Cricket News

Somerset are closing in on a crucial victory in their fight for Specsavers County Championship Division One survival, ending Lancashire’s dwindling title hopes in the process.

After England saw off a young and relatively inexperienced Windies side to win the Test series, the visitors will be bolstered by the return of a number of more familiar names for the white ball leg of the tour.

Head coach Chris Silverwood hailed the impact former England captain Alastair Cook has had on Essex's successful season in the wake of his side's victory over Warwickshire.

Brendan Taylor has been released by Nottinghamshire for family reasons.

Carlos Brathwaite took to The Zone last year to show how he smashed Windies to a stunning World T20 victory over England.

England and Windies have contested 14 T20s in the last ten years, with England losing all but four of them.