His death came two-and-a-half years after being sacked as England assistant coach - which, at the inquest, coroner Jonathan Stevens determined 'had a devastating effect on him'.

Michael Vaughan is sat down just outside Manchester, his home city and whose motto Concilio Et Labore - 'by wisdom and effort' - neatly sums up the attitude he wants English cricket to adopt.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes has said he is 'lucky' to be alive after a ball broke his cheekbone during a net session at Durham in February.

Warner allegedly produced a blood alcohol reading of 0.104 - more than twice the legal limit - on Easter Sunday.

It was obvious to anyone who reported on that trip that English cricket's two central figures had begun to diverge for the first time since they joined forces to such remarkable effect in the early summer of 2022.

Yorkshire took advantage of the new rule against Hampshire, replacing Jhye Richardson and Jack White, victims of separate incidents of food poisoning 24 hours apart, with Logan van Beek and Ben Cliff.

Outgrounds have a special place in the hearts of cricket lovers, the more so when not only abandoned by their county, but demolished and built over.

The post-mortem exam determined that playboy Warne, known for his love of gambling and partying, died of 'natural causes' and that he suffered from congenital heart weakness.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Rew's name keeps cropping up in the England conversation - and no matter that he prefers the No 4 slot to the top three.

There are 18 first-class county headquarters in Britain, and our cricket correspondent LAWRENCE BOOTH has been to them all. Here he ranks them from worst to best.

In a winter of regret for the England Test team, one question went surprisingly unasked: how might they have fared on Australia's spicy pitches had Ollie Robinson not been persona non grata?