England's new No. 3 has not looked out of his depth early in his Test career and is determined to maintain a relaxed approach to the pressure

Stuart Law, West Indies' head coach, has backed his players to give a better account of themselves in the second Investec Test, after their innings defeat at Edgbaston led to a barrage of criticism from former players and pundits

West Indies are "huge underdogs", in the words of their captain Jason Holder, but they cannot be counted out, given their form during the warm-ups, the uncertainty of what the pink ball might do at Edgbaston, and the inexperience in England's top order

The West Indies' team manager said anyone who writes off the no. 8 ranked side does so "at their peril"

England will play their first day-night Test against West Indies this week, a side who have been able to prepare with a warm-up match and have previous pink-ball Test experience

England women's cricket will be shown on UK terrestrial television for the first time after the ECB agreed a broadcast deal with Channel 5

England's women reflect on the increased potential for the game after a transformative World Cup

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between England and South Africa at Trent Bridge

At Kingsmead in 1939, with war looming over Europe, England and South Africa kept playing and playing and playing

South Africa wrapped up England's innings midway through the afternoon session on the fourth day, leaving themselves a target of 331 to win the first Test

England ground their way into a dominant position in the first Test of the series on the back of handy contributions from Moeen Ali and Alastair Cook

England's efforts to turn a strong position in the first Test into a decisive one were led by rousing all-round contributions from Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali

Joe Root finished his first day as England's captain on an unbeaten 184 as England fought back from a poor start at Lord's to finish in a strong position

Two new captains will face each other at Lord's, but while Dean Elgar is just a stand-in, for Joe Root it is the beginning of his era of English cricket

Chris Read called Alex Hales' innings the best he had seen for Nottinghamshire after their Royal London Cup triumph

Alex Hales smashed the highest score in a one-day final at Lord's as Nottinghamshire successfully hunted down a target of 298 to leave Surrey defeated at the last for the third successive year in the Royal London Cup

Stuart Broad is confident of being fit for England's first Test of the summer, against South Africa at Lord's next week, after suffering a heel problem while playing for Nottinghamshire last week

His star may have waned with England but Jade Dernbach is still a major part of the constellation at Surrey

ESPNcricinfo previews the third T20I between England and South Africa at Cardiff

Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka's captain, hailed his players for defying expectations after their seven-wicket victory over India