Jos Buttler replaces Eoin Morgan as England white-ball captain
Jos Buttler will “take his game to a new level”, predicted Rob Key, after the 31-year-old was named as Eoin Morgan’s replacement as the captain of England’s white-ball team.
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Welcome to the Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Club - here's what it's all about
Welcome to The Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Club - a new weekly podcast that I've launched with my old mate Phil Tufnell and The Telegraph’s Ben Wright. The plan is to have a good natter about the hottest topics in cricket, celebrate the sport in all its glory and absurdity while providing a forum for everyone who loves the game.
Marcus Trescothick: I want to be England head coach one day
Marcus Trescothick has revealed his ambitions to be head coach of his country in future and called on the England and Wales Cricket Board to appoint homegrown coaches to lead Hundred franchises.
Jonny Bairstow’s innings showed benefit of giving players a clear message
I remember watching Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes batting together, pounding it all over the ground and thinking to myself this really was the start of a new era. It was 2016 in Cape Town, when the pair put on 399 and hit 13 sixes between them. Trevor Bayliss was a relatively recent appointment as England head coach and we were seeing the impact of his arrival and maybe also the effect of the Indian Premier League.
Brendon McCullum keeps low profile but positivity rubs off on England
Since stepping off a plane three weeks ago and heading straight into a media junket at Lord’s, Brendon McCullum has opted to keep a pretty low profile. During the first two Tests of the summer the television cameras have regularly zoomed in on England’s new head coach up on the balcony, shades on, feet up, arms folded, chewing gum like cud as doe-eyed players and support staff jostle for the neighbouring seat. But public utterances about the team’s performances so far? Unusually, zero.
England vs New Zealand, second Test day two: live score and latest updates from Trent Bridge
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Ben Stokes delivers "world-class" verdict on Ben Foakes amid talk of Jos Buttler return
England captain Ben Stokes believes Ben Foakes is the "best wicketkeeper in the world", following his match-winning partnership with Joe Root in the first Test against New Zealand.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Joe Root's superb century was one of his best innings
After everything Joe Root has been through, trying to steer a struggling side through the difficulties of Covid and the pandemic, that was one of his greatest innings.