Michael Vaughan says England can win Champions Trophy
The Yorkshireman was skipper as England lost the 2004 final on home soil, but has tipped them to go a step further this summer
The Yorkshireman was skipper as England lost the 2004 final on home soil, but has tipped them to go a step further this summer
Mark Wood got the nod ahead of 6ft 7in Finn, despite not playing all winter
It was another busy day in the county championship with drama up and down the country on Easter Monday
A day of news and views from around the circuit
Week two of the season and nine games kicking off in the County Championship
A year on from his diagnosis with the heart condition and the end of his playing career, the former England batsman tells The Independent about his new life
Exclusive: Cricket’s Champions League could return from 2020 thanks to ECB's franchise revolution
Lancashire 319 and 317-3 dec, Essex 159 and 316-6; Essex (8 pts) drew with Lancashire (11 pts). Teenager Dan Lawrence hit 141* to salvage a draw for newly promoted Essex
The England batsman will need surgery to take a pin out of his finger later this year
County cricket takes centre stage as the summer begins
It is bound to bring in new audiences but could also overshadow longer, more traditional formats of the game
As a new campaign dawns, who will be in the mix for honours and how will the ECB's plans shake out?
Essex will be competing in Division One of the County Championship for the first time in seven years while Cook faces the prospect of playing for England without the captaincy
Taylor's playing career was curtailed at the age of 26 almost a year ago after he was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
Plans were put in place for a eight-team competition to begin in 2020
The revamped eight-team competition would begin, appropriately, in 2020
India scored the required 106 runs for the loss of two wickets on the fourth day to confirm their Test series victory over Australia
The £1.4million deal Mills has landed with Royal Challengers Bangalore will change his life forever, but it will not be real until he sees it in his bank account
Exclusive: Vince played in all of England's seven Tests last summer but struggled with his form and the additional pressure. But Hampshire batsman is confident of proving his worth this season
The all-rounder shone with ball and bat to become one of the series' big winners