Talksport snap up radio rights to cover England’s white-ball tour of South Africa this month in blow to BBC’s flagship Test Match Special show By Lawrence Booth for MailOnline Published: 13:14 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 13:14 GMT, 1 November 2020 Talksport have secured the radio rights to cover England’s white-ball tour of South … Read more
Graham Onions is now at ease with the emotional conflict of forced retirement. It has taken a while for the 38-year-old to feel ready to reflect on his career and talk about what comes next. Weeks glided by as Onions fretted about his future and came to terms with not being able to play cricket … Read more
Warwickshire sack coach Jim Troughton and end his 30-year association with the club following review into disappointing season by director of sport Paul Farbrace Troughton went from age group player to first XI captain, through to coach The 41-year-old was sacked after a review of a disappointing season Director of sport Farbrace will oversee winter training at … Read more
England World Cup winner Adil Rashid hands out food parcels to hungry children in Bradford after taking inspiration from Marcus Rashford’s crusade to feed kids Adil Rashid has been working with the Volunteering Interfaith Programme team England and Yorkshire spinner said 40,000 kids were going hungry in Bradford Rashid, 32, said he has been inspired … Read more
‘You can’t play every game’: England’s Jofra Archer admits cricket’s international stars may have to play fewer formats due to coronavirus – as he says he’s ‘counting down the days’ until he’s free from his IPL bubble Jofra Archer said it may not be possible for international stars to play all formats The England paceman … Read more
Gulfraz Riaz steps aside voluntarily from the independent panel looking into alleged institutional racism at Yorkshire after Azeem Rafiq’s claims Riaz moved aside voluntarily and will continue as a witness in the probe Mesba Ahmed, vice-chair of National Asian Cricket Council, has taken his place Rafiq had been scheduled to give his statement to five-strong … Read more
County cricketers want overseas recruits halted for 2021 season in exchange for 10 per cent pay-cuts in line with the Government’s Job Support Scheme County cricketers are looking to halt the recruitment of overseas players The players want the ban to be in exchange for 10 per cent winter pay-cuts The move is viewed as … Read more
England men’s cricket side agree 15 per cent pay cut for the next year to help ECB with expected £100m shortfall from coronavirus pandemic ECB are anticipating £100million deficit due to impact of coronavirus pandemic Governing body have announced redundancies and cost cutting measures England men’s players will help by taking a 15 per cent … Read more
England’s white-ball tour of South Africa this winter WILL go ahead after country’s government give green light despite ongoing tensions with Cricket South Africa Government ministers in South Africa have given England’s tour the go-ahead Three Twenty20 and three 50-over internationals will take place this winter Two of the T20s will take place in Cape … Read more
ECB reveal new format for 50-over and Twenty20 Blast next year with competitions split into groups of north and south Both 50-over and Twenty20 Blast campaigns will revert to two groups of nine One-day final scheduled for August 19 and Twenty20 finals day on September 18 Fixtures for the 2021 schedule are to be worked … Read more
ECB reveal new format for 60-over and Twenty20 Blast next year with competitions split into groups of north and south Both 50-over and Twenty20 Blast campaigns will revert to two groups of nine One-day final scheduled for August 19 and Twenty20 finals day on September 18 Fixtures for the 2021 schedule are to be worked … Read more
‘It would be a really average feeling to have if we were not making sacrifices’: Stuart Broad insists it would be ‘wrong’ for England’s top cricketers not to take pay cuts due to ECB’s cash crisis Stuart Broad insists it would be wrong for England’s top stars to avoid pay cuts Broad was part of … Read more
Jonny Bairstow to be axed by England for a Test contract after featuring just once in the longest format in last 12 months, while opener Dominic Sibley is set to be rewarded for the first time Jonny Bairstow was among the 10 players to receive a Test deal 12 months ago But he has featured … Read more