The 25-year-old - who has scored 1,872 runs at an average of 38.30 in 33 Tests for his country - will join Notts as a specialist batsman
29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Domestic | County Championship |
Ben Stokes has stepped up his recovery from a hamstring tear and is included for the first time since England's tour of New Zealand
29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | India | England news | England |
The judges have spoken and The Cricketer Young Writer Award shortlist has been announced. A total of nearly 100 entries were received from young men and women ranging in age from 24 down to 12 years old
WILL JENNINGS: Will Fraine is humble about his cricketing background. "In the space of 48 hours I’d gone from being nowhere to gaining the career of my dreams," he says
OLIVER LATHROPE: The question is, has Jos Buttler’s selection opened the door for other members of England’s one-day squad to be given an opportunity at Test level?
HUW MABE: Kevin Sharp, Worcestershire’s head coach, probably did not spend much time thinking about the England Test squad but perhaps Jos Buttler’s inclusion should have given him pause for thought
SCOTT HUNT: He’s barely made a significant score for Lancashire since his Test debut and yet the England talk still surrounds him like a fog. The questions, the speculation, the interest, is inescapable.
BRAD WEST: After all the negativity surrounding English cricket over the past six to eight months it was refreshing to see a 20-year-old, who has the world at his feet now, appear calm, relaxed and eager to get going
NICK FRIEND: As Afghanistan and Argentina met at Buenos Aires’ Hurlingham Club, it appeared unfathomable that two teams so evenly matched could, less than a decade later, enjoy such profoundly contrasting fortunes
HUGH OXLADE: County cricket must adapt, or else it will die. The phrase has become something of a mantra for administrators and journalists. A true cricket lover, they reason, could not bear to see the counties dissolve
MATT ROLLER: As England’s youngsters struggle in T20 internationals, Trevor Bayliss ought to look at the senior side’s discard pile
OSCAR RATCLIFFE: Of the batsman to have partnered Cook since Strauss’ retirement in 2012, those who are left-handed have averaged more than five runs less than those who favour their right.
OLLIE WILLIAMS: Imagine we’ve got our hands on a time-travelling Delorean and zoomed off 20 years into the future. We arrive to discover, rather than causing any familial temporal disruption, that, Great Scott, the ECB has knocked it out of the park!
Former Northamptonshire cricketer PATRICK FOSTER is a recovering gambling addict who has written about his struggle. The Cricketer is republishing his memoirs of dealing with the addiction...
A half-century from Sarah Taylor and three wickets from player of the match Anya Shrubsole led England to a comfortable seven-wicket win over New Zealand
29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | England Women | England match centre | England |