The ECB are considering a re-draft of players if they postpone the Hundred for 12 months - due to changes in status of Kolpak cricketers and the availability of overseas stars.

The ECB have been given a free run at reorganising their international summer plans after West Indies prioritised their three Tests in England over home series against New Zealand and South Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT: There are growing concerns that the new franchise-based tournament is unaffordable given the challenges facing cricket amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Next month is the 10th anniversary of England's first global title with the World T20 which they won with a resounding victory over the Australians at Kensington Oval, Barbados.

Australia were due to play three ODIs and three Twenty20s against England from July 3 and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison last week expressed hopes that they would still go ahead.

Sportsmail understands that while the ECB have not been involved directly in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India they are aware of the various contingencies being drawn up.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY PAUL NEWMAN: Key winces at the revelation that his close friend Andrew Flintoff believes he was one of the great English batsmen against fast bowling.

With no live cricket being played due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Sportsmail columnists Nasser Hussain and David Lloyd are answering your questions.

Finding a place that is welcoming to dogs can be difficult. But Jane Bussman took her two dogs Homer and Thistle to Andalucia on the family break - and it threw up memorable results.

Charlie Sheen is set tour Down Under for a speaking engagements in Melbourne and Sydney.

Charlie Sheen's first-ever speaking tour in Australia later this year looks set to be an eye-opener.

Charlie Sheen's first-ever Australian speaking tour will be held in November, with the Hollywood star visiting Sydney and Melbourne.

He lands on Australianshores in less than a month, and has promised that nothing will be off limits in his shows. 

He made a public pledge not to touch alcohol while he's travelling Down Under for his speaking tour next month.

He touched down at Melbourne airport on Tuesday ahead of his highly-anticipated speaking tour, hosted by Channel Nine's Richard Wilkins.

The controversial Hollywood star is in Australia this month for his first-ever speaking tour Down Under. And Charlie Sheen greeted a excited crowd in Melbourne on Saturday night.

Actor Charlie Sheen, 53, flashes the peace sign as he and his entourage board a super yacht in Sydney on Sunday.

American actor and martial arts specialist Steven Seagal has announced a speaking tour of Australia. 

He told Us Weekly magazine: 'I always had tremendous affection for her. I can totally relate to some of the stuff she had gone through, was going through.

The 41-year-old, whose past drug problems have been well documented, was traveling from Los Angeles to Miami when she was stopped.

Charlie Sheen looked happy and healthy as he stepped out in London for a candid Q&A on Tuesday, before making a cheeky quip about his nanny ex and urging fans to 'enjoy every moment' in the chat.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Michael Ball will be boasting a scene-stealing, 54EEE treasure chest in the hit musical Hairspray when it moves to a brand new date in the autumn.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kristin Scott Thomas is delighted that people will still get to hear her sing in the Military Wives feature film, even though its cinema release was cut short by the coronavirus outbreak.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge are going to help Britain find its funny bone again by taking Noel Coward's classic Private Lives on the road in October, planning to open in Bath.

Marco Rubio's PAC spent more than $40,000 trying to debunk the whispers that had long haunted the Florida Republican: that he had a 'zipper problem,' mistresses and a love child.

The last desperate search for voters to back their causes was under way in Iowa - with the man trolled by Donald Trump as 'low-energy' apparently offering $25 an hour to come to his final campaign rally.

Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has warned he will use parliament to try to block us from leaving the EU if he takes charge of the party.

Zac Oliver, four, from Shropshire, who is undergoing a particularly harsh cycle of chemotherapy to contain his rare form of leukaemia, has penned a letter to Father Christmas.

Iman was seen making a rare red carpet appearance as she attended The Jane Club private dinner at the Melrose Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday.

The show pushed the boundaries, remembers its voiceover artist Maria McErlane 

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: In a bid to make training environments as safe for players as possible, LaLiga has sent out a detailed 24-page special report advising teams on the right training protocol.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: On Thursday the team coached by Claudio Ranieri returned to training in Bogliasco, but in the evening the negative news of the latest infections arrived.

PETER CROUCH: This week, Crouch reveals which Tottenham star openly admitted to having no interest in football, and how Jamie Carragher was left speechless by Craig Bellamy.

Former Arsenal team-mates Martin Keown and Ray Parlour discuss in an interview with Sportsmail why Arsene Wenger deserves a statue at the club.

Antonia Hoyle says hi-tech luxury mattresses have become status symbols. She revealed a selection of luxury bedding that offer everything from sleep trackers to medical support.

Pulse oximeters - matchbox-sized devices that clip over the fingertip or ear - measure the amount of oxygen being carried around the body. They can cost less than £20 online.

PATRICK COLLINS, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: One balmy evening in Cape Town, in the summer of 2010, a television camera followed Wayne Rooney from a football pitch.

PATRICK COLLINS: The cry rang out on January 1; a warmly familiar sound, like the chimes of Big Ben or the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

PATRICK COLLINS: It should be remembered that the FA's initial instinct was to approach Arsene Wenger, a worthy if futile attempt to hire the very best. But then, absurdly, they changed tack.

JAMIE REDKNAPP: Harry Kane is at home, in self-isolation, with a series of Tottenham Hotspur shirts on the wall behind him and Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp on the screen in front.

The award-winning footballer, 34, enjoyed some quality time with his kids Cristiano Jr, nine, twins Eva and Mateo, two, and Alana - his daughter with girlfriend Georgina - also two, in the bathtub.

Jorge Mendes' house in Portugal has been searched by Portuguese tax authorities as part of an ongoing investigation.

Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to glory in 2016 despite injury and is one of a number of greats to write his name into the glittering history of the Euros since they were introduced in 1960.

The Frenchman has been heavily linked with the exit door at Old Trafford, with his agent fuelling the fire of his impending move away, and it is thought he could be eyeing up a return to the Serie A giants.

A tricky game has been sweeping social media in which you are challenged to select a World XI, who you've seen play, but with no two players having represented the same club or country.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have ruled the football globe for more than a decade, but Jose Mourinho believes Ronaldo Nazario eclipses both the Juventus and Barcelona stars.

Jose Mourinho has revealed how losing a Champions League semi-final to Bayern Munich with Real Madrid in 2012 left him crying in his car.

The Argentine full-back was one of the last signings made by the club prior to the new owners, arriving just days before the Abu Dhabi buyout was confirmed in September 2008.

Cristiano Ronaldo's side were victorious despite winning just once inside 90 minutes and finishing third in their group, during a tournament where UEFA gave their new 24-team format its debut.

The draw for the inaugural UEFA Nations League takes place in Lausanne on Wednesday morning as the 55 European nations participating discover who they will play. Follow it all live here.