England vs Ireland – Match abandoned without a ball bowled Joe Root’s bid to rediscover his 50-over form ahead of next month’s World Cup was thwarted by rain, as the first ODI between England and Ireland at Headingley was abandoned without a toss. Root was added to England’s squad for this match at his own

Jos Buttler felt it was his responsibility as England’s white-ball captain to inform Jason Roy that he had missed out on selection for the World Cup. Buttler rang Roy last weekend to explain his omission from England’s final squad of 15, before head coach Matthew Mott followed up shortly after. Roy had been named in

Zak Crawley was “shocked” when Matthew Mott told him that he wanted him to captain England. His leadership experience at professional level amounts to two Championship games and two T20s for Kent, and he has only won three caps for England’s white-ball teams, all of them against Pakistan two years ago. But this three-match ODI

Big picture: Back to the margins It’s no slight on the visitors, honest. But here we are again, all the same. Just as Ireland opened England’s international season at Lord’s back in June, with a contest so translucent that both teams found themselves peering straight through it towards more pressing matters beyond, so they have

September 5Malan hits 26 off 21 in the final T20I at Trent Bridge, while Brook makes 4 off 8. Speaking before the game, Mott repeatedly stresses that the squad is only “provisional”, telling Sky Sports: “What I’ve been most impressed by is his response since missing out and that’s what great players do. There’s a

It was Jos Buttler who rang Jason Roy to let him know that he had been left out of England’s final World Cup squad – just as it was for last year’s T20 World Cup. Buttler considers Roy a close friend and the pair have been international team-mates for nearly a decade, but twice in

Joe Root has been added to England’s squad for their first ODI against Ireland at Headingley on Wednesday at his own request, as he bids to rediscover his 50-over form ahead of next month’s World Cup. England’s initial 13-man squad to play Ireland did not feature any of their provisional 15-man World Cup squad. But

Jason Roy has been axed from England’s World Cup squad, with Harry Brook drafted in in his place, after the selectors made a dramatic late amendment to their 15-man squad for the tournament in India which gets underway in just under three weeks’ time. Roy, 33, was an integral member of the England squad that

Jos Buttler has admitted that Jason Roy, and maybe even Joe Root, could be added to the ODI squad to face Ireland next week, as England seek to give their senior players as many chances as possible to find form ahead of the World Cup, after a series win over New Zealand that posed almost

Steven Davies, the former England wicketkeeper, has announced his decision to retire at the end of the season. Davies played for Worcestershire, Surrey and Somerset during a 20-year career and was capped 13 times in limited-overs internationals by his country. In 2011, having been part of England’s successful Ashes tour to Australia, he became the

Innings break England 311 for 9 (Malan 127, Ravindra 4-60) vs New Zealand Dawid Malan completed the century that eluded him on Wednesday, and in the process surely confirmed that he will be the first name on England’s team-sheet for their World Cup opener in Ahmedabad in three weeks’ time, after underpinning his team’s total

Nat Sciver-Brunt expects to return to England’s bowling attack for their winter tour of India after playing a curtailed role with the ball through the summer. The world’s top-ranked allrounder and batter in ODIs, Sciver-Brunt returned to England’s 50-over side against Sri Lanka purely as a batter having sat out the T20s to rest. After

England are not overly concerned about the fitness of two key bowlers ahead of the World Cup, despite Adil Rashid and Mark Wood making a single appearance between them in their first three ODIs against New Zealand. With the opening game of the World Cup – coincidentally, against the same opponents – three weeks away,

Stokes insisted ahead of the fifth Test at The Oval in July that he would use his time off to manage his chronic left knee injury, which he wanted to “get sorted” as soon as possible. But two weeks later, he was named in England’s squad for their four-match series against New Zealand and in

England 368 (Stokes 182, Malan 96, Boult 5-51, Lister 3-69) vs New Zealand Ben Stokes laughed off any doubts about his readiness to play 50-over cricket after 14 months in ODI retirement. He belted his fourth century in the format off 76 balls, then pushed on to claim the highest score in the format by

