England call upon uncapped Shoaib Bashir in hope that the 6ft 4in bowler can help them leave India in a spin, with Brendon McCullum’s side backing the 20-year-old to become their next world-class spinner England have named their 16-man squad for their tour of India in January  Brendon McCullum’s side have selected uncapped spinner Shoaib Bashir   Lancashire bowler Tom Hartley […]

England’s women miss chance to record series clean sweep over India after falling to a five-wicket defeat in the third and final T20 clash England’s women suffered a five-wicket defeat in the finale of their T20 series Amanjot Kaur struck two fours in the final over to see India home on Sunday  England won the series 2-1, their sixth successive T20 […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Chris Woakes is “at ease” with being left out of England’s Test tour of India in the new year. Woakes collected the […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Play was abandoned in the Big Bash game at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong on Sunday night due to a dangerous pitch. Fox Cricket reported that water had got onto the pitch overnight following heavy, prolonged rain in Geelong on Saturday and after exhaustive work […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Jos Buttler pointed out England are at the “start of a new journey” in ODIs and is convinced his inexperienced charges will […]

Ollie Pope ready to shoulder England Test skipper’s duties should Ben Stokes suffer setback in rehabilitation from knee issue ahead of India series Captain Stokes is recovering from surgery to fix his long-standing knee problem England will take on India in Hyderabad in the first Test starting January 25 Pope is vice captain but isn’t expecting to have to lead […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With the 2023-24 summer of cricket upon us, there are a number of valid questions that armchair critics are debating before the first Test against Pakistan on Thursday. Is David Warner really going that badly? How does he compare to other great Australian […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Newly appointed Australian women’s captain Alyssa Healy has dared India to prepare a spinning pitch for their one-off Test in Mumbai later this month. Officially announced as skipper on Saturday following Meg Lanning’s retirement from international cricket, after acting as interim leader for […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. They were once considered the glamour Big Bash League franchise, boasting such names as Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen and Eddie McGuire among their on- and off-field ranks, complete with the home-ground advantages of playing at the MCG. Yet for all this, the Stars, […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Sam Curran rebounded from his drubbing at the weekend with three wickets as England skittled the West Indies for 202 in 39.4 […]