Cricket

Asa Tribe says he is “absolutely delighted” to be returning to play for Jersey as the island team aims to keep their Cricket World Cup hopes alive. The Glamorgan and England Lions batter has not played for his homeland since the summer of 2025 after a remarkable rise in the …

Ireland bowling all-rounder Jordan Neill feels past injury setbacks have made him “hungrier to come back harder” in the upcoming one-day series in Namibia. Neill has been selected by new head coach Gary Wilson for the five-match series that begins on Thursday in Windhoek (08:30 BST). The 21-year-old made his …

Available for over a year Henry Moeran is joined by Jonathan Agnew, Steven Finn and Alex Hartley. We review events in Rawalpindi as Pakistan won by 87 runs in England’s opening match of the winter. We also hear from the two captains Harry Brook and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Programme WebsiteShow …

Kent bowler Matt Milnes says an early-season pep talk from head coach Adam Hollioake was behind their promotion-winning campaign. After losing to Worcestershire by an innings and two runs in their third Division Two match in April, Kent then won eight of the next 11 to clinch second spot. “Smokes …

Sussex bowling coach James Kirtley is to leave his job at the end of October after seven years in the role. Incoming head coach Matt Walker will lead the search for a replacement as part of what the club called a “restructure of the coaching staff”. Kirtley, 51, spent 16 …

Available for over a year Mark Chapman is joined by Phil Tufnell, Steven Finn, and Stephan Shemilt to speak to the new England head coach Stephen Fleming. Fleming speaks about preparations for the three-match series in South Africa in December, ambitions for England, how he wants his team to look …

Durham have agreed a two-year professional contract with promising young bowling all-rounder James Minto. The 18-year-old left-armer has signed until the end of the 2028 season, progressing upwards from a rookie contract. Minto played his maiden first-class game against Surrey two years ago when still only 16 and he has …

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced central contracts in 2000 as a way to give them more control over their best players. Last week, the ECB issued 39 central contracts to men’s players, external for the 2026-27 season. Of them, 30 were full central contracts; the other nine …

Jersey warmed up for their ICC Challenge League A tournament in Kenya with two wins over Uganda ‘A’ in Entebbe. In their opening game the islanders won by an impressive nine wickets as they bowled out the hosts for just 118 in 33 overs with Ben Ward taking 3-20 and …

Scorecard from Pakistan’s win over Sri Lanka in one-day international tri-series in Rawalpindi. BBC News

Latest scorecard from the second Test between South Africa and Australia in Gqeberha. BBC News

Latest scorecard from the one-day international tri-series match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. BBC News

England paceman Jofra Archer has signed a one-year contract extension with Sussex, extending his stay at Hove to 12 seasons. The 31-year-old made his debut for the county in 2016 and has taken 223 first-class wickets at an average of 25.17. Following numerous injuries, Archer missed four years of red-ball …

Former championship-winning Kent and England bowler Alan Brown has died aged 90. The ex-miner from Mansfield took 707 first-class wickets for Kent in 237 appearances from 1957 to 1970. Brown helped Kent win their first County Championship title in 57 years in 1970, which proved to be his final season. …

Hampshire and Scotland seamer Brad Wheal has retired from professional cricket after a succession of injuries. Wheal, 30, took 51 wickets in 44 appearances in a decade-long international career and featured at four T20 World Cups, most recently in India earlier this year. He has also played for Hampshire from …

The ECB confirmed at least one ethnic minority candidate was part of the process when Stephen Fleming became Test head coach in July. In April 2025, then director of women’s cricket Clare Connor did not use an open recruitment process or the Rooney Rule when she named Charlotte Edwards head …

On the pitch, South Africa have responded to their heavy first-Test defeat by calling up “Aussie agitator” Matthew Breetzke. Batter Breetzke has been added to the squad at the expense of Tristan Stubbs, who is left out for the second Test after making scores of 32 and one in Durban. …

South Africa have responded to their heavy first-Test defeat by Australia by calling up “Aussie agitator” Matthew Breetzke. Batter Breetzke has been added to the squad at the expense of Tristan Stubbs, who is left out for the second Test in Gqeberha after making scores of 32 and one in …

England will head to Bangladesh for a two-Test series in February 2027. While the dates are yet to be officially announced, the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme states the fixtures will take place across the final three weeks of February. Prior to the two Tests, England are expected to …