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The Independent
6 days ago
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- The Independent
England's record wicket-taker James Anderson enters Big Bash draft
England's all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson has entered into the Big Bash draft. Earlier this month, seamer Anderson, 42, played his first T20 match for 11 years and took three wickets as Lancashire beat Durham in their Vitality Blast North Group fixture at Chester-le-Street. Anderson – who retired from Test cricket last summer having taken 704 wickets, the most successful pace bowler in the format – turns 43 at the end of July. He went unsold in the auction for the 2025 Indian Premier League during November and was not picked up in the Hundred draft during March. If selected in Thursday's Big Bash draft by one of the eight clubs, Anderson would be the oldest overseas player to feature in the Australian tournament and the second oldest of all time behind Brad Hogg. England paceman Jofra Archer has also put himself into the draft, along with Sam Curran. Zak Crawley and Liam Livingstone have a nominated availability of between four and six games over the course of the tournament, which runs from December 21 through to the end of January 2026. Pakistan's T20 talents Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi are also up for auction. New Zealander Kane Williamson, though, is only available for a maximum of three Big Bash games. 'The quality of the pool certainly vindicates our decision to bring this year's draft forward to allow clubs to get a fast start on locking in overseas stars so they have certainty before they use the other mechanisms to build their teams,' Cricket Australia's executive general manager Alistair Dobson said on
Daily Mail
07-06-2025
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- Daily Mail
Liam Dawson says no longer worrying about England selection was integral to his stunning comeback after veteran's career-best figures against West Indies
Liam Dawson reckons no longer fretting about England selection was integral to his stunning comeback in international cricket. Hampshire veteran Dawson made a mockery of the fact that Friday's opening match of the Twenty20 series against West Indies at Chester-le-Street was his first international appearance for three years, and first on home soil for eight, by claiming career-best figures. The 35-year-old's four for 20 sealed a 21-run win, and the man of the match award, after Jos Buttler celebrated his return to the ranks with a belligerent 96. Admitting 'I had probably got to an age where I thought international cricket was gone,' Dawson said: 'I think just going out there and not worrying about playing for England a lot helped. That can hamper you sometimes. I've not really worried about that for the last three years. 'I've tried to enjoy my cricket because I'm at an age now where I know that I'm close to finishing. I'm on the edge of that. So, it's about enjoyment, trying to work smarter in your training, and just believing that you're good enough. It's probably more of a mental thing than anything.' Despite becoming one of the most consistent performers with bat and ball domestically - he was county cricket's player of the year for 2024 - Dawson conceded there were still nerves when he was named as one of four spinners for Harry Brook's first game as T20 captain. 'The older you get, you learn to deal with nerves. You accept that they're there. Obviously, I was very nervous coming back in to international cricket. It's high profile, but luckily, I dealt with it well,' he said. England's tactical plan was to starve West Indies' big hitters of pace on the ball at a ground with a huge playing area - it worked a treat as a flurry of catches were held in the deep. But the spin-heavy approach was also a nod to preparing for next February's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, and so overnight, Dawson's career renaissance has taken an intriguing twist. An unused member of England's world champion one-day squad of 2019, he now appears a sound bet to be involved in eight months' time. 'Listen, it's been one game. It's obviously very good to contribute here, and I hope it can continue, but I know how cricket works,' he said. 'You've got to be consistent. So I'll park this and go again.'
Washington Post
06-06-2025
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- Washington Post
England beats West Indies by 21 runs in T20 series opener
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England — England continued its mastery of the West Indies by winning their Twenty20 series opener by 21 runs on Friday. After dominating the West Indies in three one-day internationals, England was expected to receive a tougher fight from the visitor, higher-rated in T20s than ODIs, and bolstered by World Cup champions Andre Russell, Jason Holder and Johnson Charles.
