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Head coach Charlotte Edwards has made getting more red-ball cricket into her England side a priority following their Test thrashing by India as they build towards the home Ashes in 2027.England were hammered by 270 runs in the inaugural women’s Test at Lord’s – a result that continued a winless run in home Tests that stretches back to 2005. Edwards took over from Jon Lewis following the team’s 16-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia in early 2025, which included an innings defeat in the sole Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player…

Brendon McCullum has apologised to England fans for the poor string of Test results that led to his dismissal and said he will work alongside his replacement to ensure all three formats are prioritised in the new setup.McCullum took charge in the spring of 2022 and quickly restored belief in England’s Test side, winning 11 of his first 13 matches. But a disappointing 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia, in conjunction with a string of eight losses in the team’s last 12 Tests, brought the ‘Bazball’ era to an end and left England searching for a new red-ball coach. The New…

England crashed to a second heavy defeat at Lord’s in a little over a week with India needing just over 90 minutes on the final day of the historic first women’s Test at the ground to wrap up a 270-run victory.Eight days on from their seven-wicket loss to Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup final, England were bundled out for 186 in their second innings after being set a record 457. Sophie Ecclestone (50), who was dropped on eight and 16 and successfully overturned an lbw dismissal on 44 by dint of an edge, offered up resilience and some…

Renegades captain says his team have put a ‘stressful’ offseason behind them and hopes fans will get behind them in BBL|16 Melbourne Renegades captain Will Sutherland says his team will have nothing to lose this summer and have set their sights on a “fairytale” championship in potentially their last season known as the Renegades. Cricket Victoria relinquished control of the Renegades last month ahead of an intended 100 per cent sale of the franchise to a private investor. The Renegades are still funded by CV but will be run independently away from state body’s Junction Oval headquarters until a sale…

The world’s most successful T20 franchise is keen to put on a show for the world’s biggest cricket audience Ashton Agar believes Perth Scorchers’ historic Big Bash League trip to India will introduce the competition’s most successful club to cricket’s biggest audience without disadvantaging their loyal home fans. The Scorchers will open KFC BBL|16 against Melbourne Renegades at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium on December 12, the first Big Bash match to be played outside Australia. The Renegades will be the designated home side, leaving Perth to retain its full allocation of five regular season matches at Perth Stadium.The Scorchers are…

Brendon McCullum follows Ben Stokes out the door but New Zealander remains England’s white-ball coach Bazball is officially over after Brendon McCullum was sacked as England Test coach. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Sunday (UK time) the New Zealander would stand down as the country’s Test coach with immediate effect, though he’ll continue to lead the England men’s white-ball teams. McCullum said that he was “gutted” his four years as coach had been brought to an end, but that he respected the ECB’s decision. Coming only two weeks after captain Ben Stokes’s shock retirement, McCullum’s sacking…

England are hurtling towards a seemingly inevitable defeat to India in the historic Women’s Test at Lord’s after closing on 130-6 in a record chase of 457, with Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont out cheaply in their final knocks before international retirement.After being set a world-record target – far beyond the highest successful chase in a Women’s Test, the 198 Australia knocked off against England at Sydney in 2011 – the hosts plummeted to 59-5 inside 20 overs on a sun-kissed Sunday in London. Opener Beaumont was bowled for a golden duck by the relentless Kranti Gaud, who went on…

Brendon McCullum’s departure from the role of England Test head coach leaves the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) with a huge gap to fill ahead of a crucial home Ashes series next summer.McCullum took charge in the spring of 2022 and quickly restored belief in England’s Test side, winning 11 of his first 13 matches. But a disappointing 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia, followed by eight losses in the team’s last 12 Tests, brought the ‘Bazball’ era to an end and left England searching for a new red-ball coach. A plethora of names from home and abroad have been…

Brendon McCullum will leave his role as England’s Test head coach but continue to lead the white-ball teams.McCullum took over the red-ball side in the spring of 2022 and brought about an immediate uplift in form with his ‘Bazball’ style, winning 11 of his first 13 Tests in charge after England had secured only one victory in 17 games prior to his appointment. However, England have lost eight of their last 12 Tests under the 44-year-old – and won only three – following the recent 2-1 home series loss to New Zealand, which followed a 4-1 Ashes hammering over the…

Nasser Hussain has backed former England head coach Andy Flower to replace Brendon McCullum as Test head coach.McCullum took over in the spring of 2022, restoring belief in the Test side after winning 11 of his first 13 matches in charge, but a bitterly disappointing 4-1 away Ashes series loss and a barren run of eight losses in the last 12 Tests brought an end to the ‘Bazball’ era as the ECB announced his departure. Hussain feels that Flower – who led England to a famous Ashes win in Australia in 2010/11 during his previous five-year tenure – would be…