It is 2026 and Joe Root is again England Test captain and Kevin Pietersen is back in the fold. For those two things to be the new normal says plenty about the upheaval in one of the most turbulent summers in English cricket’s recent history. The debate as to whether there should have been alterations
Hesson previously coached New Zealand between 2012 and 2018 and said he was approached by the England and Wales Cricket Board over replacing Brendon McCullum. England sacked McCullum as their Test coach in July and subsequently named another Kiwi in Stephen Fleming as his successor. “I was contacted by my agent to say there had
The San Francisco 49ers recorded a dominant 27-7 victory over Super Bowl favourites the Los Angeles Rams in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was the NFL’s first game in the Asia-Pacific region, and its longest-ever road trip for the first of a record nine international games in
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Cricket Australia has opened the Big Bash to private investment, although individual state associations will retain the power to decide whether and when to sell stakes in their franchises. The governing body had originally been keen on a league-wide sale of franchises for the Big Bash League (BBL) and the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL)
England have omitted Brydon Carse from their squad for the third and final Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston. The 31-year-old Durham seamer was dropped for the second Test at Lord’s after he was briefly arrested following an incident outside a Derby nightclub on 22 August. Derbyshire police are continuing to investigate an allegation of assault
