Cricket News

The England and Wales Cricket Board has launched a further financial package of over £35m to assist professional and recreational cricket during the coronavirus pandemic.

National selector Ed Smith is relishing the “exciting prospect” of seeing England’s top players going head-to-head before next month’s Tests against West Indies.

Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has ended his long association with home county Yorkshire with immediate effect.

Amar Virdi, James Bracey, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Overton and Ollie Robinson have joined Moeen Ali in being named in England's red-ball training group ahead of the first Test against West Indies.

England's 30-man red-ball training group ahead of the Test series against West Indies features five players who have yet to make a senior international appearance in any format.

Former Glamorgan batsman Alan Jones has been awarded an England Test cap, 50 years to the day since he made his only appearance for England in the first match of the 1970 series against the Rest of the World XI.

Cricket South Africa will trial a new format that will see three teams compete in a single 36-over match as they look to re-start the game with the Solidarity Cup at SuperSport Park in Centurion on June 27.

Cricket Australia will cut 40 staff and slash executive pay as part of a restructuring effort to shore up finances hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the board said on Wednesday.

Who are cricket's emerging talents? Every Wednesday, we will focus on 'the next big thing' in the sport and this week it's teenage Pakistan left-arm pace prodigy Shaheen Afridi...