England men's managing director, Rob Key, opened up about the omission of Jonny Bairstow from the squad and the inclusion of young wicketkeeper batter Jamie Smith in their squad for the Test series against West Indies.
Following a poor tour of India, star pacer Ollie Robinson of Sussex is a noticeable absence from England's Test squad against West Indies as the abundance of fast-bowling options in county cricket, including this week's new selection, Dillon Pennington, meant that Robinson had to demonstrate
"The T20 World Cup and T20 side for India should be selected from IPL. A 50-over format should be selected from Vijay Hazare and your Test side should be selected from your first-class cricket. As simple as it gets. Otherwise, if you start selecting people in 50-over format or even in red-ba
Fast bowler Haris Rauf's central contract has been revoked by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following his refusal to join Pakistan's Test squad for their tour of Australia.
Former India batter Aakash Chopra believes that Shreyas Iyer looked troubled and needs to improve on his technique to face short ball after he was dropped from the remaining three-match Test squads.
Sophie Molineux is back in the Australian squad for the first time in over three years after flourishing in domestic cricket for the one-off Test against South Africa taking place in Perth from February 15.
Virat had earlier missed the first two Tests due to personal reasons. Now, his absence is extended to three more games. His last appearance came in the T20I series against Afghanistan earlier in January.
The two-Test series between South Africa and New Zealand will take place from February 4 onwards till February 17, with two games set to be played in Mount Maunganui and Hamilton.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday confirmed that uncapped off-spinner Shoaib Bashir received his visa to tour India for the five-match Test series is set to join the English squad soon.
England pacer Gus Atkinson, who is likely to make his Test debut during the five-match series against India in the subcontinent, said on Monday that he looking to emerge as an impact bowler and is likely to do it through short, sharp spells