The little yellow monster is coronavirus-free and references the summer of Ben Stokes and the much-missed Bob WillisHere is a timely arrival for cricket lovers. What better way to self-isolate than to escape into some of the 1,536 pages of this year’s …
This year’s competition saw 650 entries from around the globe, depicting a wide variety of portrayals of the game from a wonderful year of cricket. The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers, aims to promote excellence and r…
Stokes feted for heroics in World Cup final and Headingley TestJofra Archer chosen as one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the yearWisden has named Ben Stokes as its leading cricketer in the world and urged the government to ensure that at the next globa…
England players agreed 20% pay cut for three monthsButtler awaits top bid for World Cup-winning shirtJos Buttler has said England players want their recent £500,000 wage donation to help cricket’s grassroots initiatives during the coronavirus pandemic….
The unexpected World Cup final win against West Indies is celebrated in a new blockbuster. The Guardian’s Toby Chasseaud did his best to play his partAt the end of the season, just as I’m packing my kit away for the winter, I see an advert circulating …
The £500,000 donated by Joe Root and his team is a worthy start but clubs and their players face a difficult balancing actThe last time I was in the Lord’s museum I spotted a letter of 1981 with the familiar Somerset CCC logo at the top in one of the d…
Gesture equivalent to a 20% pay cut for men’s team playersEngland women offer three-month wage reductionEngland’s cricketers have announced they will make a donation of £500,000 back to their employers and selected charitable causes as the sport contin…
Gesture equivalent to a 20% pay cut for men’s team playersEngland women offer three-month wage reductionEngland’s cricketers have announced they will make a donation of £500,000 back to their employers and selected charitable causes as the sport contin…
Test and white-ball teams could play at different venues‘I see every option being viable during this extraordinary time’Eoin Morgan believes the prospect of England fielding Test and white-ball teams on the same day at separate venues could be a “viabl…
On that day, when Test triple hundreds were still extremely rare, it felt as if we were watching history in the makingI was 17. The end of the summer term had been dominated by Italia 90 and Friday nights dabbling in snakebite and black. I had little i…
Negotiations between ECB and players yet to beginPCA expects proposal from governing body this weekJoe Root expects talks over a possible pay cut for England’s centrally contracted players may be on the horizon, even if this is not a feature of cricket…
Saving this summer’s internationals, T20 Blast and The Hundred is beyond the ECB’s control during the coronavirus crisis, so perhaps the hiatus should be used to reform the gameSeptember 2019. Was there ever a better time to be a professional cricketer…
• Priority to protect England, T20 Blast and the Hundred• ‘Decision to delay the start of the season has been essential’The England and Wales Cricket Board has written off the first seven weeks of the season with no professional cricket to be staged be…
It was 15 years ago but can you recall the details of that glorious summer for English cricket?More quizzes: globetrotting footballers, La Liga in the 1990sWho took the first wicket of the series?Matthew Hoggard Steve Harmison Andrew Flintoff Simon Jon…
Coronavirus cases few and far between in CaribbeanSeries currently due to begin at the Oval on 4th JuneWest Indies are open to staging this summer’s Test series against England in the Caribbean should the coronavirus pandemic prevent it from taking pla…
Coronavirus cases few and far between in CaribbeanSeries currently due to begin at the Oval on 4th JuneWest Indies are open to staging this summer’s Test series against England in the Caribbean should the coronavirus pandemic prevent it from taking pla…
England’s 1968 tour of West Indies contained incident aplenty off the field but turgid cricket on it, until a gamble that failedThere can’t be many Tests with such an unexpected twist as that between England and West Indies in Port of Spain, 52 years a…
The paceman is playing a waiting game after coronavirus concerns brought an abrupt end to England’s Sri Lanka tourChris Woakes looked to have bowled himself into England’s Test team when their tour of Sri Lanka was called off but, like players across t…
Calling off the tour of Sri Lanka needed to be done but the decision will affect all forms of the game in EnglandBriefly there was the possibility England’s cricketers may provide a semblance of normality given Sri Lanka has so far managed to avoid hav…
