News Tourists will use Pope-Buttler partnership as evidence their batting line-up can succeed in Australia England have no choice but to cling to the positives. A chastening opening day of the Ashes series at the Gabba saw them bowled out for 147 in 50.1 overs, which represented a recovery of sorts from 11 for 3,

News Hazlewood now has Root eight times in 14 Tests and Cummins seven times in 11 Pat Cummins took an early lead in the head-to-head with his opposite number, Joe Root – the No. 1 men’s Test bowler and batter in the world – on the opening day at the Gabba with Australia delighted they

News They are unlikely to see much of Jhye Richardson but have signed Tymal Mills SquadAshton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly (replacement), Laurie Evans (England), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson (replacement) Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitchell Marsh, Tymal Mills (England), David Moody (replacement), Lance Morris, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Kurtis Patterson, Jhye

News They will replace two other Englishmen Harry Brook and Jordan Thompson for Hurricanes’ season opener Jordan Cox and Tom Lammonby have become the latest county cricketers to sign up for the BBL, taking the tally of England players involved in this season’s competition to 17. Cox and Lammonby have both been in Sydney playing

Report The visitors declared at 300 for 4 in the second session Pakistan 300 for 4 (Babar 76, Azhar 56, Rizwan 53*, Fawad 50*, Taijul 2-73) vs Bangladesh Pakistan declared their first innings on 300 for 4 on day four an hour and ten minutes after the lunch break. Mohammad Rizwan and Fawad Alam were

News England said there are no injury concerns around the quick bowler and he was fit for selection James Anderson will miss the first Ashes Test in Brisbane but England insisted that it is not injury related and is part of the management plan to have him primed for the day-night Test in Adelaide next

News The series will comprise three ODIs and a one-off T20I, all at Sabina Park West Indies men will play three ODIs and a T20I against Ireland in Jamaica from January 8 to 16, CWI has announced, with the possibility that the standalone T20I will be used as a farewell match for Chris Gayle. While

News Former Yorkshire fast bowler to be unveiled on Monday after answering call to help club Darren Gough is set to be unveiled as Yorkshire’s new director of cricket, as the club embarks on a rebuilding process in the wake of last week’s sacking of the existing coaching and medical staff. Gough, 51, is expected

News The series will involve Ashes veterans and some players new to the contest After fraught build-ups for both teams, the actual cricket part of the men’s Ashes is almost here. England are unfancied coming into the series, but Australia have not played Test cricket since January when they lost at home against India. There

News Rovman Powell added to T20I squad, Devon Thomas named ODI replacement Kieron Pollard will not travel to Pakistan for the ODI and T20I series tour that starts next week after failing to recover from a hamstring injury that he picked up at the T20 World Cup. In his absence, Nicholas Pooran will be T20I