The 18 first-class counties will lobby for amendments to the ECB's replacements rules after identifying three tweaks they believe will improve the use of substitutes in the County Championship.

Bethell has been unused by Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Cook urged the youngster to return to Warwickshire to play county cricket instead of 'sitting on his a*** at the IPL not doing anything'.

It is not quite a year since Sam Cook won his lone Test cap. But as well as being a little older, he is also wiser. Having tried too hard back then, he is more relaxed now. And he wants his England place back.

The former Test skipper isn't taking no for an answer as he tries to get an absolute fortune for his Vaucluse pad.

Did you hear the one about the captain allegedly under investigation for corruption at cricket's World Cup? You probably didn't. And if you did, you may have assumed the story was old. Alas, no.

Australia seamer Siddle, 41, had been signed as one of the club's two overseas players for the Vitality Blast along with South Africa all-rounder George Linde.

Whenever a new English fast bowling talent bursts onto the scene, eyes naturally flick towards the speed gun for a glimpse of that magic 90, yet Mitchell Stanley maintains a policy of looking away.

His death came two-and-a-half years after being sacked as England assistant coach - which, at the inquest, coroner Jonathan Stevens determined 'had a devastating effect on him'.

Michael Vaughan is sat down just outside Manchester, his home city and whose motto Concilio Et Labore - 'by wisdom and effort' - neatly sums up the attitude he wants English cricket to adopt.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes has said he is 'lucky' to be alive after a ball broke his cheekbone during a net session at Durham in February.

Warner allegedly produced a blood alcohol reading of 0.104 - more than twice the legal limit - on Easter Sunday.