Trent Boult is “very happy” to be back playing international cricket ahead of the World Cup in India, but said that New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had never given him any guarantees about selection for the tournament when he negotiated a release from his central contract last year. Boult won his 100th ODI cap in New

It was a hospital pass. On the day that Jofra Archer linked up with England’s white-ball squad, training at the Kia Oval as he continues his rehabilitation from an elbow injury, David Willey found himself sitting in the indoor school, fielding questions from the media. Four years ago, Archer was fast-tracked into England’s ODI squad

Reece Topley admits he will be overcoming “a bit of PTSD” when he boards the plane later this month for the 50-over World Cup in India after leaving last year’s T20 edition on the eve of the tournament due to an ankle injury. The left-arm seamer was dealt a sickening blow when he damaged ligaments

Innings England 226 for 7 (Livingstone 95*, Curran 42, Boult 3-37, Southee 2-65) vs New Zealand Trent Boult marked his return to New Zealand colours by taking three new-ball wickets in eight balls in his 100th ODI, but Liam Livingstone‘s highest score in the format lifted England to 226 for 7 in their allocated 34

Liam Livingstone is a man for a good time, not a long time. His 52 off 40 balls in an eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand on Friday was the second-longest innings of his 47-match England career, three balls behind the whirlwind 103 against Pakistan that marked his international breakthrough two years ago. It was a

Andrew Flintoff has made his first public appearance in nine months after joining England’s backroom staff in an unofficial, unpaid role for their four-match ODI series against New Zealand. Flintoff is recovering from serious injuries sustained while filming for the BBC show Top Gear in December. He was airlifted to hospital after crashing a car

England 291 for 6 (Buttler 72, Malan 54, Stokes 52, Livingstone 52) vs New Zealand Ben Stokes marked his 50-over comeback with a battling half-century on a turgid surface at Cardiff, as he and Jos Buttler built on the earlier efforts of Dawid Malan at the top of the order to haul England to a

Ben Stokes has ruled out the possibility of bowling at the World Cup, but says he has “a really good plan” in place to overcome his chronic left-knee injury and play as a “genuine allrounder” next summer. Stokes played the final three Tests of this summer’s Ashes series as a specialist batter and will fulfil

Ben Stokes described himself as “very comfortable” with the idea that England men’s players could turn down central contracts in order to maximise their earning potential in franchise leagues, after Mark Wood hinted he could miss the Test tour to India next year to fulfil a lucrative contract to play in the ILT20 in the

Nottinghamshire have announced the departure of former England allrounder Samit Patel after more than two decades at the club. Patel, who turns 39 in November, is set to play on, with Derbyshire understood to be favourites for his signature. Patel made his first-team debut for Notts in 2002, going on to play more than 600

Rehan Ahmed cherished a “special feeling” on Tuesday night as he played international cricket in his home town of Nottingham for the first time – and could play at Trent Bridge again later this month after declaring himself available for Leicestershire’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup final against Hampshire. Rehan, the 19-year-old legspinner, made his Test

Harry Brook will have further opportunities to press his case for inclusion in England’s World Cup squad after being added to their squad to face New Zealand in a four-match series and included in a second-string group that will play Ireland later this month. Brook has impressed England’s management with his response to missing out

New Zealand 179 for 4 (Seifert 48, Phillips 42, Chapman 40*) beat England 175 for 8 (Bairstow 73, Santner 3-30) by six wickets New Zealand squared this four-match T20I series by chasing down 176 with relative ease at Trent Bridge. They got ahead of the game by belting 73 runs in the Powerplay, with Tim

England last week began preparations for their 50-over World Cup defence by taking on New Zealand in a four-match T20 series. Which might seem odd, even accounting for the vagaries of the international schedule – except for the fact that England last week also began preparations for their T20 World Cup defence by taking on

Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs England New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first on a blazing September day in Birmingham, with Tim Southee looking for a response from his side after being swept aside in the opening two matches. The visitors made two changes, Kyle Jamieson and Matt Henry (who