England's white-ball captain Harry Brook revealed that former Ashes and T20 World Cup-winning batter Kevin Pietersen has been instrumental in teaching the squad how to effectively play spin.
Stephen Fleming, the new head coach of England's Test team, has expressed his desire for future national teams to be led by English coaches, committing to developing home-grown talent during his tenure.
Former Chennai Super Kings bowling coach Eric Simons and fielding coach James Foster have departed the IPL franchise to join England's Test team's backroom staff, following Stephen Fleming's appointment as the national side's head coach.
Joe Root has been reappointed as England's Test captain, marking his return to the leadership role, while former New Zealand batter Stephen Fleming has been named the new head coach, following the departures of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
Joe Root's unbeaten 62 guided England to a dominant eight-wicket victory in the third Test against Pakistan, securing a 3-0 series whitewash despite early batting jitters. This marks England's first series win in 19 months.
England Test captain Joe Root has expressed strong support for Kevin Pietersen's return to the national setup as a specialist mentor, emphasising that the current team environment is vastly different from the one Pietersen left in 2014.
Joe Root will captain England on a permanent basis for the first time since 2022 in the upcoming three-match Test series against Pakistan, with Jordan Cox taking the number three spot due to Jacob Bethell's injury and Dan Lawrence earning a recall.
The ECB said the batsman will not be named in the 14-man squad for next month tournament in India on medical grounds.
Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, renowned for his success with Chennai Super Kings, has been appointed England's new Test head coach, with Joe Root returning as captain after a comprehensive recruitment process by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The three roles attracted a high calibre of applicants and were subject to a rigorous recruitment process. As part of the move, Lewis will vacate his role as Young Lions head coach, and this role will be reconfigured into an Elite Pathway Coach role.
Former England player Jonathon Trott has also fulfilled a similar role with the team ahead of the Test match against Ireland, ESPN Cricinfo reported.
Trescothick, who played in three Ashes campaigns including a triumphant 2005 series on home soil, said England's batters were also looking to be smarter on the pitch.
Somerset batsman Marcus Trescothick announced his retirement from international cricket with England due to health problems on Saturday. The 32-year-old has not played international cricket since withdrawing from tours to India and Australia in 2006 due to the illness, which he described last September as stress related.
The England opener has suffered a recurrence of the stress-related illness which led to him returning home from England's tour of India.
'We want pace on the ball, we want the ball to bounce and we want the ball to carry through so that when we're batting, we can be aggressive, we can attack, and we can put pressure back on the bowlers.'
The left-handed opener's unbeaten 124 rallied England to 256 for 9 at close on day 1 of their three-day match against the PCB Patron's XI.
England bowled out Pakistan for 185 in 44 overs in the second ODI.
England were 269 for 3 from 48 overs, 165 ahead, after bundling out Bangladesh for 104 on day 1 of the second Test.
The former England batsman, in his autobiography, has admitted he was suffering so much he believed he was dying and even considered self-harming.
Opening batsman Marcus Trescothick has made himself unavailable for England's winter programme while he recovers from a stress-related illness, the ECB said on Wednesday.
He never shared what kind of mental trauma he coped with when he shunned the game but now former England opener Marcus Trescothick has revealed all which forced him to abandon his side's 2006 India tour midway. Trescothick said he suffered from a major breakdown on the tour while captaining England and was compelled to leave.
Marcus Trescothick will retire from professional cricket after the current county season ends, announced the former England opening batsman.
Irish-born batsman Ed Joyce has been called into the England Ashes squad for Marcus Trescothick.
The departure from England's Ashes tour of depressed batsman Marcus Trescothick has evoked widespread sympathy among Australian sportsmen.
England beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the one-day tri-series.
The opener scored 108 and hit a six to win the match as the hosts scraped home against Pakistan.
Former England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick has withdrawn from his county side's pre-season tour of the United Arab Emirates after the recurrence of a stress-related illness, the club said on Saturday. The 32-year-old has not played for England since withdrawing from tours to India and Australia in 2006 due to the illness, which he described last September as stress related.
Opener Marcus Trescothick and uncapped duo Mark Pettini and Luke Wright were named on Wednesday in England's 30-man provisional squad for the first world Twenty20 tournament in South Africa this September.
Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick has revealed that he was on the verge of harming himself at one stage because of the depressions that curtailed his international cricket career.
Michael Vaughan backed the decision by former team mate Marcus Trescothick to withdraw from the winter tours saying on Thursday the opener could have endangered his England career by returning too soon.
Chief selector Geoff Miller on Wednesday dismissed the possibility of Marcus Trescothick's return to the England team for the final Ashes Test against Australia after the Somerset batsman had hinted at coming out of his international retirement. Trescothick had quit international cricket last year following stress-related illness.
"He is going home due to personal reasons," coach Duncan Fletcher said.
Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick was named English cricket's player of the year by his fellow professionals on Thursday after another prolific batting season. The former England batsman scored 2,934 runs in all cricket, including 1,817 first-class runs at an average of 75.70.
The England opener had considered returning home for personal reasons
England scored 253 for three against Pakistan after two days of the first Test on Sunday.
England were 111 without loss at the close of day 2 in reply to Bangladesh's first-innings total of 203 in the first Test.
