It would be Anderson’s first county game since last July, when he took 7-35 against Nottinghamshire at Southport. After retiring from international duty with 704 Test wickets to his name, he acted as a bowling consultant for the England team for the rest of last summer and put his name forward for the Indian Premier...
Carse made his England Test debut in October against Pakistan, going on to play five of the six Tests there and in New Zealand. The South Africa-born bowler made a strong impression with his ability to generate pace on batter-friendly wickets, taking 27 wickets across those Tests. With a five-match home series against India starting...
Saids and the World Anti-Doping Agency define substances of abuse as those “frequently abused in society outside of the context of sport”. “The player accepted responsibility for the doping offence and honoured his provisional suspension,” Saids said. Its statement added that Rabada was offered a chance to undertake a treatment programme, completing two sessions to...
Warwickshire are hopeful that England all-rounder Chris Woakes will be fit to play again in the near future. The 36-year-old has been troubled by an ankle injury since appearing in South Africa’s domestic T20 competition in January. He has been practising at Edgbaston under the supervision of England strength and conditioning staff but will miss...
Essex have re-signed Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir for this season’s T20 Blast. The 33-year-old, who previously played for the club from 2017 to 2019, has taken 371 wickets in 322 T20 games around the world. He also claimed 119 wickets in 36 Tests for Pakistan and has played 61 one-day internationals and 62 T20...
Essex have signed Sri Lankan seamer Kasun Rajitha for the next five County Championship matches. Rajitha, 31, has played for his country in all three formats, including 18 Test matches, taking a total of 55 wickets at an average of 29.58. He previously played under Essex director of cricket Chris Silverwood, who had a two-year...
Lancashire have signed Hampshire and England fast bowler John Turner on a 14-day loan deal. The 24-year-old will go straight into the squad for the County Championship match at Northamptonshire on Friday. He made his England One-Day international debut in the tour of West Indies in November. Turner will provide cover with veteran James Anderson...
Derbyshire fast bowler Harry Moore has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with a back injury. The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a pre-season friendly math against the South Asian Cricket Academy in late March. Moore, a product of the club’s academy who became Derbyshire’s youngest debutant when he played against Worcestershire in...
Tongue’s debut for Nottinghamshire came more than two months after he first returned to action with the England Lions in Australia. He featured twice for the second-string national team Down Under, but had failed to take a wicket in their matches in Brisbane and Sydney. His first scalp for 590 days finally came when wicketkeeper-batter...
India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is set to make his return to competitive cricket in the Indian Premier League after three months out injured. Bumrah, 31, the world’s top-ranked Test bowler, injured his back during the fifth Test against Australia in early January and has not played since, missing England’s white-ball tour to India and...
England have made no secret of their preference for bowlers of high pace, particularly for the tour of Australia, where they have not won a single Test since 2011. And while the injury to Wood and the subsequent doubt over his availability to travel down under is the major concern, the loss of a back-up...
Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker says he makes “no apologies” for being ambitious as he prepares to kick-start his county career. The 22-year-old joined at the end of last season from Somerset and featured for his new club over the winter in the Guyana Global Super League. Baker has only played one first-class game to...
Durham have re-signed New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner on a red-ball deal for the second half of the county cricket season. The 39-year-old played one Championship game and three One -Day Cup matches for Durham last season before his time was cut short by injury. Wagner, who retired from international cricket in February 2024...
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach will return to Surrey for their first four matches of the upcoming County Championship season. The 36-year-old, who has been part of the club’s past three title-winning campaigns, has claimed 284 Test wickets for his national side. His latest return will mark a fifth consecutive season playing for Surrey,...
BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew When I was aged 11, my dad took me to a Gillette Cup final at Lord’s between Lancashire and Kent, and I saw a fast bowler running in from the Nursery End. I’d never seen anything like it. I turned to my dad and said: “That’s who I want...