stand-in keeper and, as cover, a batter who has never played white-ball cricket for t...

Sep 25, 2026

Buttler pulled up with England on 254 for 4, and Sri Lanka won at Headingley by 16 runs

Kusal Mendis made 121 and Dunith Wellalage took three wickets as Sri Lanka levelled the ODI series 1-1, with a decider at The Oval on Sunday.

Sep 23, 2026

Mark Wood bowled 11 overs in Perth, and they were the last he bowled for England

The Durham fast bowler has retired from international cricket at 36, after medical advice ruled out Test and 50-over cricket for him.

Sep 17, 2026

Asalanka asked England to bat and they made 254, and at Cardiff he has the same call to make

England lead 1-0 after a 119-run win at Southampton in which Harry Brook made 114 not out. Sri Lanka need a different plan at Sophia Gardens, and the...

Sep 16, 2026

Aneurin Donald’s England debut lasted five balls, and Harry Brook’s 42-ball hundred did the rest

England made 254 for 4 at the Rose Bowl and bowled Sri Lanka out for 135 to take the first T20I by 119 runs. Brook finished unbeaten on 114 from 49 ba...

Sep 15, 2026

Stephen Fleming left Chennai in July, and he spent Monday driving round England’s county grounds

England have split the head coach job in two, and the incoming Test coach is spending a fortnight working out how to share a squad with Brendon McCull...

Sep 15, 2026

Sri Lanka have not beaten England in a T20I since 2014, and Aneurin Donald debuts at 29 tonight

England begin a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Southampton, with a 29-year-old Blast six-hitter opening alongside Jos Buttler and a twel...

Sep 14, 2026

Pakistan have earned 24 World Test Championship points, and handed 19 of them back

The ICC docked Pakistan another 11 WTC points on September 14 for a slow over-rate at Edgbaston. That leaves them bottom of the table on five points f...

Sep 8, 2026

Pietersen called out Brook for skipping the IPL, and now he coaches him

The ECB has hired the man it spent a decade avoiding. Kevin Pietersen joins Brendon McCullum’s white-ball staff as a specialist mentor, twelve years a...

Sep 5, 2026

Aneurin Donald equalled Ravi Shastri’s record at 19, and England have picked him at 29

England named two uncapped players in their squads for the white-ball series against Sri Lanka. One of them spent ten years sharing a record with Ravi...

Aug 31, 2026

Abbas took nine, Shakeel made 97, and Pakistan still lost at Lord’s by 194 with ten batters

England won the second Test inside four days to take the series 2-0, with Ollie Robinson claiming eight wickets for the second Test running and Pakist...

Aug 30, 2026

Only 24.5 overs were possible at Lord’s, and England still went 357 ahead

Rain and bad light held day three at Lord’s to 24.5 overs. Dan Lawrence made an unbeaten 50 in them, and Pakistan now need a ground-record chase to ke...

Aug 29, 2026

Robinson bowled 13 overs for 11 runs, and Pakistan were 180 behind before tea

Ollie Robinson took 4 for 11 from 13 overs as Pakistan were bowled out for 110 at Lord’s on Friday, and England closed day two of the second Test 261...

Aug 25, 2026

Carse was de-arrested within minutes in Derby, and England still took him out of the Lord’s squad

The Cricket Regulator is investigating Brydon Carse over a brief arrest outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night. Hampshire’s Sonny Baker replaces him...

Aug 22, 2026

Robinson and Tongue took eight each, and England were finished with Pakistan inside three days

Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and 135 at Headingley, and Joe Root’s return as England captain has started with an innings win and 12 World Test Cha...

Aug 20, 2026

Pakistan lost a wicket to the first ball at Headingley, and were all out for 171

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets apiece as England bowled Pakistan out inside 49 overs on a rain-hit opening day in Leeds. England clo...

Aug 18, 2026

Charlie Dean captains England again, and five familiar names sit out the Ireland ODIs

Nat Sciver-Brunt is still managing the calf problem that has run through her year, and England have picked a 15-player squad with two uncapped players...

Aug 17, 2026

England lost the Ashes, the coach and the captain, and have handed the Test side back to Joe Root

Joe Root captains England again at Headingley on Wednesday, four years after giving the job up, with Ben Stokes retired, Brendon McCullum out of the r...

Aug 8, 2026

Flintoff quits the England Lions with five months left, and the Big Bash has him

Andrew Flintoff has stepped down as England Lions head coach with five months still on his ECB contract, taking up the Big Bash job he agreed back in...

Aug 7, 2026

John Turner has not bowled since June 2025, and at 25 he has retired

The Hampshire quick who broke 90mph and played four times for England has stopped, with two years left on his county contract. A back stress fracture...

Aug 7, 2026

Bethell hurt his knee against India, and it has cost him England’s whole Pakistan series

Jordan Cox goes in at three, Dan Lawrence is back after two years, and Joe Root has the first squad of his second spell as captain.

Aug 6, 2026

Markram flies home from the Hundred, and Buttler leads a side for the first time in 17 months

Manchester Super Giants lost their captain to a personal-reasons departure on Wednesday and won by nine wickets hours later, with Jos Buttler back in...