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Buttler must stay as England opener after triumphant return to the top

Now 35, former captain remains at peak of his powers, and England ought to cash in while they can

18-Sep-2025•Matt Roller

Switch Hit: Dub smash

After two topsy-turvy series against South Africa, England round off their season with a trip to Ireland. Alan Gardner, Andrew Miller and Matt Roller discuss white-ball form and Ashes selection latest

16-Sep-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

From Itoje to Buttler: How Ross Adair shelved rugby for second innings in cricket

How hard-hitting batter turned to another sport after injury curtailed his rugby career

16-Sep-2025•Matt Roller

New loyalties - Ross Taylor joins growing list of dual-internationals

Check out the growing list of male cricketers who have gone across borders to play more international cricket

05-Sep-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

The mystique of Kolkata 2001 is still unbeatable

Leeds 2019 and Brisbane 2021 made strong claims to the crown, but Kolkata 2001 still prevailed among the fans as the greatest Test match of the 21st century

21-Jun-2025•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Six teams, two World Cup spots on offer, many intrigues

Bangladesh and West Indies are the favourites, but if Pakistan raise their game at home, the calculations could change

08-Apr-2025•Firdose Moonda

Zimbabwe, Ireland look to utilise three-match series with T20 World Cup in mind

While Ireland have already qualified for the big tournament, Zimbabwe need to make it out of the Africa qualifiers this year

21-Feb-2025•Sreshth Shah

Zimbabwe, Ireland look to enhance their ODI cred as road to 2027 World Cup begins

Both teams did not qualify for the 2023 World Cup, so will play no part in the upcoming Champions Trophy, but they do have a carrot to run towards

13-Feb-2025•Ekanth

Stats - Zimbabwe remain winless at home since 2013

Stats highlights from Bulawayo, where Ireland completed a hat-trick of Test wins

10-Feb-2025•Shubh Agarwal

What does Test cricket mean to the Test teams outside the World Test Championship?

Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland have no pathway to break into the league of nine teams and play few Tests. What does their future in Test cricket look like?

03-Feb-2025•Ekanth

Mandhana-led India look to test out combinations ahead of World Cup

With no Renuka and Harmanpreet, India will be fielding an inexperienced side against Ireland, who have never won an ODI against them

09-Jan-2025•Sruthi Ravindranath

England's repositioning, New Zealand's rollercoaster, Pakistan's shambles

In our first batch of team report cards for 2024: Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, the Associates

28-Dec-2024

Women's cricket is the ideal playground for swing

Because of the slower pace of the game, big, banana swing is far more common in the women's game, almost defining its entire vocabulary

03-Oct-2024•Sidharth Monga

Ireland, South Africa seek fresh start in T20Is in Abu Dhabi heat

Mining the talent pool is top of mind for both teams with an eye out for the T20 World Cup in 2026

26-Sep-2024•Firdose Moonda

Ed Joyce: 'You cannot go into any game thinking we have to win. I'm just looking for performances'

Under their long-time head coach, Ireland women have been more successful than at any time in their history, but he'd rather the side focus on the process than the results

06-Sep-2024•Nathan Johns

How often have two bowlers taken six wickets each in the same ODI or T20I?

And have two Tests ever played out simultaneously in the same country?

06-Aug-2024•Steven Lynch

Was Shoaib Bashir the youngest bowler to take a five-for in England?

And which player made a hundred and took a hat-trick in the same Test?

30-Jul-2024•Steven Lynch

Hometown boy Adair thrilled as Northern Ireland prepares to host its first men's Test

Stormont, in Belfast, will become the 123rd venue to host men's Test cricket

24-Jul-2024•Matt Roller

T20 World Cup 2024 - a zero for Bumrah, and other curious numbers

The slowest T20 World Cup but with the most sixes, an unbeaten champion, and much more

30-Jun-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Stats - It's been a bowlers' World Cup, but that might change now

Despite bowlers dominating, this is only the third men's T20 World Cup with three or more 200-plus totals, with two of them coming in Gros Islet in St Lucia

18-Jun-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

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