Worcestershire resume their season against Kent at Canterbury on Friday, barely a week since the tragic death of their young spinner Josh Baker. “Guys are still trying to process it,” says Alan Richardson, the head coach now trying to shepherd his flock through the worst of times. The first of these came on Tuesday, Worcestershire’s players resuming training at New Road – flood waters now receded – just five days after Baker, 20, died unexpectedly.
The BBC’s Test Match Special have beaten Talksport to the rights for all cricket World Cups for the next four years.
Joe Root has thrown his weight behind the Kookaburra ball experiment in county cricket, claiming it could end up being revolutionary for England’s Test side.