England v South Africa, 1st T20I, Ageas Bowl

Bairstow, bowlers shine in nine-wicket canter

Jun 20, 2017: England produced something close to the perfect performance as they crushed South Africa by nine wickets in the opening game of the T20 series at the Ageas Bowl

England v Pakistan, Champions Trophy, 1st semi-final, Cardiff

Hasan Ali stars as Pakistan crush England to reach final

Jun 14, 2017: England's quest to secure their first trophy in a 50-over global tournament came to grief in emphatic fashion in Cardiff as Pakistan surged into the final of the Champions Trophy with masterful unpredictability

England v Pakistan, Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final, Cardiff

Roy may be dropped but he won't be discarded

Jun 13, 2017: England's faith in Jason Roy has not paid off in the short term but Jonny Bairstow is well placed to be their one-day supersub once again

England v Pakistan, Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final, Cardiff

Bairstow 'a chance' to replace Roy - Morgan

Jun 13, 2017: Eoin Morgan has indicated that Jonny Bairstow is likely to replace the out-of-form Jason Roy for England's Champions Trophy semi-final against Pakistan at Cardiff

Australia v Bangladesh, Champions Trophy, Group A

Roy the sad exception as confidence courses through England's game

Jun 10, 2017: England have been at pains to provide public support to Roy in recent days. Quite right, too. There is no point pursuing a continuity of selection policy and then undermining it with whispers in the media

England v Bangladesh, Champions Trophy, Group A

Roy gets unequivocal backing from Morgan

May 31, 2017: Eoin Morgan, England's ODI captain, that the out-of-form Jason Roy will be backed to the hilt in the forthcoming Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy 2017

Record collapse won't knock England off course

May 30, 2017: Losing six wickets in the first five overs at Lord's was not the ideal way to finish Champions Trophy preparations, but Trevor Bayliss won't let a defensive thought enter his mind

England v South Africa, 3rd ODI, Lord's

Morgan frustrated by grassy Lord's pitch

May 29, 2017: Eoin Morgan largely exonerated his batsmen despite a record-breaking collapse at the start of the third ODI against South Africa

England v Ireland, 2nd ODI, Lord's

Bairstow channels frustrations by eyeing Champions Trophy spot

May 7, 2017: Jonny Bairstow has admitted he was extremely disappointed to have been overlooked for the wicketkeeping duties for England's ODI series

England v Ireland, 2nd ODI, Lord's

Bairstow barrage sets up England victory

May 7, 2017: Jonny Bairstow served further notice of his determination to force his way into the starting XI for the Champions Trophy as England saw off Ireland's brave challenge at Lord's

England v Ireland, 1st ODI, Bristol

Billings back from IPL to hail England 'buzz'

May 4, 2017: Sam Billings has returned from the IPL with a message: England's opposition are "petrified" of them ahead of the Champions Trophy

Yorkshire v Durham, Royal London Cup, North Group, Headingley

Bairstow's 174 the star turn in run-fest

May 3, 2017: Record-breaking Jonny Bairstow scored a sensational career-best 174 as Yorkshire cruised to a target of 336 to beat Durham by six wickets at Headingley

Champions Trophy 2017

Finn and Bairstow small headaches for settled England

Apr 25, 2017: It was a reassuringly predictable squad for England, but there were a couple of difficult conversations for selector James Whitaker to have

England news

Gale critical of Bairstow's enforced absence

Apr 17, 2017: Andrew Gale has admitted he was "disappointed" by the ECB decision to rest Jonny Bairstow from Yorkshire's opening rounds of Championship action

County news

Cook, Anderson among England players released for county duty

Mar 24, 2017: The majority of England's centrally contracted players have been made available to play for their counties in the early rounds of the Specsavers County Championship

WICB President's XI v England XI, Tour match, St Kitts

Woakes saves England's blushes after middle-order collapse

Feb 27, 2017: Chris Woakes wasn't the England allrounder who gained the most attention in the IPL auction, but he proved his value to England once again with a match-winning contribution in St Kitts

England in West Indies 2016-17

Fit-again Hales in line for West Indies tour recall

Feb 23, 2017: Hales, who missed out on selection for the original squad after sustaining a broken bone in his right hand during the ODI series in India, is due to have a scan on the hand on February 27

England's next Test captain

If not Root, then who?

Feb 7, 2017: Joe Root is the red-hot favourite to succeed Alastair Cook as Test captain - but might there be a few other contenders in the Test squad?

India v England, 3rd ODI, Kolkata

Morgan praises Woakes' last-over nerve

Jan 22, 2017: England captain Eoin Morgan lauded Chris Woakes' 'brilliant' comeback in the last over in which the seamer sealed their five-run win in a 2-1 series loss

More results, more Kohli runs, and more T20Is than ODIs

Jan 3, 2017: In 2016, there were fewer draws than ever before, and India notched up some eye-popping stats