PAUL NEWMAN IN SRI LANKA: Sportsmail revealed that Archer was ahead of schedule in his recovery and was still hopeful of heading to India towards the end of the IPL in April.

Woakes, 31, was signed by Delhi Capitals for £160,000 in the IPL draft but pulled out last week when he realised he needed to 'get off the treadmill' and focus on England.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY PAUL NEWMAN: Expectations of Dan Lawrence were always likely to be great once he had scored a century in his second Championship appearance.

The ECB are soon to outline details of the financial support package they will offer counties who will hit problems because the start of the domestic season has been delayed due to coronavirus.

Following the ball-tampering scandal of March 2018, Cricket Australia handed Smith a 12-month suspension adding he would not be considered for captaincy for another year after that.

Late last year, and with a heavy heart, I was rereading Bob Willis's Diary of a Cricket Season, written in 1978. After only three paragraphs, Bob was in off the long run.

PAUL ALLOTT: Bob would have been the last person to think of himself as an all-action hero, but it described my old friend better than he ever knew.

Sir Andrew Strauss has admitted to mistakes in the way he handled Kevin Pietersen during the dispute that was to ultimately tear one of the best of all England teams apart.

With no cricket to fill the live schedules as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, Ben Stokes rewatched his 'miracle of Headlingley' for the first time with his epic 135 not out performance.

Coco Cuhna made the mistake of suggesting to her cricket coach boyfriend that it might be fun to see if he could show her how to bat when she saw him whacking a few tennis balls into a net.

Cricket's county champions are still planning for a truncated season and believe a Twenty20 Blast-dominated schedule will help the game avoid the financial black hole facing football.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Eight months on and the noise of that unforgiving Edgbaston crowd is still ringing in Cameron Bancroft's ears. 'It was loud, it was intimidating.'

If cricket returns while Covid-19 is still a threat, bowlers will be asked to throw clothing and other things such as sunglasses beyond the boundary rope instead of handing to officials.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Eoin Morgan's side are scheduled to face the Aussies in three Twenty20s and three one-day internationals from July 3-16.

EXCLUSIVE: Ian Watmore quit his leading Football League role in November 2018 citing poor health. But it can be revealed a week earlier the EFL had commissioned an independent inquiry.

COMMENT: The postponement of the controversial new format for at least a year - which will be confirmed on Friday - gives the ECB the opportunity to admit their mistake.

The prospect of the sanctioned use of artificial substances to alter the condition of the red ball, under the supervision of umpires, has been debated this week by the ICC's medical committee.

One of the deepest thinkers in the England squad has concerns over the safety of players and concerns about playing cricket while so many people are losing their lives.

Cricket manufacturer Kookaburra have developed a wax applicator that would allow balls to be shined without using sweat or saliva during the coronavirus crisis.

Morgan insists 'the door is still open' for Hales to return to England's white-ball cricket - but says he has yet to rebuild the trust lost when he was dropped from last year's World Cup squad.

Dukes, the manufacturers of balls used in English home Tests, have dismissed the need for artificial substances to aid shining if international cricket is played this summer.

Dozens of famous Twitter accounts were hacked and spam ads promising to 'increase your Twitter followers' began appearing on the social media network early Saturday morning.

The 28-year-old certainly turned heads with her  wild set of dreadlocks as she headed to the Ocean's Eight set in the Big Apple.

Charlie Sheen is auctioning off Babe Ruth's 1927 World Series ring and the letter of sale that brought the great slugger from Boston to New York for at least $1million through Lelands.

Lenny Dykstra is making more explosive claims about Charlie Sheen just one day after he alleged the actor claimed to have 'iced' his assistant and was filmed during a gay sex romp.

Kendall Jenner appears to be investing her fortune wisely after snapping up an $8.55 million Beverly Hills mansion, which the 22-year-old now intends to renovate.

He's in an ongoing legal battle. Back in June 2017, an ex-lover sued Charlie Sheen for failing to disclose his HIV diagnosis before they had unprotected sex.

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

His catchphrase 'winning' became infamous all around the world in 2011.

The 47-year-old newlywed tied the knot with her neighbor-turned-boyfriend Aaron Phypers in Malibu on Saturday after a year of dating

Charlie Sheen is heading to Australia next month for a highly-anticipated speaking tour.

Denise Richards had an eye-opening Thanksgiving story for everyone on Tuesday's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

The 54-year-old actor was initially set to compete on the current season 28 of Dancing With The Stars but walked away from the opportunity according to a Wednesday report from Us Weekly.

Corey Feldman accuses Charlie Sheen of raping his childhood friend Corey Haim when he was 13 in his explosive documentary 'My Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys'.

The actor, 54, was seen for the first time since explosive allegations were made against him in Corey Feldman's new documentary as he stepped out in Malibu on Saturday.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kristen Scott Thomas's Kate hides her character behind a façade of effortless efficiency. Her husband, played by Greg Wise, is headed back to Afghanistan.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Judi Dench (pictured) declared that we could all do with some 'levity' and 'cheering up'. The great dame enters that spirit with a deliciously comic masterclass in comedy Blithe Spirit.

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.

Prompted by debate moderator Megyn Kelly to comment on the claim, Bush said, 'it's not true' - but copped to criticizing Trump's language as 'divisive' in the past.

Bush found himself in the fryer during a speech from the fair's soap box, fending off hostile questions from audience members disillusioned by his older brother's domestic and foreign policies.

Jeb Bush addressed a half-empty rec center whose capacity was just 200 people in Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon just one day after he was caught on his tiptoes at the Republican debate.

Asked by Bloomberg Television how Americans might trust him to keep them safe, the Republican presidential front-runner bristled at the mention of Bush's role as comforter-in-chief after 9/11.

Former Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush had the support of his father and his brother at a Houston rally Sunday night, but donors are increasingly nervous about the campaign.

The days of civility between Floridians Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio may be over, as the former governor and current senator seem poised to do battle over the 2016 GOP presidential race.

While Republicans were sparring at last night's CNBC debate in Boulder, Hillary Clinton lit up Twitter by posting a GIF of her brushing her shoulder off during last week's Benghazi hearing.

Jeb Bush's top fundraiser in the state he once governed has ditched his campaign in an apparent disagreement over his attacks on fellow Floridian and rival Marco Rubio.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush took aim at the Obama administration in separate national TV interviews Wednesday, slamming the president for an ineffective fight against ISIS

Herman Cain, who had his 15 minutes of political fame back in 2012, is coming out of the woodwork to spread the word about Donald Trump. Cain will speak at Trump's rally tonight in Georgia.

Jeb Bush likes running for president from behind. Talking to John Dickerson yesterday on Face the Nation, the former frontrunner said he didn't care much for the honor that Trump currently holds.