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The selection of Will Jacks as Shoaib Bashir’s deputy for the Ashes reflects two brutal truths. First, England don’t expect the urn to be regained by their slow bowlers. Second, …

What picking ‘barely part-time’ spinner Will Jacks reveals about England’s plan to take down Australia – and why there IS method to their Ashes selection madness Read More

Dickie Bird, who has died at the age of 92, broke the old rule that a sporting official should never be noticed. But he broke it cheerfully and unwittingly, winning …

Dickie Bird’s ordinariness was part of his charm, as was his childlike devotion to cricket, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH… it’s little wonder the bowlers he infuriated ended up loving him Read More

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Dickie Bird was one of a kind – from breakfasts with players and snaffled roast beef to his unique style of handling dissent, I’ll never forget these stories of our time together: DAVID ‘BUMBLE’ LLOYD Read More

Required a valve replacement in his heart Wicketkeeper-batsman ‘lived to tell the tale’ Shane Warne died from a heart attack in 2022 By ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORT REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:22 …

Why Aussie cricket great Brad Haddin was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery – ‘I live to tell the tale’ Read More

What’s in a handshake? Oh, not a lot really. Only the financial wellbeing of international cricket, and the future of the game as we know it. The handshake in question …

Why cricket’s entire future rests on India and Pakistan shaking hands – and what both sides have got wrong in a rivalry teetering on the brink of meltdown Read More

By LAWRENCE BOOTH, CRICKET CORRESPONDENT Published: 12:13 BST, 23 September 2025 | Updated: 16:59 BST, 23 September 2025 Cricket is mourning the death of Dickie Bird, perhaps the most famous …

Dickie Bird dead aged 92: Legendary former Test cricket umpire passes away as tributes pour in Read More

By LAWRENCE BOOTH, CRICKET CORRESPONDENT Published: 16:00 BST, 23 September 2025 | Updated: 18:01 BST, 23 September 2025 Harry Brook has been anointed as England’s likely next Test captain after …

England name Ashes squad – with Ollie Pope replaced as vice-captain and one big surprise inclusion as Ben Stokes’ side look to upset the odds Down Under Read More

Promotion-chasing Leicestershire want South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj on board for their anticipated return to the top flight of the County Championship for the first time since 2003. The world’s …

County cricket transfers round-up: Blockbuster Leicestershire bid for South Africa star to lead Division One charge, why Ravi Bopara isn’t done yet, Somerset sign up duo and Josh de Caires makes decision on his future with two clubs circling Read More

The glamorous broadcaster and daughter of Australia legend Matthew Hayden has hit back at trolls who have criticised her on-air outfit choices. Grace, 23, is a cricket presenter who is …

Grace Hayden hits back at trolls over her outfit choices – after broadcaster was mocked for dressing for ‘a catwalk’ with glamorous picks Read More

By LAWRENCE BOOTH, CRICKET CORRESPONDENT Published: 23:41 BST, 10 September 2025 | Updated: 23:41 BST, 10 September 2025 Harry Brook slammed a ‘shambles of a night’ after England were comfortably …

England captain Harry Brook brands rain-hit T20 defeat by South Africa a ‘shambles of a night’ as his side bat for just five overs Read More