An Australian squad arriving for an Ashes tour of the UK is not like it used to be. Long gone are the days of landing en masse at Heathrow airport in late April to begin a month of county matches before the real thing started. Even a single warm-up game is no longer a reality.

Queensland wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson has been called into Australia’s Ashes squad as a replacement for Josh Inglis who will miss part of the tour. Peirson will join the tour ahead of the second Test at Lord’s with Inglis due to return home for birth of his first child. Inglis will return to the squad at

Durham have announced the signing of Wayne Parnell for the T20 Blast, reinforcing their depleted bowling stocks on the eve of their opening fixture against Northamptonshire on Friday night. Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin and Mitchell Killeen are all sidelined through injury, while Matthew Potts, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes are set to join up with

This is the third time Beaton has faced suspension and subsequently cleared over a suspect action. After only his second ODI appearance against New Zealand in December 2017, he was reported and later suspended after failing an independent assessment of his action. But he successfully remodelled his action in the subsequent months, and was cleared

Worcestershire 196 for 9 (Hose 61, Taylor 3-42) beat Northamptonshire 181 for 8 (Taylor 44*, Mir 3-21, D’Oliveira 3-28) by 15 runs Adam Hose‘s powerful hitting and an excellent all-round performance from Usama Mir led Worcestershire Rapids to a 15-run victory over hosts Northamptonshire Steelbacks in their Vitality Blast clash. Hose, the Blast’s third-highest run-scorer

Last week, Evans signed a professional contract with Cricket Scotland for the 2023-2024 season. Now he is in line to play his first ODI since October 2021. According to a Cricket Scotland release, “a number of players with county contracts were considered for selection but were unavailable due to their commitments in domestic cricket during

Even though counties have to allow their players to play for their Associate teams in ICC events, players and boards understand that they can’t enforce that protocol as it could result in some players losing their county deals. In an interview last year, Klaasen had termed this a “tricky situation” since the county deals provide

Chennai Super Kings 172 for 7 (Gaikwad 60, Conway 40, Shami 2-28) beat Gujarat Titans (Gill 42, Jadeja 2-18) by 15 runs MS Dhoni has led Chennai Super Kings to their tenth IPL final. He’s had the whole country wrapped around his fingertips without even trying, and nights like these are the reason why. Even

Sanjay Patel is to leave his position as managing director of the Hundred following the conclusion of this year’s competition. Patel, the man behind the ECB’s introduction of 100-ball cricket, was previously chief sales and marketing officer before taking charge of the Hundred when it was unveiled as a concept in 2018. His departure comes

Ashton Turner will return to Durham for the T20 Blast after Tristan Stubbs‘ call-up for South Africa A’s tour to Sri Lanka ruled him out of a planned stint in the north east. Turner captained Durham in 2022 but his time with the club was affected by a shoulder injury sustained on debut, and he