England have selected five Indian Premier League players in their one-day squad to face the West Indies, including former captain Jos Buttler, but have not ruled out allowing them to skip the series.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the squads for the upcoming white-ball series against the West Indies, comprising three ODIs and three T20Is, beginning on 29 May.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is open to hosting the remainder of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in September this year, as the most lucrative franchise-based T20 tournament was forced to be suspended due to the escalating nature of the conflict between India and Pakistan.

Transgender women have been banned from playing in women's and girls' cricket in England and Wales after the governing body announced a change in policy on Friday.

The 26-year-old Yorkshire batsman was the favourite to succeed Jos Buttler, who stood down in February after a woeful Champions Trophy campaign in Pakistan ended with England failing to reach the semi-finals.

Morgan has named current Test captain and star all-rounder, Ben Stokes and batting sensation Harry Brook as his frontrunners for the role.

With Jos Buttler stepping down from the role after a disappointing Champions Trophy campaign, the search is on for England's new white-ball captain. While several names are in contention, Joe Root - the most experienced member of the squad - has ruled himself out for the role.

Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and also featured in 10 one-day internationals, including the historic inaugural match in the format against Australia in 1971.

"With the busy international calendar, a host of established franchise leagues around the world, and existing concerns about player workloads, there is no scope or demand for such an idea," Gould told the same newspaper.

Recent scans followed by a surgery have revealed ligament damage in his left knee, ruling him out of action for an extended period.

A message on the X account of the 88-year-old pope, who has been in hospital for nearly three weeks with pneumonia, was posted to mark Ash Wednesday.

The 33-year-old all-rounder had already been ruled out of next year's Champions Trophy one-day international tournament in Pakistan and the preceding white-ball tour of India.

Key batter Joe Root, who preceded Stokes as Test captain, returns to the ODI side for the first time since the 2023 World Cup in India.

The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again this week amid a darkening outlook, with political turbulence in the eurozone's two biggest economies adding to the troubled picture.

Stokes has committed to England until at least 2026, covering the Ashes series in Australia, which starts late next year, while Buttler has agreed fresh terms, extending his contract by 12 months.

The updated policy mirrors last year's decision by the International Cricket Council, which banned anyone who has gone through male puberty from taking part in women's international games.

After cutting rates twice already this year, including at their last meeting in September, policymakers initially signalled a preference to wait until December to cut again

Due to their soured political relations, India have not visited Pakistan since 2008 and the rivals play each other only at multi-team events.

While the rate is expected to tick up again towards the end of the year, the sense that consumer prices are back under control has grown

Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has labelled the Hundred competition a "big fat Ponzi scheme", accusing English cricket chiefs of unrealistic financial projections.