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.

Wood, 34, discovered that he had bone stress in his elbow during a medical check-up after he had injured his right thigh during last month's first test against Sri Lanka that ruled him out for the year.

ECB said pay parity has been introduced as part of the restructuring of the women's professional game following their earlier announcement of the men's and women's professional white ball competitions alignment for next season.

Test captain Ben Stokes indicated Tuesday he would be ready to make an England limited-overs comeback.

Knight, set to lead England at next month's Women's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, said she was "truly sorry" for conduct that was deemed "racist and discriminatory" by Cricket Discipline Commission adjudicator Tim O'Gorman.

With inflation slowing and the economic outlook darkening, the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again Thursday but is unlikely to give much away about its next moves

The club's slim hopes of winning the County Championship First Division have all but evaporated after a bat, used by Feroze Khushi in April's match against Nottinghamshire, was found to have exceeded the permitted dimensions.

The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again this week as inflation drifts back down towards its two-percent target, but policymakers will likely stay tight-lipped on future moves

The New Zealander has reinvigorated England's Test set-up alongside captain Ben Stokes since 2022 and will seek to bring his attacking "Bazball" approach to the limited-overs sides.

The ECB said the New Zealander would be in charge of both the Test and limited-overs teams from January 2025, coinciding with England's limited-overs tour of India and the ICC Champions Trophy.

England chief selector Luke Wright said Jonny Bairstow's international white-ball career is not over despite the 34-year-old's omission from the upcoming series against Australia.

England have launched a new white-ball era after dropping Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali from their forthcoming clashes against Australia.

England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a torn hamstring and will miss the Test series against Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Tuesday.

Kumar Sangakkara has said it would be an "exciting prospect" to coach England in limited-overs cricket, but stressed he has yet to receive a formal approach regarding the role.

England assistant coach Marcus Trescothick has been appointed on an interim basis to replace the Australian.