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ECB unveil England schedule for summer 2021

18 November 2020 0 comments

England to play five-Test series against India next summer

ECB hand Test contracts to three first-timers

30 September 2020 0 comments

Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley all land ECB central contracts

England coach Chris Silverwood has plenty to ponder for Ashes 2021

25 August 2020 0 comments

Expect plenty of conversation around England’s attack between now and next winter’s Ashes series

267 reasons why England’s Zak Crawley is here to stay

23 August 2020 0 comments

Can the sensation of Southampton answer England’s glaring need at No.3?

England newbie James Bracey enlists help of Trescothick

25 June 2020 0 comments

The left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman has been working closely with Marcus Trescothick on his journey to an England call-up

Jack Leach to return home from South Africa tour due to illness

17 January 2020 0 comments

England spinner Jack Leach is to return home with immediate effect from England’s tour of South Africa. The Somerset left […]

England and broadcasting legend Bob Willis dies, aged 70

4 December 2019 0 comments

The Sky Sports Cricket expert has died following a short illness

ECB promote Chris Silverwood to England head coach role

7 October 2019 0 comments

The England bowling coach will succeed Trevor Bayliss as the senior figure inside the England Men’s dressing room

Lehmann: Jofra Archer is like a West Indies great

27 August 2019 0 comments

‘He’s like Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and Joel Garner’ – Lehmann

England’s bowling problems in the Ashes hit with another blow

7 August 2019 0 comments

Olly Stone now has an injury and will miss the next two Ashes Tests

England need Joe Root firing on all cylinders in the Ashes

31 July 2019 0 comments

Joe Root has never made any secret of the fact that, on occasion, his admiration for his fellow ‘Yorkie’ Michael […]

Moeen Ali raises his cap to crowd after picking up 10 wickets in the match during England's Test victory over South Africa

Ponting suggests Australia use right-handers to nullify Moeen Ali threat

25 July 2019 0 comments

Ali, 32, has already played in a home Ashes series once before and appeared to be the target of a pre-conceived Australian plan to attack the spinner.

Anderson to miss Ireland test with injury as England announce playing XI

23 July 2019 0 comments

The other member of England’s 13-man squad that is set to miss out is bowling all-rounder Lewis Gregory.

Australia A celebrate wicket of Zak Crawley in their numbered shirts

Days count down for debut of shirt numbers in Ashes

23 July 2019 0 comments

The move follows practices within both English and Australian domestic cricket where players wear their whites with numbered shirts.

Jason Roy acknowledges fans after controversially being given out against Australia during England's World Cup campaign

England announce squad for Ireland Test match, Jason Roy included

17 July 2019 0 comments

The big winner appears to be Jason Roy who has been given a chance to further his case in opening during the Ashes.

England announce Test squad ahead of must-win Ashes game

16 July 2019 0 comments

England Women have announced their squad of thirteen ahead of their must-win Test Match against Australia. Heather Knight will captain […]

James Anderson suffers injury scare for Lancashire less then a month before Ashes

2 July 2019 0 comments

James Anderson suffered an injury on the second day of Lancashire’s match with Durham leaving him in a race against time to be fit for the Ashes

Some nights I was bawling my eyes out, says Keaton Jennings

25 April 2019 0 comments

The batsman talks to TCP about the mental toll of fighting for his England place

Paul Farbrace shares his preferred England top order line-up for Ashes

9 April 2019 0 comments

“Jason Roy is now more than capable of adopting his game to Test cricket”

Ashley Giles takes inspiration from Gareth Southgate in seeking new England direction

3 April 2019 0 comments

Team culture – ECB director of cricket Ashley Giles talks about his ethos for England squads based on what he’s admired in Southgate’s work

Tom Westley: I should have built on my strengths rather than tweaked my technique

19 March 2019 0 comments

“My England career isn’t over”

Jason Roy will bring back some much-needed aggression to England’s Test top order

25 February 2019 0 comments

It seemed like England were on the road to another hiding during the innings break of the first ODI in […]