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England set to pick Shoaib Bashir for New Zealand clash after Ashes snub

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The Independent UK

England consider handing Test debut to fast bowler in first red-ball match since Ashes disaster

England will play their first Test match since losing the Ashes when they take on New Zealand later this week

The Independent UK

England in-tray: McCullum says he knows what went wrong in the Ashes – but can he fix it?

The England head coach has five key challenges to address in the buildup to next week’s first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s

The Guardian - UK

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Brendon McCullum lays out blueprint for England improvement: ‘We know we’ve got some work to do’

The New Zealander kept his job despite an Ashes drubbing and knows wins are required this summer

The Independent UK

Stuart Broad admits surprise over Ollie Robinson’s England recall: ‘Why was he not at the Ashes?’

Robinson looks set to take the new ball at Lord’s in the first Test against New Zealand

The Independent UK

England cricket chiefs braced for ‘significant loss’ in 2027 despite hosting Ashes

England will host Australia in the Ashes next year, but the ECB is still predicting ‘significant losses’ in 2027

The Independent UK

England head to training camp with fresh faces but post-Ashes identity still a mystery

Brendon McCullum will have to adapt to a new environment as Test setup looks to move on from thrashing

The Guardian - UK

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Cricket Australia in talks with Amazon and Dazn over Ashes broadcast rights

Cricket Australia has opened negotiations over a four-year UK rights deal that includes the next men’s and women’s Ashes tours and the 150th anniversary Test between England and Australia’s men

The Guardian - UK

Rob Key sends message to axed Zak Crawley and explains Ollie Robinson’s England Test recall

England have also selected Durham’s Emilio Gay and rising talent James Rew in a reshaped squad for the first Test against New Zealand, signalling the start of a rebuild after the Ashes

The Independent UK

Zak Crawley dropped as England name first Test squad since dismal Ashes

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The Independent UK

Cricket’s George Costanza: McCullum makes himself look vital by not turning up

England head coach survived Ashes review but going missing for 43% of the county season is straight out of Seinfeld

The Guardian - UK

Sticking with same players for Women’s T20 World Cup leaves England in a twist

England Women’s conservative selection policy reinforces perception that some players are undroppable, no matter how bad the results

The Guardian - UK

Mickey Arthur drafted into new coaches panel to mend England’s ties with county cricket

Mickey Arthur, the former head coach of South Africa and Pakistan, is to be part of a panel of county coaches that will provide feedback to the England hierachy

The Guardian - UK

New England coach McDermott backs Connor and criticises Wane’s ‘unfair’ treatment

Brian McDermott, the new England head coach, has insisted that Super League’s reigning Man of Steel, Jake Connor, is central to his plans for this year’s World Cup

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Kevin Pietersen tells Jacob Bethell to ignore Sir Alastair Cook’s IPL criticism

Pietersen says Cook has ‘no idea’ about the competition and urges Bethell to ‘stay in India’.

The Independent UK

Sir Alastair Cook wants Jacob Bethell to return from IPL to play county cricket

Bethell’s brilliant century in the final Test at Sydney was a belated high point of England’s woeful Ashes tour.

The Independent UK

Michael Vaughan on England’s Test troubles: ‘I have no idea why that Ben Stokes interview was released’

Interview: The former England captain wants to see major changes inside Brendon McCullum’s camp when they take on New Zealand in the first Test series of the summer

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes plays down talk of any Ashes rift with Brendon McCullum

Stokes has responded to reports of a rift with McCullum during England’s Ashes defeat in Australia

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The Guardian - UK

Ben Stokes plays down talk of McCullum disagreement but plans ‘different’ path to success

Ben Stokes said: ‘Agreeing on every single thing, that’s impossible,’ and added he and Brendon McCullum will ‘work together in a slightly different way’

The Guardian - UK

‘Carelessly squandered’: Wisden scolds England’s tumultuous Ashes tour

Cricket’s bible takes aim at England’s shambolic Ashes campaign as India’s star players receive recognition in annual awards

AAP

Starc honoured as Wisden slams England's feckless Ashes

Australia's Ashes ace Mitchell Starc has been named leading men's cricketer of the year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack after taking 55 wickets in 2025.

The Guardian - AU

The kindness of strangers: The Ashes heat was unbearable. Then a Barmy Army member offered his seats in the shade

I’m clearly Australian – I had my Adelaide cricket cap on – but that Pommy bloke still lent a hand to someone from the opposition

The Guardian - UK

‘That day was life-changing’: Miles Jupp on how Ashes climax fuelled incredible blag

Series in 2005 deepened Miles Jupp’s love of cricket and somehow landed him a brief press role

The Independent UK

County Championship fires the gun on race for prized places in Ben Stokes’ new-look England team

CRICKET: England’s commitment to repairing its relationship with the domestic game has added jeopardy to the new County Championship season, writes Lawrence Ostlere on the first day at Lord’s

The Guardian - UK

‘World is his oyster’: new Derbyshire home and mentor offer Shoaib Bashir fresh start

The England off-spinner spent the Ashes carrying drinks but is determined to win back his place with the help of Mickey Arthur

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