Tourists return to England having won just two of their last 13 Test series amid rapidly changing personnel

Figures spell out the highs and lows of a force of personality who could swing games in his team’s favour

India started the Women’s T20 World Cup campaign with a convincing 64-run win over Pakistan at Edgbaston.

“We talked a lot about this mantra we had for 2009, which was world domination”

Benafsha Hashimi fled the Taliban to Australia in 2021 and is determined to fight for the ICC to follow Fifa’s lead and recognise Afghanistan’s exiled players as the national side

Benafsha Hashimi fled the Taliban to Australia in 2021 and is determined to fight for the ICC to follow Fifa’s lead and recognise Afghanistan’s exiled players as the national side

The ICC chair Jay Shah has dominated social media posts from global tournaments but his views on the future direction of the game are harder to find

Swirling force of subcontinental politics and a governing body lacking in credibility has led to a far from joyous situation

Harry Brook’s side begin Sri Lanka ODI series in poor form but confidence is needed ahead of crucial winter period

Nathan Lyon has been the only specialist spinner on show with touring tweaker Shoaib Bashir sidelined by England

The first Muslim to play for Australia has been an inspiration for many in the way he has broken down barriers during his career

Nathan Lyon has been the only specialist spinner on show with touring tweaker Shoaib Bashir sidelined by England

This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgment

No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urn

Pakistan are suffering in short-form cricket but the World Test Championship and its two-year cycle could work in their favour

Once teams promote a country, are owned by states or have to reflect government policy, sport becomes a playground for power

New stadium is hopefully on the way but Irish cricket needs boost after postponed T20 league and run of cancelled series

Hampshire signing and England hopeful on the season ahead, getting to know Andrew Flintoff and learning from other quicks of the past

The Essex wicketkeeper-batter, currently dazzling in the Hundred, has the self-belief he can put past setbacks behind him

The Israeli government has admitted to killing five Al-Jazeera journalists and media workers in an airstrike on a tent outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza last night.

The 2005 Ashes was special. The Queen said it was ‘cricket at its best’. The prime minister said it ‘lit up the summer’. For one writer and England fan it was more than that: it was the storied series...

On-field drama may compete with host of off-field questions as tournament hands control over to crop of global investors

Seeing more balls threaten his already broken foot raises question of whether Test cricket should have replacements

County apologise to visitors who struggled to get into ground on first day of fourth Test because of problems at the gates

England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV

The vicious reaction to his New York mayoral success tells us this: the establishment will not countenance mainstream voters making common cause with Muslims, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney

Former England bowler has motor neurone disease and his new autobiography vividly describes his daily experience

Champions League final features opposing tactical approaches and two radically different ownership models

After four years reporting from Israel and Palestine, our correspondent is returning to the UK. She reveals the grief, horror and hope that defined her time there

Myles Hippolyte’s goal in first-half stoppage time gave AFC Wimbledon a 1-0 win over Walsall in the League Two playoff final at Wembley

England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV

The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machine

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war The former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”. Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough. Continue reading...

The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...

Concerns about the club’s ownership remain strong despite the euphoria of ending a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy

Surrey wicketkeeper tells Taha Hashim about the mental toll of his stop-start Test career, the freedom of moving on and T20 ambitions

When Jordan Cox, Ollie Pope and Ollie Robinson were all ahead of the Surrey wicketkeeper in the pecking order for the winter tour of New Zealand, it told the 32-year-old all he needed to know

Hampshire signing and England hopeful on the season ahead, getting to know Andrew Flintoff and learning from other quicks of the past

Hampshire signing and England hopeful on the season ahead, getting to know Andrew Flintoff and learning from other quicks of the past

It was announced on Friday that Jon Lewis was no longer England Women's head coach, the result of a disastrous winter that began with a exit from the T20 World Cup and ended with an Ashes whitewash

No picks in Hundred draft continue global trend. But poor results and board intransigence are also to blame

Rohit Sharma’s side are all-time greats but Indian dominance has created imbalance and over-dependence

Somerset batter who last played 50-over cricket in 2020 set to feature in final ODI, with a whitewash looming

India beat England by four wickets in the second ODI to clinch the series with a game to spare after Sharma’s heroics