This is the third part of our manifesto to save English red-ball cricket. Michael Vaughan launched the manifesto on Wednesday with his piece calling for five-day County…

Andrew Strauss is currently filling the managing director position on an interim basis, but has repeatedly said that he has no wish to return to the role…

Whatever next. Cricket’s tea interval is under serious threat because of the fear that players’ allergies could be awakened by sandwiches, scones, cakes or even, I suppose,…

“It’s 31 years old now,” says Agnew. “It’s a ridiculous piece of radio, a total cock-up. Two people trying to talk, but unable to do so because…

Sir Dave Brailsford is lined up to join the England & Wales Cricket Board’s high performance review panel being formed by Sir Andrew Strauss to advise on…

Cricketers are much more likely to be injured in April than they are later in the year, a study by the England and Wales Cricket Board has…

Lord Patel has threatened to quit Yorkshire over the bitter civil war to engulf the club since the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal, compounding fears over their international…

An FA Cup-style knockout one-day competition could be back on the agenda as part of changes to the domestic game. The knockout domestic one-day competition could be…

And what happens to Lord’s when it becomes just another Test ground? To put it crudely, the people who run MCC feel that with a waiting list…

In a letter to members, Mr Lavender said the club could only allow a limited number of matches to take place at Lord’s each season to maintain…

Sir Andrew Strauss, who has temporarily stepped into the breach left by Giles’s departure and by the non-existence of a chairman, was an England captain and opening…

Ben Foakes should go as the first choice wicket-keeper with Sam Billings the reserve and Jonny Bairstow, if selected, likely to be considered a specialist batsman and…

Sir Andrew Strauss, who has temporarily stepped into the breach left by Giles’s departure and by the non-existence of a chairman, was an England captain and opening…

“It has been a difficult week and it is always unpleasant to say goodbye to colleagues.” It could have been Boris Johnson talking in the boardroom of…

Giles described the last two years as “extremely challenging” and that by paying through the pandemic the England team helped to save jobs in cricket. In Sydney…

English cricket is facing losing more major sponsors following its leaders’ car-crash performance at a parliamentary hearing into its racism scandal. The England & Wales Cricket Board…

Mike O’Farrell’s comments about young Asian and black cricketers in front of the parliamentary committee on Tuesday were depressing and annoying, but underline just why there is…

Bumbling executives prove that counties are a roadblock to progress By Scyld Berry Never the twain shall meet. This has to be the Kiplingesque conclusion after the…

Former England cricketers Graeme Swann and Matt Prior have attacked counties for “pricing out young talent” as calls mount for grass-roots reform following the Ashes humiliation. Prior,…

Root’s Stockholm-syndrome style mantra that the Hundred will remain more important than anything confirms (whatever he may think) his unsuitability to lead England out of the cavernous…

Sir Andrew Strauss has emerged as a surprise candidate to be the new chairman of the England & Wales Cricket gathering the support of senior figures within…

His withdrawal on day one in Hobart caused England a headache, with Joe Root forced into bowling 10 overs of off-spin on a pitch for which the…

The Government must withhold cash support for the English and Wales Cricket Board until the game stamps out racism, MPs have ruled following the Azeem Rafiq furore….

Another of the contributors to the Sky doc, Stuart Broad, was at the crease in Sydney for the denouement on Sunday, still looking only slightly less boyish…