English cricket could be set for a NEW red ball competition
Counties will be offered the chance to play a new red-ball competition in August from next season as compensation for the proposed cuts to the County Championship.
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South Africa dismiss England for 165 as Kagiso Rabada takes five wickets
South Africa maintained their stranglehold on the first Test at Lord’s by bowling England out for 165 on the second morning with Kagiso Rabada claiming an impressive five-wicket haul.
Sir Andrew Strauss hopes review will make English game ‘cleaner and more simple’
Sir Andrew Strauss hopes his performance review of English cricket can help make the domestic game “a little bit cleaner and more simple” and called for the buy-in of the 18 first-class counties.
Ashes-Winning Captain Urges English Cricket To Adapt To T20 Revolution
The England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) strategic advisor Andrew Strauss warned English cricket chiefs on Monday not to "bury their heads in the sand" as the Twenty20 era pushes the sport into a period of unprecedented change. With lucrative Twenty20 leagues taking more space in the cricket calendar, the traditional dominance of the five-day Test format is under threat. Players are increasingly being forced to choose whether they want to specialise in the short or longer forms of the sport.
Test and T20 cricket can sit together, feels Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss. Strauss, who is currently the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB)cricket committee, took into consideration the expanded two and half months window for the IPL while making the assessment. "One thing we know in other countries, Test cricket doesn't pay the bills, like it does here," Strauss told the Daily Telegraph.
English cricket needs to react as world game continues to shift – Andrew Strauss
Sir Andrew Strauss has warned that English cricket needs to be ready to react as the “tectonic plates” of the world game continue to shift.
On this day in 2008: Kevin Pietersen named England Test and one-day captain
Kevin Pietersen was named as England’s new Test and one-day captain on this day in 2008.
On this day in 2017 – Joe Root makes 184no in first innings as England captain
Joe Root marked his first outing as England Test captain with an unbeaten 184 against South Africa at Lord’s on this day in 2017.