Cricket News

Lancashire have re-signed Australia all-rounder James Faulkner for the 2017 NatWest T20 Blast.

If Haseeb Hameed makes his Test debut in the series against Bangladesh he will join the select band of five others to have played Test cricket for England while still in their teens. .

England embark on a run of seven Tests in the space of just eight weeks in baking hot sub-continental conditions when the first Test against Bangladesh gets underway on Thursday in Chittagong.

Test match cricket returns to Bangladesh for the first time in almost 15 months on Thursday as they host England in a two-match series, live on Sky Sports 2.

Samit Patel will take part in the impending Bangladesh Premier League, despite the Professional Cricketers' Association's advice to stay at home next month.

Alastair Cook is ready for a tough schedule of matches as he prepares to become England’s most-capped Test player when he leads his side out against Bangladesh on Thursday, live on Sky Sports.

England are back in Bangladesh for a first Test series in six years, and only a third since their hosts earned Test status in 2000.