Nick Hoult

Jacob Bethell has returned home early from the IPL with a finger injury and is a doubt for the Lord’s Test against New Zealand in less than two weeks’ time. @NHoultCricket has the full story on Bethell's injury and how James Rew could benefit ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

@PaddyBriggs Yes absolutely - so many from those days

@NHoultCricket And MJK Nick (different code)

A look back at the days of real football and cricket allrounders. Jim Cumbes played against Pele and Best… but also dismissed Sobers and Richards Arnie Sidebottom played an Ashes Test and turned down Clough telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

@MarkRidley62 yep, so many of those guys in those days

@NHoultCricket Didn’t Chris Balderstone score a century before playing a football league match that evening.

✅ The incumbent: Will Jacks 📞 The recall: Shoaib Bashir 🏏 The domestic stalwart: Liam Patterson-White 🦊 The veteran: Jack Leach 1️⃣ The forgotten one-capper: Mason Crane 💫 The prodigy: Rehan Ahmed @willis_macp gives his verdict 👇 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Ben Stokes in line to take the new ball for Durham at some point against Worcestershire this week. No half measures for the Test captain’s county comeback. Is it totally impossible that he opens for England? independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/…

Exc: England are set to appoint the Durham director of cricket Marcus North as their new national selector. The Australian appears to have beaten off competition from Steven Finn and Darren Gough at interview telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Rediscovered photograph reveals Father Time’s arrival at Lord’s The ground’s most recognisable inhabitant has been through the wars, quite literally, in his existence... but has now reached a century @willis_macp has more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

England keeper Jamie Smith will get a rare chance to take the gloves for Surrey after Ben Foakes picked up an injury while... bowling telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Steven Finn in frame to replace Luke Wright as England selector telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Robin Smith was one of the great cricketers of his generation but an abrupt end to his Test career in 1996 started a downward spiral that eventually cost him his life In a raw interview with @NHoultCricket, his brother reflects on the ‘flawed genius’ ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

A very frank interview with Chris Smith about his brother Robin: I loved my brother Robin Smith but he had his finger on the self-destruct button’ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

After the Ashes, ECB set about recruiting a non-exec director to add cricket experience to its board, providing oversight of team management etc. Ed Smith is the favourite telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Interview with Graham's son Henry: "My life didn't go anywhere for the best part of 10 years. And then, after my dad died, it became very clear what I wanted to do. I want to throw cricket balls. I want to get in the dirt and work with players." telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Received my copy today. It looks terrific and if you love cricket then this coffee table book is perfect. Well done Gareth

@BulletRobinson It’s a good shout

@NHoultCricket Bethall is an opener so should open, no?

England want Rew to open for Somerset - appears his only way in at the moment

Proof will be in results

🗣️ 'Increasingly Orwellian' Lawrence Booth, editor of cricket’s ‘bible’, condemns political interference and Indian hegemony in global cricket governance. @willis_macp has the full story ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

The 30 greatest County Championship players of this century telegraph.co.uk/gift/c7aec6a96…