Keaton Jennings

Even if he isn't a long-term prospect for England, it makes sense to pick him for the tour of Sri Lanka

Lancashire lead by 211 runs with two wickets in hand going into final day

Lancashire skipper hits the Championship's highest score in two years to put his side in the ascendancy

England are set to field yet another top-three combination on their New Zealand tour

Parkinson claims 6-23 as Maxwell bounces back from World Cup exit with 4-41 to bowl Sussex out for 127

Derbyshire could not keep up with the pace in a shortened match as Lancashire closed in on North Group qualification

Pace bowler restricts Northamptonshire before fifties from Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed secure 45-run DLS victory

Three years and many lifetimes on from his last Championship century, Hameed shows the poise that earned him England plaudits

Lancashire's promotion push can only benefit from the commitment of two men who both went to King Edward VII School in Johannesburg

Genuine on-field progress remains hard to gauge, but Root comes through personal test of leadership, in words and deeds

Captain reflects on improved balance to team, after stand-out performances from Wood and Stokes in St Lucia

England's top three remains utterly unsettled at the end of an innings in which none of the incumbents made a decisive move

England recover in dramatic late session against West Indies thanks to Buttler and Stokes stand

The wholesale changes made for the St Lucia Test suggest England have no idea what their best side is

Their selection policies in recent times have betrayed conservative, clouded thinking

Denly waits in the wings but will England abandon investment in opener who has struggled against seam?

The England coach described himself as "speechless" after crushing Barbados defeat and suggested some frank words would be exchanged within the squad

Test team remains far from the finished article, in spite of 'great result', says head coach