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Changes are better late than never – but this time keep an eye on where Australia go next

MELINDA FARRELL: English cricket has moved with the times this summer, but it is easy to forget how far behind their Ashes they remain

Robert Brooke was wonderfully generous with his knowledge

GEORGE DOBELL pays tribute to The Cricketer columnist and statistician, who has passed away at the age of 85

Is Haseeb Hameed 3.0 making a case for an England recall?

MELINDA FARRELL AT CHESTER-LE-STREET: The Nottinghamshire captain continued his fine start to the new County Championship season with a second career double century

Ed Barnard excels but there is plenty of hard work still to come

GEORGE DOBELL AT EDGBASTON: The Warwickshire allrounder once again exhibited his ability with the ball to help roll Hampshire for 300 on day one

Derbyshire's big tease keeps everyone waiting

NICK HOWSON AT OLD TRAFFORD: Spectators arrived for day one, anticipating one thing. But they must return on Saturday to get a sight of Lancashire's big ticket item

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

Jonny Bairstow treats Oval locals to collection of greatest hits

NICK FRIEND AT THE KIA OVAL: You'd have got long odds on Bairstow and Jason Roy, one of the great white-ball opening duos, sharing a County Championship field together in 2025, but Bairstow played beautifully on Friday as Surrey and Yorkshire battled

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Trevor Gwandu suffered a left groin injury in training and has been replaced by Tanaka Chivanga, who suffered an injury of his own in his country's Test against Ireland last year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

"It is all about opportunity" - James Anderson's state of play

England's all-time leading wicket-taker tells RICHARD GIBSON that he was inspired to join the ECB's plan to rejuvenate state school cricket by his own unmemorable experiences at school

The fine-line world of player punditry: "As long as you don't have an agenda, you should be okay"

NICK FRIEND: Providing punditry as a current player comes with several challenges, most notably around the balance of providing insight without breaching confidence or omerta

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