Virat Kohli is back for India next week. Might be the last chance to watch a modern great bat in England
Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · 4w ago‘He keeps getting better’: Kohli returns to sprinkle stardust on England v India ODI series
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Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · 4w agoHas been a genuine career highlight to work on this with Chris Woakes - World Cup wins, Ashes battles, the greats he's played with and against, and plenty of behind-the-scenes material you won't get anywhere else. Out in October, pre-order below 👇 www.penguin.co.uk/books/485021...
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi must use own changing room during England T20 series for safeguarding reasons www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi must use own changing room for England tour
India’s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be required to use his own changing room for safeguarding reasons on his first international tour in England this summer.
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ECB review Yorkshire’s £1.75m payment to CEO’s company over Hundred sale www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
ECB review Yorkshire’s £1.75m payment to CEO’s company over Hundred sale
The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to review a payment of £1.75m from Yorkshire to a company controlled by their chief executive, Sanjay Patel
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In successive games Lancashire have essentially been told the player they left out of their XI is too good to replace the one who got the nod. One of a few flaws with inj replacements (which I personally hope don’t come to Test cricket) www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
Trial or error? Lancashire bear brunt as county game adjusts to new substitute rules | Ali Martin
The sport should seriously be asking itself whether this should be replicated in Test cricket after some notable problems with the new regulations
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Interview: Enjoyed sitting down with serial Ashes winner Ian Bell last week to chat about the IPL, his new coaching role, England and playing for Knowle & Dorridge 4th XI www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...
‘I wanted the rollercoaster of being emotionally invested’: Ian Bell on coaching, England and the 2005 Ashes WhatsApp
Five-times Ashes winner has since had a varied coaching career and believes the red ball is still fundamental to the modern player
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England white-ball series in South Africa under threat due to T20 franchise cricket clash | England cricket team | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
England white-ball series in South Africa under threat due to T20 franchise cricket clash
England’s two white-ball series in South Africa next year are currently in doubt amid the latest scheduling clash that pits franchise cricket against the international game
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Terrific Ashes diary from Charlie Reynolds www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
England’s Ashes has been a disaster but touring Australia with a disability has been ‘too easy’
Going to Australia as a freelance journalist with a form of muscular dystrophy was not without trepidation but an away Ashes was too good to pass up
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WOAH ITS @GUARDIAN ASHES WEEKLY THE BIG PREVIEW WITH @geofflemon.bsky.social @ali-martin.bsky.social and Andy Bull open.spotify.com/episode/7zwG...
Will England capitalise against a weakened Australia? – Ashes Weekly podcast
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"World Cup cricket has never been so easy." What a strange day. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
England off to Cricket World Cup flyer with 10-wicket demolition of South Africa
England romped home with a 10-wicket win in their World Cup opener on Friday, after bowling opponents South Africa out for 69
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Interview: James Vince chats about his record 11th Finals Day appearance with Hampshire, his new freelance life, England, Ashes, cracks and sandpaper www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
‘I had a lighthearted crack at Steve Smith’: James Vince on the Ashes, sandpaper and his T20 Blast record
As he bids for a fourth Finals Day title, Hampshire’s captain is enjoying a new life in Dubai as a T20 freelancer with few regrets over his England career
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Exclusive interview: Chris Woakes speaks publicly for the first time about the dramatic end to the Oval Test, walking out to face the music with a dislocated left shoulder. Warning, contains some eye-watering detail #ENGvIND www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
England’s Chris Woakes: ‘It’s not the way you want to be front-page news’
The pace bowler tells Ali Martin of risking his career by going out to bat against India after dislocating his shoulder: ‘You just know you’re part of something bigger’
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The lowest total in the first innings of the match in this weekend's round of County Championship matches was 367. The previous highest 'lowest total of the round' of County matches (where 9 matches started on the same day) was 244 on 23 June 2024.
Sanjay Govil, the incoming co-owner of Welsh Fire, has become the first Hundred investor to state a preference for the tournament to become a T20. Interview here: www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
‘It would be better as a T20’: Welsh Fire’s Sanjay Govil questions Hundred format
The Welsh Fire investor says a potential format change ‘is something for the future’, while he also wants the Hundred’s TV rights to be sold separately
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Middlesex confirm interest in ‘iconic player of his generation’ Virat Kohli
Middlesex confirm interest in ‘iconic player of his generation’ Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli could yet be seen batting in England once more after Middlesex confirmed they are keen to lure India’s recently retired galáctico to Lord’s
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Enjoyed a chat with Somerset's Tom Banton earlier ... his record-breaking 371, ditching the side-arm in the nets, and being on the cusp of England once more www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
‘Something clicked’ – Somerset’s Tom Banton on the secret behind his record 371
The 26-year-old tells Ali Martin about his epic triple century and the ‘wow’ moment of making Somerset history last weekend
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Enjoyed a chat with Somerset's Tom Banton earlier ... his record-breaking 371, ditching the side-arm in the nets, and being on the cusp of England once more www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
‘Something clicked’ – Somerset’s Tom Banton on the secret behind his record 371
The 26-year-old tells Ali Martin about his epic triple century and the ‘wow’ moment of making Somerset history last weekend
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The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, gearing up for England v Australia this Saturday
Highlights of West Indies winning in Pakistan here #Rally www.youtube.com/live/NF2VW6p...
Full Highlights | Pakistan vs West Indies | 2nd Test Day 3 | PCB | M2I1A
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Australia v England: third Women’s Ashes one-day cricket international – live
Australia v England: third Women’s Ashes one-day cricket international – live
* Updates from Hobart; start 11.05pm GMT/10.05am AET * Australia win second ODI | Sign up for The Spin It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way As expected, the legspinner Georgia Wareham replaces Darcie Brown in the…
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⚽️ Enjoyed going off piste while covering England in NZ to find out more about Chris Wood’s formative years … one for @NFFC fans #nffc ‘Born to score’: Chris Wood’s journey from Hamilton to Premier League star | Nottingham Forest | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Born to score’: Chris Wood’s journey from Hamilton to Premier League ace
Ex-All Whites international Mike Groom recalls striker who stunned him with ‘audacity, self-belief, awareness and skill’
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Tim Southee’s NZ farewell has become a slightly awkward affair … won’t affect his standing … but shows England did right by Jimmy Anderson www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/d...
Tim Southee’s awkward final chapter comes full circle with England Test
The New Zealand bowler says goodbye to Test cricket with a long list of accolades but there are doubt about his starting place on his home patch in Hamilton
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The field for Gus Atkinson’s hat-trick ball in Wellington; all pointing to the short ball … full and straight does the trick
Breaking news in Christchurch: Jacob Bethell will make his England Test debut this week - and will bat at No3 (!). Ollie Pope keeping wicket and slides down to No6. Their boldest selection call yet, you’d wager…
Jimmy Anderson is back in England whites - hand injury to Jordan Cox sees Ollie Pope keeping, Ben Stokes now playing and the 🐐needed as a sub fielder
England v the Prime Minister’s XI underway in stunning Queenstown. The hosts are 84 for six, with two wickets apiece for Woakes, Atkinson and Carse
