Nick Howson

Afghanistan must have their ICC membership suspended while the Taliban continue to ban women's sport, insists Human Right Watch.

The Running Foxes round off their Division Two campaign with this week's trip to Northamptonshire and the visit of Derbyshire in the final round

NICK HOWSON AT UTILITA BOWL: Danni Wyatt hits 76 and Sarah Glenn takes 3 for 16 as the White Ferns, already beaten 3-0 in the ODIs, suffer another defeat in Southampton

The England batter played five County Championship matches across April and May ahead of the start of the Test summer against West Indies in July

A bowling attack disrupted by injuries will be given fresh impetus for the next three Division Two matches against Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire and Derbyshire

Cricket news: Lancashire sign Chris Green as Nathan Lyon replacement for T20 Blast | The Cricketer, county news

In just one of the last 11 years have the County Ground club not posted a profit, after confirming a pre-tax surplus of £105,000 for the year ending 31 December 2023

Just 43 slots were available across the eight squads in the latest recruitment phase ahead of the fourth edition of the 100-ball competition which begins on July 23

NICK HOWSON: The five-Test series starting on January 25 does not yet have a UK broadcaster with Sky Sports and TNT Sports having reportedly not engaged in the right sales, and Channel 4 unlikely to re-enter the market

NICK HOWSON - THE CRICKETER’S REVIEW OF 2023: The year began with the hope of an Ashes regained and an ODI World Cup retained but it ultimately came up well short. And the challenges get no easier in 2024

Cricket news: New Zealand captain Sophie Devine given an enforced break from cricket | The Cricketer, cricket news, women's cricket, Super Smash, Wellington

IPL auction 2024: English six strike it lucky | The Cricketer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Willey, Tom Curran, Harry Brook, Chris Woakes

David Saker has turned the 2018-19 champions around but a squad that will be decimated by clashes with franchise and international cricket needs last season’s star performers to shine again

How do you solve a problem like Rashid Khan? Jason Gillespie’s biggest task during 2023-24 is finding a way to cover for the absence of the Afghanistan leg-spinner. Without one it could be a long season

Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque earned maiden calls-up while the fit-again Renuka Singh has fully recovered from a stress fracture in time to be named in both groups, nine months on from her last senior outing

The former England, Surrey and Essex star joins a group led by team manager Naveed Akram Cheema and director Mohammad Hafeez following a post-Cricket World Cup clear-out

The ECB impact of cricket report, the first of its kind focusing on the effect the sport is having at all levels in England and Wales during 2022 and 2023, has outlined the state of the game

Bess Heath is handed a maiden Test call up and Charlie Dean returns to the red-ball group. The T20I squad sees recalls for Sophia Dunkley and Nat Sciver-Brunt but there is no place for Kate Cross

England v Afghanistan: Michael Atherton expects changes as Ben Stokes nears full fitness | The Cricketer, cricket news, men's Cricket World Cup 2023

The white-ball captain is coy over his own future but accepts some of his teammates might want to make some kind of decision over what their international careers look like beyond the upcoming tournament in India