Australia have played down concerns over the fitness of their captain and strike bowler Pat Cummins with less than three months to go before the start of the Ashes

Cricket fans would kill to get their hands on this piece of memorabilia that once belonged to the best batter in the history of the game.

The Test batter is well known for his stance on Palestine and the war in Gaza - and now he has made his feelings known directly to the highest office in the land.

Ben Stokes's Ashes squad is announced next month, and Daily Mail Sport understands the selectors will employ significant pace to regain the urn for the first time since 2017.

Shuttleworth was a fearsome fast bowler and played five Tests for his country between 1970 and 1971.

A recurrent grumble during the recent England-India series concerned the state of the Dukes ball. But another equipment-related headache has been raging. The 'cricket bat emergency'.

A group of travellers caused 'absolutely devastating' damage to a community cricket club when they unlawfully parked on their grounds for nearly a week, Daily Mail Sport has been told.

'I'm not going to sit here and cry about it,' says Liam Livingstone. 'I've got to just keep doing what I've got to do. Whether that's in international cricket or not.'

The second Ashes Test of the 2005 series has gone down as one of the greatest games ever played, but a famed moment at the end of the contest has now been cast in a new light.

It is a bitter pill for some to swallow, but the future of red-ball domestic cricket in this country is now inextricably linked with the success of the competition it despises

Australian cricket legend Merv Hughes has opened up on how Sir Ian Botham was saved after falling into crocodile-infested waters during a fishing trip to the Northern Territory.