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Moeen Ali believes Brendon McCullum’s attacking approach to cricket will bring the best out of England white-ball captain Jos Buttler following the New Zealander’s appointment as head coach. McCullum’s work with England’s Test team over the past two years will see the white-ball set-up come under his leadership from January next year as well following...

England’s new limited-overs head coach Brendon McCullum insists he has faith in Jos Buttler to lead the side during a transition and says the captain will go down as “arguably England’s greatest ever white-ball cricketer”. Buttler will miss will miss the three-match T20 series Australia due to a calf problem, with Phil Salt to lead...

England’s performance led to an accusation of complacency from former captain Sir Alastair Cook, while another ex-skipper, Michael Vaughan, warned them not to “take the mickey out of Test cricket”. But Ollie Pope, who deputised for the injured Ben Stokes as England captain for the Sri Lanka series, rejected suggestions his team were lacking “hunger”....

Falling from 20-1 to 82-7, to say England were floundering in the second innings of the third Test against Sri Lanka is an understatement. After Ben Duckett (7) cheaply went for the first wicket, Ollie Pope (7), Dan Lawrence (35), Joe Root (12), Harry Brook (3), Chris Woakes (0), and Gus Atkinson (1) fell within...

Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook, speaking on Test Match Special: “When I look back at Mo, he is probably the most selfless player to play for England in terms of he would do anything the team required. “He batted from one to eight, I think he also batted at nine in one game. He...

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England captain Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the three-match Twenty20 series against Australia and is a doubt for the five one-day internationals that follow. Buttler, 33, has not played since the T20 World Cup in June because of a calf injury. In his absence, Phil Salt will captain England for the first time...

England red-ball captain Ben Stokes believes no player has made a bigger impact than Gus Atkinson has in his first summer of Test cricket. Atkinson made his debut at Lord’s against West Indies in July and immediately made his mark, taking seven wickets for just 45 runs as Jimmy Anderson’s final hurrah got under way....

At 20 years and 17 days, Hull will become the third youngest seamer to play a men’s Test for England, after Ben Hollioake and Sam Curran, who were both 19. Ollie Pope, who is captaining England in this series in the absence of the injured Ben Stokes, believes Hull will add a point of difference...

This is the question that made the idea of McCullum replacing Matthew Mott seem like a non-starter from the off. How can a man who lives in northern New Zealand commit to the relentless schedule of both England teams? Why would he want to? The why is perhaps the easier bit. McCullum has always admitted...