Ben Stokes’s father, Ged, was admitted to hospital on Monday in Johannesburg after suffering a serious illness. He remains in a critical condition.
The all-rounder will not be at England’s training session at SuperSport Park this afternoon so that he can be at his father’s bedside.
The England and Wales Cricket Board, with the support of Ben and his family, request that the media and public
Cricket lovers across England and Wales are celebrating the news that Ben Stokes was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2019.
The England all-rounder was crowned after topping a public poll conducted during the BBC’s flagship annual sports review.
Stokes is only the fifth cricketer to win the prestigious award and the first since Andrew Flintoff was recognised for his Ashes exploit
England name white-ball squads for South Africa tour.
England and Lancashire seamer James Anderson returns to the Test squad for the tour of South Africa.
Jeetan Patel has been appointed spin bowling coach for England's tours of South Africa and Sri Lanka respectively.
Following a family bereavement, England Head Coach Chris Silverwood will return to England after day two of the second Test match at Seddon Park on Saturday November 30.
Assistant coaches Graham Thorpe and Paul Collingwood will assume responsibility of team affairs alongside Test captain Joe Root for the remainder of the New Zealand tour.
England return home on Wednesday December 4.
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Royal London has renewed its sponsorship deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a multi-year deal that extends the commitment Royal London has made to English cricket since 2014.
The partnership will see Royal London continuing to sponsor England Women’s and Men’s international one day cricket, in the re-named Royal London Series. The sponsorship of one day domestic cricket cont
Royal London has renewed its sponsorship deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a multi-year deal that extends the commitment Royal London has made to English cricket since 2014.
The partnership will see Royal London continuing to sponsor England Women’s and Men’s international one day cricket, in the re-named Royal London Series. The sponsorship of one day domestic cricket cont
Jonny Bairstow has been added to the Test squad for the two-match series against New Zealand.
Joe Denly will miss the remainder of the IT20 series against New Zealand after scan results showed that he has sustained ligament damage to his right ankle.
The Kent batsman picked up the injury in practice on Thursday in Christchurch.
At this stage, he will now start a rehabilitation programme and will be routinely assessed ahead of the two-match Test series against the Black Caps starting
Former England fast bowler Darren Gough will help the England seam bowling unit on their Test tour of New Zealand starting next month.
England Men to play two Tests as part of World Test Championship.
