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Exclusive: Lee Fortis departs following row with ECB employee in July and was known within the game for a robust communication style @willis_macp has story 👇 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Usman Khawaja has revealed he was racially abused by an MCC member in the Lord’s Long Room after the Jonny Bairstow stumping incident in 2023. He describes MCC members as “a pack of dogs about to feast on their next meals”. @NHoultCricket has more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

'By revealing it started as a joke in the changing rooms when someone rubbed sandpaper on the ball (again unnamed) it shows many knew what was going on.' @NHoultCricket gets his hands on Usman Khawaja's book and its explosive chapter on Sandpapergate ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

“Now everyone knows the truth. It’s out there.” The player identified as the architect of Australia’s 2018 ball-tampering plan backs his former team-mate’s claims that the whole team knew about the illegal tactics. @willis_macp reports ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Former England all-rounder Geoff Miller opens his vast memory bank of 1970s dressing-room anarchy, from smuggling whoopee cushions on to the pitch against Clive Lloyd to receiving blunt leadership advice from Brian Clough @simonrbriggs has more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Australia used sandpaper to tamper with the ball in a Test match before the infamous Cape Town scandal in 2018, Usman Khawaja is to reveal. @NHoultCricket reports on the revelations that could reopen one of cricket’s biggest cheating scandals ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

'Clicky Ponting' was outed on social media in the summer for conspiring to cheat batsmen in his local club competition. Simon Briggs questions how Brian Devine has been hit with a two-year ban, more than Steve Smith and David Warner got for much worse ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

The amateur cricketer at the centre of the “Clicky Ponting” cheating scandal has been banned from the sport for two years. Brian Devine cannot play, coach, umpire, score or manage junior teams for the length of his suspension. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

📚 Tim Wigmore’s latest book The Pantheon entails ranking the 50 best Test cricketers to play the game since the format began in 1877. James Anderson, ‘the King of Swing’, came in at 51 due to three factors explained in this extract telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

EXCLUSIVE: A school’s old boys’ cricket club have been demoted for not having a girls team and a junior section. Old Hamptonians argued they cannot meet ECB regulations because the school has no female students. @jakegoodwill1 and @willis_macp report ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

“I am thinking ‘this is happening again. Is there something fundamentally wrong with me as a person?’ Your head just sort of races.” James Anderson has spoken about Lancashire's decision to release him in abrupt fashion @timwig 👇 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

From Trinity College, Cambridge, to batting for England and now teaching pupils history at Oundle School, John Crawley has enjoyed quite the sporting life. He speaks to @timwig about his ordeal in Australia and that famous smoking habit ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Gareth Batty, Surrey’s head coach, has left the county after a poor championship campaign ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

James Anderson has revealed his disappointment about losing his Lancashire contract, saying “if it was up to me it wouldn’t have ended like this”. 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

"You are on duty as an England player 24/7" Chris Woakes sat down with @NHoultCricket to discuss slipping discipline standards among players, his final England Test match and the “shabby” handling of his exit from the team ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

The ongoing opener headache and Labuschagne's century drought @willis_macp looks at the questions Australia face after their humbling innings defeat by South Africa 👇 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

'Sir James Anderson deserved a better farewell than a tap on the shoulder on a drizzly Monday morning in October after more than 25 years of service to Lancashire' @NHoultCricket argues why 👇 telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Career with boyhood county is over after 44-year-old was informed by the club’s new management that he would not be offered a new contract 🔗:telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

⛏️ Pitch dug up for first time in 21st century ❌ New Zealand Test the straw that broke the camel’s back 🏏 Further errors in Ashes year could prove costly @willis_macp looks into the drastic changes and what is on the line ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Next year, the gruelling tournament will be in full swing, but before then England have a winter that features at least 10 ODIs and a summer next year including 10 more @willis_macp looks at how England have learnt not to repeat the errors of 2023 ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…