Gloucestershire and director of cricket John Bracewell have agreed to go their separate ways at the end of next month.
New Zealander Bracewell will be replaced by a head coach, who Gloucestershire expect to be in place before the end of January.
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis will be looking for a pre-World Cup boost when his side take on New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
The five-match one-day international series is tied at 2-2 after the Black Caps’ seven-run victory in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, and Waqar is keen to wrap up a series win in the decider ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand which starts on February 14.
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Former Australia paceman Jason Gillespie thinks the time has come to give Ireland full Test status.
Test match crowds are dwindling at the moment and Gillespie, who currently coaches Yorkshire, thinks the presence of Ireland and their ‘Blarney Army’ fan club could help to reverse that trend.
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England head coach Peter Moores has repeated his support for captain Alastair Cook but admits he is not unsackable.
Cook is under increasing pressure after making another low score as England lost the sixth one-day international and the series to Sri Lanka.
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Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes injured skipper Michael Clarke will continue to play for his country.
Clarke’s immediate playing future is up in the air after he suffered a torn right hamstring during Australia’s 48-run victory over India in the first Test in Adelaide on Saturday.
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Ian Botham considers Alastair Cook isn’t a “nailed down” conviction to captain England in the World Cup after head coach Peter Moores said the tourists’ series defeat to Sri Lanka will be subject to a complete review.
Cook is averaging under 18 in the series after scoring only one in the 90-run sixth ODI defeat which leaves England 4-2 down with only Tuesday’s final match of the series in the future.
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Former skipper Kyle Coetzer will help captain Preston Mommsen in Scotland’s World Cup squad after head coach Grant Bradburn named his provisional 24-guy lineup.
Northamptonshire’s Coetzer is among five contracted county players lining up for the Scots, alongside Durham’s Calum MacLeod, Rob Taylor of Leicestershire, Sussex’s Matt Machan and Josh Davey of Somerset.
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Jon Lewis continues to be named bowling trainer of Sussex after declaring his retirement in the playing positions.
The former England seamer joined Sussex from Surrey before the 2014 effort but harm restricted his looks on the 2nd half the season and he’s made a decision to create a move to the training positions.
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Stuart Broad denies that Kevin Pietersen was “intimidated” during his time in the England team.
Pietersen used his recent autobiography to criticise a number of his former teammates and trainer Andy Flower.
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Stuart Broad denies that Kevin Pietersen was “bullied” during his time in the England team.
Pietersen used his recent autobiography to criticise many of his former team-mates and coach Andy Flower.
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England pace bowler Steven Finn is looking to the future with confidence after suffering a torrid spell in international cricket.
The Middlesex player was described by former limited overs coach Ashley Giles as “unselectable” after struggling with a remodelled bowling action in Australia last winter.
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Peter Moores insists the England dressing room has moved on from the Kevin Pietersen row as they prepare to take on Sri Lanka.
Moores’ first overseas tour since he was re-appointed as head coach starts with a warm-up game against Sri Lanka A in Colombo on Friday, with the opening contest of the seven-match one-day international series taking place in the same city on Wednesday.
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Kevin Pietersen has offered his services as a coach for schools in the UK after a significant drop in cricket participation was revealed.
A National Playing Survey conducted by the England and Wales Cricket Board showed that total playing numbers for over-14s had decreased by seven per cent in 2014, falling from 908,000 the previous year to 844,000.
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Skipper Alastair Cook and coach Peter Moores face a crunch test of their leadership credentials on England’s one-day tour of Sri Lanka, says Michael Vaughan.
Cook, 29, clung onto the captaincy during a torrid 50-over summer that featured 3-2 and 3-1 ODI defeats to Sri Lanka and India respectively.
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Middlesex have declared that former Zimbabwe captain David Houghton will be to replace Mark Ramprakash as their new batting coach.
Houghton, who held the exact same place at Somerset last season having formerly been head coach at Worcestershire and manager of cricket at Derbyshire, has signed a two-year contract and can begin work on January 1.
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Former England batsman Mark Ramprakash continues to be named Graham Gooch’s successor as batting coach across all formats.
Ramprakash, 45, started working together with the England team last May following a fruitful stint together with the England Lions, along with another former international Graham Thorpe.
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Mark Ramprakash’s encounters of the ups and downs of Test cricket will stand him in good stead as England’s fulltime batting coach, says Nick Knight.
Ramprakash, 45, is working together with the team since May but will now raise his involvement after being validated as Graham Gooch’s successor.
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Paul Collingwood says he cannot wait for Scotland’s clash with England at next year’s Cricket World Cup.
With 100 days to attend the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, Collingwood, who continues to be drafted in as Scotland’s trainer, has started plotting England’s downfall.
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England allrounder Ben Stokes considers there’s been too much focus on Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography instead of enough to the hectic international schedule ahead.
Pietersen’s novel premiered in October and his criticism of his former trainers and teammates equally triggered a furore in the cricketing world – but Stokes insists the English game has much more urgent issues to deal with and he’s optimistic the amount of controversy is over.
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Former Leicestershire allrounder Andrew McDonald has been named as the county’s new head coach in a play to turn their fortunes around.
McDonald represented the county in the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and became a company favourite after playing a starring part inside their Friends Life T20 victory three years past.
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