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• Samit Patel earns surprise England returns after Zafar Ansari ruled out of UAE tour

  

  Samit Patel has earned a surprise recall to the England squad after Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the forthcoming tour of the United Arab Emirates because of a dislocated left thumb.
  - 23 Sep 15, 5:33pm -
• Ashes 2015 review: Memories of a golden summer of cricket

  

  Lord’s was under a state of siege. The game seemed to be in meltdown. England had clumsily sacked the coach and controversially ended the international career, again, of their most illustrious player.
  - 19 Sep 15, 9:00pm -
• England take bold option with Alex Hales and Zafar Ansari included in squad for Pakistan Test series in UAE

  

  Of all England’s difficult assignments this year, none is more taxing than their imminent tour to the desert. There will be times in the United Arab Emirates while playing Pakistan when they will fondly recall the Ashes as a cakewalk and look forw…
  - 15 Sep 15, 10:26pm -
• England vs Pakistan: Alex Hales and Zafar Ansari named in squad to tour UAE as opener Adam Lyth is left out

  

  England have selected uncapped pair Alex Hales and Zafar Ansari for the forthcoming Test series against Pakistan.
  - 15 Sep 15, 1:38pm -
• County round-up: Zafar Ansari lifts Surrey title hopes with timely 99

  

  While the England selectors were meeting to pick their squad to face Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, Zafar Ansari yesterday chose a timely moment to underline his case for a call-up, missing out by just one run on what would have been a second…
  - 14 Sep 15, 11:20pm -

• England tour to Pakistan: Trevor Bayliss hints selectors will stick by Adam Lyth as opener

  

  The England squads for the autumn tour against Pakistan will be named today. When the selectors met last night there was probably little time for congratulating themselves on jobs well done in regaining the Ashes and rebuilding the one-day team.
  - 14 Sep 15, 11:00pm -
• Chris Gayle: West Indies cricket star has a strip club in his house

  

  Chris Gayle has a strip club in his home.
  - 14 Sep 15, 9:12am -
• England vs Australia ODI latest: England lose series 3-2 after Australia win by eight wickets at Old Trafford

  

  Sport, bless its cotton socks, occasionally fails in its mission. The final international match of the 2015 season was supposed to be a riveting climax to a wonderful summer in which the England team have not only been reinvented but also regained t…
  - 13 Sep 15, 1:38pm -
• England vs Australia ODI latest: England on verge of series defeat after being blown away for just 138 runs

  

  England's batsmen stumbled at the final hurdle to gift Australia the Royal London one-day series and spurn the chance of an unbeaten summer.
  - 13 Sep 15, 1:38pm -
• England one-day game finally comes of age

  

  International one-day cricket in England appears to have grown up at last. It has taken 43 years to reach this point. In that time fleeting glimpses of maturity have never come close to allaying its status as a poor relation.
  - 12 Sep 15, 5:39pm -
• England vs Australia ODI match report: Reborn Eoin Morgan leads resurgent England to set up series decider

  

  Form is always a fickle companion. It had left Eoin Morgan so far in the lurch during July that he needed a rest last month. Morgan came back as England’s captain in the one-day series assuring everyone, without much evidence, that they were in st…
  - 11 Sep 15, 5:27pm -
• England vs Australia ODI match report: Eoin Morgan leads way as England level series to set up decider

  

  England defied the all-round excellence of Australia's Glenn Maxwell as they squared the Royal London one-day series with a record chase at Headingley.
  - 11 Sep 15, 5:27pm -
• ODI international: Tide turns for Adil Rashid as spin comes back into fashion

  

  Much to the amazement and probable annoyance of the long-form purists, one of the side effects of the game’s shortest format has been the renaissance of the spinner. In this season’s Twenty20 Blast, seven of the 20 leading wicket-takers were slo…
  - 10 Sep 15, 9:22pm -
• England vs Australia preview: Tide turns for Adil Rashid as spin is back in fashion

  

  Much to the amazement and probable annoyance of the long-form purists, one of the side effects of the game’s shortest format has been the renaissance of the spinner. In this season’s Twenty20 Blast, seven of the 20 leading wicket-takers were slo…
  - 10 Sep 15, 4:12pm -
• James Taylor stakes claim for England Test place with ability to play spin

  

  There were several reasons to be grateful for England’s much-needed win in Manchester. For starters it ended a run of seven consecutive one-day defeats at the hands of Australia and kept alive this summer’s series as the teams head to Headingley…
  - 9 Sep 15, 5:00pm -
• England vs Australia report: James Taylor century keeps hopes alive

  

  Almost seven months have passed since James Taylor cut a forlorn figure in Melbourne. England had been hammered out of sight by Australia in their opening World Cup match, a portent of things to come, and Taylor had been denied a valiant hundred at…
  - 8 Sep 15, 8:51pm -
• Trevor Bayliss in search of balance for England in limited overs games against Australia

  

  England are between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, they are pretty keen to stick it to Australia in the limited-overs series and thus finish a captivating season on a high note. On the other, they have the future to plan for and the prosp…
  - 7 Sep 15, 10:27pm -
• England vs Australia: George Bailey doubts Eoin Morgan's sporting claim

  

  The row over the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord’s is likely to be simmering when England take on Australia in a must-win third leg of the five-match one-day series at Old Trafford tomorrow.
  - 6 Sep 15, 11:04pm -
• England vs Australia: Steve Smith was wrong to appeal for Ben Stokes dismissal but he should have been saved from himself

  

  - 6 Sep 15, 10:57pm -
• Shane Watson: Australia all-rounder announces retirement from Test cricket

  

  Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has ended his test career with immediate effect after yet another injury setback, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Sunday.
  - 6 Sep 15, 11:14am -