Middlesex say they remain hopeful that captain Leus Du Plooy can play again this season, despite a ruling making him a overseas player with immediate effect. On Saturday, Middlesex announced Du Plooy would leave at the end of the season as he wanted to recommit his international future to South Africa, voiding his current deal
The only thing gloomier than the leaden skies at lunch on day of the third Test at Edgbaston will have been the mood in the Pakistan dressing room as things went from bad to worse. Downcast might be understating it. A raft of controversial changes made by the Pakistan Cricket Board were supposed to act
Former England Test captain Graham Gooch holds the record for the highest number of different team-mates played with during their Test career. Gooch, who captained England in 34 of his 118 Test caps between 1975 and 1995, played alongside 113 different team-mates in Test matches. That is not only the record of any English player,
The England and Wales Cricket Board has appointed Australian Leah Poulton as the managing director of England women. The 42-year-old former batter, who played 90 times for her country, will start in November, succeeding Clare Connor. Poulton has previously been the assistant coach of Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Headingley (day one) Yorkshire 241-6: Lyth 62, Revis 61, Luxton 50; Critchley 2-39, Snater 2-53 Essex: Yet to bat Essex (2 pts), Yorkshire (0 pts) Match scorecard Matt Critchley and Shane Snater inspired a superb afternoon Essex fightback with the ball to stymie strong Yorkshire progress during a weather-interrupted opening
It seemed either reckless or bold first thing that Notts should unveil an emerald green pitch against an attack led by Abbott, one of the most successful overseas seamers ever to grace the circuit. Within eight overs, put in, they were 20-3. Abbott removed Haseeb and Freddie McCann before Ben Slater skied a pull off