Daily Mail
06-06-2025
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- Daily Mail
Harry Brook's winning start as England captain continues as Jos Buttler hammers 96 and Liam Dawson stars on international comeback
Harry Brook's Midas touch as England captain continued as predecessor Jos Buttler 's highest Twenty20 international score on home soil and a career-best comeback from Liam Dawson led to victory over West Indies by 21 runs. Buttler's 96 off 59 balls provided the heft in a score of 188 for six and Dawson celebrated a recall following a three-year exile by claiming four for 20 with his slow left arm. England's tactics in their first outing in this format under Brook were more Chennai than Chester-le-Street: four spinners selected partly due to the dimensions of the ground, as one of the country's bigger playing areas, and partly because next year's World Cup is in India and Sri Lanka. And with runs on the board, Dawson's deceptive brilliance ensured England made it four wins out of four under the Yorkshireman following the one-day whitewash. Briefly, when Jacob Bethell conceded 24 in the 10th over, it appeared West Indies were going to take the contest much deeper, but England pounced on their opportunity when Evin Lewis holed out to its final delivery. Having lured Johnson Charles out of the crease in his second over with the new ball, Dawson then returned to reduce West Indies to 115 for six: two mishits down the ground followed by a quicker one that knocked back Rovman Powell's off-stump. Earlier, England developed momentum towards the back end of the power play as Buttler and Jamie Smith, a late call-up with Phil Salt granted paternity leave, pummelled the new ball. When they took 22 off the fifth over, sent down by Andre Russell, and then trumped it by taking 23 off the next from Alzarri Joseph, it appeared as though a score in excess of 200 was on the cards. At the end of the fielding restrictions, England were 78 for one and three figures came up when Roston Chase began the 10th over of the innings with a wide. However, Chase's change of angle to round the wicket saw him spear one through Brook's defences moments later, building on the work of Indian Premier League winner Romario Shepherd, who continued his good week by suckering Smith as his second victim of the innings. Those successes came at the other end from Gudakesh Motie, whose frugal mid-innings spell of 4-0-21-0 gave his captain Shai Hope some control back. How Hope would have liked Motie's fellow slow left-armer Akeal Hosein available to operate from the other end. Unfortunately, however, the world's number two-ranked Twenty20 bowler remained grounded in Trinidad, a victim of recent visa changes for travel to the UK and is struggling to get through the red tape in time for Sunday's second match of the series in Bristol. All but Buttler were neutered in the second half of the innings as West Indies profited from reducing pace on the ball and adopting a full and wide line, but even though the ex-England captain made it look like a different game, he was denied a second hundred at this level when Joseph pinned him leg before in the penultimate over.
Associated Press
06-06-2025
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- Associated Press
England beats West Indies by 21 runs in T20 series opener
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) — England continued its mastery of the West Indies by winning their Twenty20 series opener by 21 runs on Friday. After dominating the West Indies in three one-day internationals, England was expected to receive a tougher fight from the visitor, higher-rated in T20s than ODIs, and bolstered by World Cup champions Andre Russell, Jason Holder and Johnson Charles. But the West Indies didn't have world No. 2-ranked T20 bowler Akeal Hosein, who, along with batter Jyd Goolie, was unable to travel to England because of recent changes to U.K. visa entry requirements for Trinidad and Tobago citizens. Hosein was badly missed on a pitch that suited spin. The match-winner was left-arm spinner Liam Dawson, recalled by England after nearly three years out at the age of 35. He'd taken six wickets in 11 T20s from 2016-22, but produced a career-best 4-20 in four overs. Dawson took out Charles, Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase and Rovman Powell, four of the top six batters. He and fellow spinner Adil Rashid, 1-22, helped to choke a deep West Indies lineout to 167-9 in a chase of 189. Under England's brand new T20 captain Harry Brook, the old captain Jos Buttler set up a defendable total with 96 runs off 59 balls. Buttler worked the field so well he looked set to achieve his second T20 hundred in his 135th match. But he moved across while facing Alzarri Joseph and was beaten for pace and out lbw in the 19th over. He hit six boundaries and four sixes. 'I'm very pleased to get this series up and running with a win,' Brook said. 'It's unbelievable to have Dawson and Rashid working from both ends, operating the way they've done for so many years, and that wealth of experience. Jos Buttler is unbelievable. To have him in this T20 team batting in the top three, it's an honor.' England ended up at 188-6, pegged back by the West Indies after the host bolted out of the gates to 78-1 in the powerplay. West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie did much to haul in England, his four overs conceding only 21 runs, 15 of them to Buttler. But Motie had only Chase as spin support, and Buttler devoured the pacers. 'A lot of teams like to throw spin at West Indies,' West Indies captain Shai Hope said. 'We need to get better as a batting unit. We've got so much depth. We're so powerful, so destructive. We've got to put this behind us and we've got two games to win the series.' The second of three T20s is on Sunday in Bristol. ___ AP cricket:
