
Bairstow, now 36, scored four hundreds across the first four matches under the current regime in 2022 before suffering a serious leg injury later that year. He returned for the 2023 Ashes but was dropped the following summer, with his last Test – a match against India in March 2024 – his 100th. The England
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Key was also a guest on the the TMS programme and he said England will make changes in the way they approach selection. There had been a perception that the England Test team felt like a ‘closed shop’, particularly to players in county cricket who did not fit the aggressive Bazball style. Key said the
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Pakistan’s T20 league will start without crowds and take place at only two venues because of the fuel crisis that has resulted from the US and Israel’s war with Iran. The eight-team PSL is scheduled to take place between 26 March and 3 May. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on 28 February
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Rwanda’s Fanny Utagushimaninde says it was like “a dream” after becoming the youngest woman to make a Twenty20 international century at the age of 15 years and 223 days. Opening batter Utagushimaninde made an unbeaten 111 from 65 balls on her T20 debut in a 122-run victory over Ghana at a tournament in Lagos, Nigeria.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) held talks with Cricket Ireland over the idea during last September’s white-ball series. England’s presence would add commercial clout to the tournament and make it more appealing to broadcasters in addition to support with venues given the lack of international-standard grounds elsewhere. ECB officials have largely been lukewarm
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Australia international bowler Sean Abbott will return to Surrey for this season’s T20 Blast and the first eight matches of the County Championship. It will be the 34-year-old’s fourth stint with Surrey, having represented the club in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Abbott has won 58 caps across one-day international and T20 international cricket, in which
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