England’s erstwhile young hope with the bat, Ravi Bopara, has been dropped from the England Test squad to tour South Africa this winter. The former number three batsman had a disappointing Ashes series after impressing in the West Indies, and finds himself dropped from both the Test and the one-day squads. The other big news [...]

Lancashire paceman Sajid Mahmood has been welcomed back into the England set-up with a place in the one-day squad touring South Africa, but there is no room for Owais Shah. Shah has been England’s leading run-scorer in one-day internationals for the past few years and scored a scintillating 98 against South Africa in the ICC [...]

Lancashire have announced the signing of former Worcestershire batsman Stephen Moore on a two-year contract. The England Lions player, 28, will head to Old Trafford for the start of the 2010 County Championship campaign after choosing to leave New Road at the end of last season. And Lancs head coach Peter Moores describing the signing [...]