At some point, Ben Stokes might have to stop urging his team to go bigger and better. But for now, the England captain has encouraged his players to “think that we’re in the entertainment business” when they step out at Headingley for the third Test against New Zealand. Holding a 2-0 lead off the back

New Zealand’s provinces announced their first round of contracted players on Wednesday. ESPNcricinfo brings you all the major movements for the forthcoming 2022-23 season. Wellington Milne has not played red-ball cricket since October 2018, but he did not rule out the possibility of a return, for Wellington. He, however, added that, given his history of

Leicestershire 170 (Hill 39, Mike 29) beat Nottinghamshire 123 (Hales 55, Naveen 4-24) by 47 runs A fifth defeat in their last six matches left Notts Outlaws’ hopes of reaching the Vitality Blast quarter-finals looking at best remote after Leicestershire Foxes avenged their heavy home defeat against their East Midlands rivals three weeks ago with

Had the events of the final day at Trent Bridge panned out differently, and had England tripped over themselves in their eagerness to chase a remarkable 299 for victory, then Trent Boult would surely have emerged as the Player of the Match. On a belter of a batting surface, his indefatigable seam bowling kept New

Lisa Sthalekar has become the first woman to be appointed president of the the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA). The former Australia captain was confirmed at the FICA Executive Committee meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland. She will take up a position that has previously been held by former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former

India allrounder R Ashwin has tested positive for Covid-19, and as a result, not yet travelled to England for the upcoming Edgbaston Test, scheduled to be held from July 1 to 5. Ashwin is currently in quarantine and will only join the squad after meeting all protocol requirements. The rest of the Indian team had

Allrounder Hansima Karunaratne keeps her place in the squad, after being drafted in ahead of the Pakistan tour as an eleventh-hour replacement for the highly-rated batter Imesha Dulani, 20, who is currently recovering from a long-term knee injury. de Silva, 20, is understood to have impressed the team management during inter-squad practice games. Nuthyangana, meanwhile,

A Test match to be played nearly a year after its original date, the series on the line, two different-looking squads with new captains and coaches and World Test Championship points to be grabbed: India head coach Rahul Dravid is looking forward to all of it. The last Test of the five-match series – which

Surrey 152 for 6 (Pollard 34, Dawson 2-21) beat Hampshire 151 for 7 (Fuller 39*, Overton 2-21) by four wickets Kieron Pollard chose the ground that brought back memories of one of the most distressing moments of his career to put his worst IPL season behind him and restate his credentials as one of the

41 overs Netherlands 235 for 7 (Edwards 78, Willey 2-46, Rashid 2-50) vs England England will chase 236 for victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead from 41 overs in their ODI series against Netherlands after stand-in captain Scott Edwards led the hosts with his second successive half-century during a rain-affected encounter at Amstelveen. After the