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The Cricket Paper 2026 international review – This is England, for better and for worse

England’s 2026 home summer brought major change for both national teams, from the end of the Bazball era to a World Cup final for the women.

by
The Cricket Paper Team
4 October 2026

England’s 2026 home summer was supposed to be all about renewal.
Instead, it became a season of upheaval, contrasting fortunes and, for both national teams, a useful measure of how far the game has moved on since the disappointments of the previous winter.

The men ended with some of the most emphatic white-ball cricket of the summer, but their Test side underwent a leadership and coaching reset.
Not before time according to many.
The women reached a home T20 World Cup final, only to lose to Australia – with some inevitability it must be said – at Lord’s, while the retirements of Heather Knig...

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