Stumps England 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110) lead Australia 295 by 377 runs Saturday at The Oval was never going to be quiet. After Australia had tried and failed to quieten the crowd here on day two of this fifth Ashes Test, England turned the

Stuart Broad said he had been told by umpire Kumar Dharmasena that if zing bails had been in use for the Ashes Steven Smith would have been given out on the second day at The Oval, but he was comfortable with the borderline decision having gone Smith’s way. What could be a vital moment in

James Anderson has reiterated he is in no mood to retire from international cricket, despite his meagre returns in the Ashes series to date, and insists he’s not far away from regaining his best form. Anderson has so far claimed five wickets at 74.80 in his four appearances in this series, and with his 41st

Worcestershire 406 and 316 for 8 (Libby 117, Waite 62, van Meekeren 5-73) lead Gloucestershire 301 (O Price 115, Pennington 3-39) by 421 runs Jake Libby continued his prolific run of form to manoeuvre promotion-chasing Worcestershire into a position of strength on day three of the LV=County Championship match against neighbours Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. Worcestershire’s

Ireland wicketkeeper Mary Waldron has announced her retirement, bringing to a close a 13-year-long international career. Waldron, 39, was ruled out of the third ODI against Australia on Friday because of an injury. She bowed out as the second-most-capped woman in international cricket for Ireland. “It’s obviously a very emotional time but I’m very proud

Lancashire 498 for 7 (Bohannon 128, Wells 119, Salt 105, White 3-69) lead Northamptonshire 342 by 156 runs If anything is to help this game reverse up Stalemate Close, it is probably the black saucers of earth that lie at each end of the pitch. Batters regard them with suspicion while spin bowlers, of which

Toss India opt to bowl vs West Indies India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl in the opening ODI against West Indies in Bridgetown. India handed an ODI debut to Mukesh Kumar, who will be part of a three-man fast-bowling attack which includes Shardul Thakur and Umran Malik. They went with

Richard Thompson, the ECB chair, has said that he will lobby ICC chair Greg Barclay “to ensure that schedules can be more flexible” after England’s hopes of regaining the men’s Ashes were washed away in the Manchester rain on Sunday. The fifth day of the fourth Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford was abandoned without

Big picture India are gearing up for a home World Cup, fine-tuning their combination with just over two months to go for the big event. West Indies will play no part in it. While ODIs will be the most keenly followed format of international cricket over the coming weeks, West Indies may wonder what exactly

Durham 106 for 1 (Lees 65*) trail Yorkshire 340 (Lyth 111, Thompson 54) by 234 runs Former Yorkshire opening partners Adam Lyth and Alex Lees shone for their respective counties on day two of this LV= Insurance County Championship fixture at Scarborough as Durham responded in kind to the home side’s commanding first-innings 340 all