Jos Buttler Named England Men's White-Ball Captain
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Lancashire's Jos Buttler has been appointed captain of the England Men's white-ball teams by the England & Wales Cricket Board.
He succeeds Eoin Morgan, who retired from international cricket earlier this week. The ECB Interim Chair, Martin Darlow, and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clare Connor, approved the appointment on
The summer of sporting entertainment has arrived as The Hundred unveils blockbuster music line-up
Headliners Bastille will take to the stage at Lord’s for The Hundred final on 3 September Kicking off from 3 August, each match day will feature BBC Music Introducing artists and DJs performing live at venues across the country Samm Henshaw, Katy J Pearson, Priya Ragu, English Teacher, Jordan Mackampa, Tamera and many more also confirmed to take centre stage at this summer’s unmissable sporting
Sciver and Davidson-Richards score maiden Test tons on record-breaking day
England 328-6 lead South Africa 284 all out by 44 runs
Nat Sciver and Alice Davidson-Richards both scored maiden Test hundreds as England grabbed the initiative on day two of the LV= Insurance Test at Taunton.
Coming together with their side wobbling at 121-5, Sciver (119*) and Davidson-Richards (107) combined for a superb partnership of 207 - England Women's joint-second highest partnership
Eoin Morgan retires from international cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) can confirm that England Men's white-ball Captain Eoin Morgan has retired from international cricket with immediate effect.
During his 13-year international career with England, the 35-year-old won the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup as Captain in 2019 at Lord's, the first time England Men had won the world crown. He was also part of the England team that
Kapp, Cross and debutants shine on day one at Taunton
South Africa 284 (England 0-0)
Marizanne Kapp scored a fine hundred and Kate Cross took four wickets on an entertaining first day of the LV= Insurance Test at Taunton.
England - fielding four debutants in the shape of Lauren Bell, Alice Davidson-Richards, Emma Lamb and Issy Wong - won the toss and bowled first, and Heather Knight's side will be happy with their work after bowling out the vis
England Women announce squad for LV= Insurance Test
England Women have announced a 13-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test against South Africa.
The Test match forms the first part of the multi-format series, with four points available for the game and two points available for each white-ball game.
The squad features five potential Test debutants, with Emily Arlott, Lauren Bell, Alice Davidson-Richards, Freya Davies and Emma Lamb all poten
Jamie Overton added to the Men’s Test Squad
England Men's selection panel have named a 14-strong squad for the third LV= Insurance Test match against New Zealand starting at Headingley on 23 June.
England Men's Test squad v New Zealand:
Ben Stokes (Durham) captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Foakes (Surrey)
England Deaf side create history winning the Ashes for the first time
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England powered to a historic first Deaf Ashes victory thanks to an outstanding display from all-rounder James Schofield. Schofield – in quarantine during the T20 rubber after contracting Covid – enjoyed a dream day out for George Greenway’s side, who won by eight wickets in Brisbane to take an unbeatable 5-2 lead with one game left of a dramatic, keenly fought series.
Having roll
Update on Yorkshire County Cricket Club investigation
Yorkshire County Cricket Club and a number of individuals have today been charged following an ECB investigation into racism and other allegations at the Club and its handling of those allegations.
The charges arise from alleged breaches of ECB Directive 3.3 (conduct which is improper or which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or