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Kate Cross weighing up playing future after losing central contract

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Cross announced last month that her England deal wasn't being renewed, and she is considering her options before committing to continue her career at domestic level in 2026

England to use Sri Lanka clash to gauge World Cup form

Tammy Beaumont says depth will be the determining factor when the tournament reaches the sharp end and insists the three-time winners are ignoring results from elsewhere

"For him to play all five Tests would be awesome for us": Harry Brook backing Ben Stokes to "power through" Ashes series

NICK FRIEND: Brook is Stokes' new Test vice-captain, but he doesn't expect to find himself leading the team in Australia

England Women bowling coaches in job swap

NICK FRIEND: Matt Mason and Chris Liddle have effectively switched roles, with Mason taking over as national pace bowling lead, while Liddle replaces him as an assistant coach to Charlotte Edwards

Luke Williams, the WPL-winning head coach on Charlotte Edwards' backroom staff

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: England have turned to Williams, with WBBL and WPL titles to his name as a head coach, as Edwards' assistant; the pair have worked with and against each other for the last decade

Heather Knight: "With the year that I've had, I probably deserved a bit of luck"

Knight last played competitively in a May T20I against West Indies, when a torn hamstring at Chelmsford ended her summer and threatened her participation in this World Cup, but she returned in style to guide England over the line in Guwahati

No longer the captain, Heather Knight continues to lead from the front

NICK FRIEND: To pull off that knock in a first competitive innings since a major hamstring injury, with sweat pouring down her face and fewer than half her 79 runs coming in boundaries, spoke volumes for her enduring commitment to the cause

Heather Knight sees off Bangladesh as nervy England retain unbeaten record

England collapsed from 69 for 2 to 78 for 5 as Bangladesh threatened a first win over their opposition, but Charlotte Edwards' side were guided by Knight to a vital victory in Guwahati

Gooch, Ramprakash and Murtagh: How anxiety reveals itself differently

HUW TURBERVILL: For years, batters have been challenged to rise to the big occasion and cast aside internal demons around their form, technique, or outside expectations

England wary of thrifty Bangladesh ahead of World Cup clash

Vice-captain Charlie Dean says none of the subcontinental sides at the Cricket World Cup can be fully discounted

Hampshire set to keep faith with England seamer despite stress fracture

OSCAR RESS: John Turner played just eight games for the club in 2025, but The Cricketer understands that both the seamer and left-arm spinner Andrew Neal are likely to sign multi-year deals with the club

Liam Dawson set to receive central contract despite Ashes snub

OSCAR RESS: The left-arm spinner took one wicket on his return to the Test fold but has impressed for the T20I side this summer, with a World Cup in India and Sri Lanka early next year

French cricket will never be part of their cycle

TANYA ALDRED: The French are never going to fall in love with cricket the way we have. They already have a grand summer showpiece with obscure rules, complicated choreography and different coloured shirts

How England became a batting paradise

JARROD KIMBER unpicks why scoring rates at English Test grounds outstrip those around the world

Mo Bobat: How to win in Australia, Virat Kohli and the Bazball edict

JAMES COYNE: The 42-year-old from Leicester is Royal Challengers Bengaluru's director of cricket, overseeing their long-awaited first IPL title in only his second season