Jason Gillespie says new England one-day captain Eoin Morgan has every chance of playing himself into form for the World Cup while on Big Bash League duty for the Sydney Thunder.
Morgan – confirmed as Alastair Cook’s successor in the 50-over format on Saturday – made the most of a brief bat in the Thunder’s 56-run win over Brisbane Heat, striking 12no off five balls.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke could yet play in the World Cup next year after an operation on his hamstring was judged a huge success.
Clarke has been ruled out of the ongoing series with India after tearing his hamstring in the first Test in Adelaide, a match he went into under an injury cloud given his long history of back complaints.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke could yet play in the World Cup next year after an operation on his hamstring was judged a huge success.
Clarke has been ruled out of the ongoing series with India after tearing his hamstring in the first Test in Adelaide, a match he went into under an injury cloud given his long history of back complaints.
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England captain Alastair Cook commended Joe Root following the Yorkshireman’s century helped England get the better of Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international.
England successfully chased down 240 to defeat the hosts by five wickets at Pallekele Stadium and remain in the series at 3-2 down with two to play.
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Matt Prior is backing Jos Buttler to become a massively successful wicketkeeper-batsman for England – if he bats in the correct place.
Buttler, 24, now wears the gloves in most types of the game because of his nation but has allowed his greatest for the one-day international stadium, scoring a maiden – and thrilling – hundred against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in May during the latter overs.
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Jason Gillespie says the loss of Michael Clarke to harm on day among the very first Test against India in Adelaide has spoilt an otherwise successful opening day for hosts Australia.
Australia made an emotional return to playing cricket, the very first time they have played because the departure of Phillip Hughes
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England stand in captain Eoin Morgan was left to rue the lack of another specialist spinner after his side lost the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Morgan filled the emptiness left as routine skipper Alastair Cook served a one-match suspension and he nearly oversaw a second consecutive victory in the seven-match series.
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Alastair Cook demonstrated he’s plenty more to offer after placing England on course for an late triumph over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international, says David Lloyd.
Cook contributed 34 to an opening stand of 84 with Moeen Ali (58 off 40 balls) as the tourists successfully chased down a revised Duckworth-Lewis objective of 236 in 35 overs.
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Chris Read has signed a fresh contract with Nottinghamshire, prolonging his stay at Trent Bridge until 2016.
The 36-year old wicketkeeper made 54 catches behind the stumps last season and says he needs continue in the club after enjoying a fruitful year.
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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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Leicestershire have declared the function of manager of cricket will be fought in a training restructure, but incumbent Phil Whitticase hasn’t left the team.
The Foxes have ran a review of the set up after another depressing summer by which they failed to win a County Championship match to get a second consecutive season.
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Highly-rated wicket-keeper/batsman Ned Eckersley has handed Leicestershire a much-needed boost by signing a one-year contract extension.
The Foxes have had a terrible year, finishing bottom of Division Two for the second season in succession, and, just like 2013, they failed to win a single Championship match.
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Highly-rated wicket-keeper/batsman Ned Eckersley has handed Leicestershire a much-needed boost by signing a one-year contract extension.
The Foxes have had a terrible year, finishing bottom of Division Two for the second year in succession, and, just like 2013, they failed to win a single Championship match.
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England captain Alastair Cook believes the successful Andrew Strauss-Andy Flower era has been “tarnished” by Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography.
Pietersen’s book was released this week and he made a number of media appearances in which he repeated several allegations, including claims of a bullying culture in the England dressing room.
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Mike Watkinson has ended his long association with Lancashire after stepping down from his role as the club’s cricket director.
The 53-year-old announced he is “looking forward to a new challenge” as he confirmed he would be leaving the Red Rose county after a successful 32 years at Old Trafford.
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Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has made a series of explosive claims in an interview with The Daily Telegraph ahead of the release of his autobiography.
The extremely gifted but controversial batsman alleges there was a culture of bullying inside the England team orchestrated by the bowling attack and wicket-keeper Matt Prior, and that hugely successful former coach Andy Flower “ruled by fear”.
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Yorkshire’s opening batsmen Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have claimed the top honours in the Cricket Writers’ Club Awards.
The pair played a vital part in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title success this season so that as a result Lyth continues to be named the William Hill CWC Championship Player of the Year, with Lees picking up the CWC Young Cricketer of the Year award.
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Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu continues to be named full time trainer of the national side following an effective spell as interim coach.
Atapattu, 43, becomes the first Sri Lankan to train the team on a full time basis since Roy Dias in 1999, foreign born trainers having been at the helm since that time.
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Essex made an ideal start in their own bid to overtake Hampshire and clinch promotion from Division Two of the LV= County Championship.
Chasing a fifth consecutive victory in four-day activity, Essex skittled Worcestershire for only 84 at Chelmsford and then reached 198-3 in reply – meaning they already lead by 114 runs.
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