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Porter v Brookes subplot doesn't distract Worcestershire from rare good day

OSCAR RESS AT NEW ROAD: Matthew Waite and Tom Taylor put on 95 runs for the eighth wicket as Worcestershire secured their first, second and third batting bonus points of the season to reach 354 for 9 on a promising opening day against Essex

Potential Test captain included in India A squad for England tour

Shubman Gill, who is favourite to take the reins after Rohit Sharma's retirement, will prepare for India's five-match series against England later this summer, alongside several of his international teammates, by taking on the Lions

Zimbabwe seamer ruled out of England Test

Trevor Gwandu suffered a left groin injury in training and has been replaced by Tanaka Chivanga, who suffered an injury of his own in his country's Test against Ireland last year

Players should not be expected to choose between the rearranged IPL and their international commitments

OSCAR RESS: With the rescheduled IPL, owing to the India-Pakistan tensions, threatening to create chaos in the cricketing calendar, the ECB and CSA stepped in to ensure they were prioritised

Seamers make long-awaited County Championship returns in round six

Lancashire's James Anderson, Somerset's Matt Henry and Durham's Brydon Carse have all been included in their respective county squads for the first time this season, while England have released James Rew

Significant Hampshire undertone to Sussex and Kent's tier-two clash

OSCAR RESS AT HOVE: The match, which was won by the home side, highlighted tier-two as an alternative platform for competitive cricket, which has its benefits for both the tier-one sides and the England Women's pathway

India Women announce squads for white-ball tour to England

There is a T20 return for opener Shafali Verma, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru pair, Renuka Singh and Shreyanka Patil, have missed out on both squads

Kent return to loan market for bowling reinforcements

With several injuries in their bowling attack, the club have signed Alfie Ogborne and Jake Ball from Somerset for their next two County Championship matches against Gloucestershire and Derbyshire

Heather Knight: "I'm going to try enjoy everything that comes with being an England cricketer"

OSCAR RESS: After nine years in the job, Knight is braced to take on a new role as a batting-focused allrounder with more time on her hands to be a teammate away from the scrutiny of being her country's captain

England confirm appointment of former New Zealand seamer to backroom staff

Tim Southee, who played alongside England head coach Brendon McCullum for New Zealand, will be England Men's specialist skills consultant across formats on a short-term basis

Glamorgan sign Australian allrounder for T20 Blast

Hayden Kerr, who has played over fifty times in the Big Bash for Sydney Sixers, will also be available for the County Championship until the end of July

Taunton developing into an unhappy hunting ground for Somerset

OSCAR RESS AT TAUNTON: The hosts have now lost all three of their matches at Taunton, and this was perhaps their most egregious as they handed Hampshire several soft wickets on the way to falling 31 runs short of chasing 214

Keaton Jennings steps down as Lancashire four-day captain

The opening batter relinquishes the role that he has held since 2023 following a winless start to the Division Two campaign, which also forced the club's hierarchy to issue an apology to their members

Youthful Professional County Club Select XI picked to face Zimbabwe

Josh De Caires, who has played 21 first-class matches but is yet to feature in the County Championship this season, will captain a squad that includes England international Dan Mousley for the tour match at Leicester

Kagiso Rabada included in South Africa's World Test Championship final squad

The seamer is eligible to resume playing after he served a one-month suspension for failing a drug test, as the Proteas back the players who got them to the final against Australia at Lord's later this month

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