Essex Women have signed England-capped opening batter Lauren Winfield-Hill on loan from Yorkshire ahead of the 2025 Vitality Blast. Winfield-Hill, 34, has played over 100 matches for England across Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, wining the 2017 ODI World Cup. She has scored almost 4,000 T20 runs, playing in Australia’s Big Bash and...
Nicholls, who played the most recent of his 56 Tests for the Black Caps against Bangladesh 16 months ago, was also part of the New Zealand side that lost to England in the epic 2019 World Cup final at Lord’s. “I’m really looking forward to this opportunity with Worcestershire,” he said. “I’ve always been a...
Mumbai’s most recent IPL title came in 2020, having also won the previous year, and Rohit was replaced as skipper by Hardik Pandya in 2024 – but in the all-rounder’s first edition in charge, they finished bottom of the table. Rohit’s legendary status with the side is likely to earn him a longer run in...
Hampshire have appointed former Essex batter Paul Prichard as interim head coach of their women’s side following the departure of Charlotte Edwards. Edwards took the role last November, after a successful stint with Southern Vipers, but left last week to replace Jon Lewis as head coach of England. Prichard joined the coaching staff at Utilita...
Harry Brook: Rob Key plays the odds in preferring batter to Ben Stokes as England white-ball captain
Before Brook’s debut he was described as “dumb” by Stokes, something for which the all-rounder later apologised. His answers may be brief but do not mistake that for a lack of cricket brain. Brook’s 317 against Pakistan last year may take the headlines but one of his best innings was in the drawn 2023 Ashes...
This is Brook’s first full-time captaincy role with England, though he led the ODI side in a five-match series against Australia in September when Buttler was injured. He was due to play in this year’s Indian Premier League but pulled out to manage his workload. He has not played since a disappointing run in England’s...
Lancashire batter Rocky Flintoff will miss the first part of the County Championship season because of a back injury. The county say the 16-year-old has suffered a “lumbar stress reaction”, which is why he was left out of the squad for their Division Two opener against Middlesex at Lord’s. He felt discomfort in his back...
Gay moved to Chester-le-Street from Northamptonshire initially on a two-game loan at the end of last season, ahead of joining on a three-year deal. Along with ex-Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes, his arrival will add further power to Durham’s batting. And it is the chance to battle at the top end of the Championship that is...
Lancashire have signed Australian batter Katie Mack for the first part of the women’s domestic season. Mack will be available for eight One-Day Cup games and three in the T20 Blast running until the beginning of June. The 31-year-old, a regular in the Women’s Big Bash for Adelaide Strikers, is returning to Emirates Old Trafford,...
That love was first formed at Seaham Harbour Cricket Club, where his father Neil was one of the area’s leading club cricketers. McKinney Snr also spent hours throwing to his son in the nets. “He was relentless and wouldn’t let me leave,” McKinney says. “Sometimes that might be bad but it definitely set me up...
Former Australia batter Stuart Law has been appointed as Nepal’s new head coach on a two-year contract. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) had been searching for a new coach for their men’s side since parting ways with Monty Desai in February. Desai guided Nepal to last year’s T20 World Cup but CAN decided against...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has been discharged from hospital following his cardiac arrest during a domestic match. Tamim, 36, was rushed to hospital after complaining of severe chest pains while playing in a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match on Monday. The doctors now say he will return home and “hope he will be...
Hampshire have signed South African batter Dewald Brevis on a season-long deal. The 21-year-old has joined for the whole of the T20 Blast campaign and could also play in the County Championship. Brevis impressed in the 2022 Under-19 World Cup where he scored 506 runs with two centuries and three fifties in six innings. He...
Experienced Kent batter Joe Denly is set to miss the start of the County Championship season after suffering a broken arm in training. The 39-year-old has undergone surgery after he was injured while batting in a nets session this week. “He is unavailable for selection at this time,” Kent said on its website, external ahead...
Ex-England batter Mark Stoneman says he is “absolutely not” a direct replacement for James Vince but hopes his experience can help Hampshire push for a first County Championship title in more than 50 years. Stoneman, who left Middlesex at the end of the 2024 season, signed a one-year contract at the Utilita Bowl in February,...