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Former seamer played four Tests and 15 ODIsFollows death of old Surrey teammate EdrichFormer England and Surrey bowler Robin Jackman has died at the age of 75.Jackman played in four Tests and 15 one-day internationals for his country, while he took 1,402 wickets in a 399-game first-class career between 1966 and 1982. Continue reading...

Underarm ads for deodorant believed to be a world firstUmpires to wear the ads during Big Bash League gamesCricket advertising is set for areas never before reached, with umpires in Australia’s Big Bash League to advertise a new sponsor in their underarms.In a groundbreaking “armpit advertising” campaign revealed on Thursday, Cricket Australia announced a commercial partnership with the Australian deodorant and antiperspirant brand Rexona....

What makes an elite sports star suddenly unable to do the very thing they have been practising for years? And is there anything they can do about it? Scott Boswell stood at the start of his bowling run-up, immersed in his own very public hell. It was the final of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy in 2001, which should have been the highlight of...

Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien scores direct hit in T20 gameSelf-inflicted damage comes from one of eight sixes “O, O, Ooooo… O’Brien,” goes the annoyingly catchy advert for Australia’s best-known car windscreen replacement company. But it was a case of “Oh, oh, no” for Kevin O’Brien after the Irish cricket star smashed the back window of his own car with a trademark six. Related: Shane Warne's...

The inspirational Australian has been honoured by the ICC for the way she has contributed to the game both on and off the fieldFrom an orphanage in India to the International Cricket Council hall of fame, via four World Cup titles and a distinguished international and domestic career, Lisa Sthalaker’s journey has been truly extraordinary.Sthalaker was just three weeks old when her parents adopted...

The fun times are back, but who knew people would interpret Boris’s upbeat message by breaking out in Bournmouth?I’d never heard of Murillo’s Immaculate Conception before I saw the photos of its restoration that made the painting look like some piece of tat you used to be able to buy in Woolworth’s for less than £5. Much like I’d never come across the Ecce...

Wicketkeeper-batsman pleads guilty to four charges‘It’s an alert for all players who think crimes won’t be disclosed’The Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq has been given a six-year ban after he accepted four charges of breaching their anti-corruption code.The charges relate to offences during the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League T20 in 2018 when Shafaq played for the Nangarhar Leopards, and the 2019 Bangladesh...

Under-19 team members use ‘inappropriate language’Cricket Australia investigate players’ social media postsSome members of Australia’s Under-19 World Cup squad face sanctions for comments on social media that have been branded as casual racism. Cricket Australia’s head of integrity and security Sean Carroll has spoken with those players who recently posted broken-English responses to an Instagram post.“We are extremely disappointed that some of the Australian...

Milestone reached two minutes before auction endsAmount surpasses that paid for Don Bradman’s capAustralian cricket great Shane Warne’s baggy green cap has made more than $1m at auction to aid those affected by bushfires.When bidding closed on Friday morning, the famous cap was sold for $1,007,500. Continue reading...

Melbourne Stars allrounder avoids suspension after pleading guilty to abusing Melbourne Renegades bowler Kane RichardsonMelbourne Stars allrounder Marcus Stoinis has been fined $7,500 but avoided suspension for a homophobic slur during Saturday evening’s Big Bash League derby against the Melbourne Renegades. Stoinis fronted a hearing after he guided the Stars to victory, having been charged with ‘personal abuse’ of Kane Richardson under Cricket Australia’s...

The English fast bowler said he was racially abused at a match in Mount ManganuiThe New Zealand race relations commissioner Meng Foon has labelled racist abuse of English bowler Jofra Archer on Monday “utterly disgusting”, as the country’s minister for sports also condemned the incident.“It’s not a good look for New Zealand, anytime we hurl abuse at visiting athletes and our local sportspeople. It...

Live updates from second day’s play at the Bay OvalAustralia v Pakistan – live coverage of the first Test!Feel free to email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarris 1.25am GMT That’s a decent show from both teams. England should have got more, but haven’t made as many away from home since 2017. New Zealand dropped a few, but if you lose the toss and field, being...

Over-by-over updates from the first day’s play at Bay OvalAustralia v Pakistan – follow the first Test live!Email Tim here or tweet him @TimdeLisle 12.23am GMT Don’t miss out on the Wikipedia page for Mount Maunganui. If you don’t learn any new words, I’m a Chinaman. Either that, or you’re a Maori geologist. 12.06am GMT 29th over: England 61-1 (Burns 35, Denly 4) Burns,...

Updates from the first match of the T20 seriesMorgan puts his faith in rookies for opening matchGet in touch with Adam via email or on Twitter 3.24am GMT 8th over: England 53-1 (Bairstow 27, Vince 14) Target 154 Santner is bang up for this, vocal throughout his set, which goes for just the four singles and ends with three accurate dots. England are still...

Clare Stokes says images that seemed to show couple fighting were ‘twisted’ by paparazziThe wife of the cricketer Ben Stokes has dismissed allegations of a physical altercation between the couple at an awards ceremony.Pictures have emerged of Stokes and his wife Clare appearing to be embroiled in a confrontation during a Professional Cricketers’ Association prizegiving at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London. Continue reading...

England cricketer says front-page article about family trauma in 1980s is immoralThe England cricket player Ben Stokes has described a front-page article by the Sun newspaper about a family tragedy 31 years ago as “disgusting” and “immoral”.In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, Stokes said the paper’s decision to publish the story would have “grave and lifelong consequences” for his mother in particular. He...

Charities and opposition parties highlight ex-cricketer’s conviction for domestic abuseBoris Johnson is being urged to withdraw Geoffrey Boycott’s knighthood over his conviction for domestic violence and the former England cricketer’s response to criticism.Women’s charities and opposition parties made the call after Boycott said he did not “give a toss” about condemnation of his knighthood from a leading domestic violence charity. Continue reading...

Cricket writer was stunned to find his bank honoured payment of A$99,983.64Complaints about the price of a pint are nothing new but an Australian journalist has more reason than most to gripe, after being charged more than £55,000 for a beer in a Manchester hotel.Peter Lalor, who is the chief cricket writer and beer editor of the Australian newspaper, was charged the exorbitant sum...