NASSER HUSSAIN: I was fortunate enough to be there at the start of Jimmy Anderson's England career. And it will be an absolute pleasure to hopefully be there and watch him at the end.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: It says everything about the esteem in which Jimmy Anderson is held that Brendon McCullum took a round trip of over 20,000 miles to tell him his Test career was nearing its end.
LAWRENCE BOOTH AND RICHARD GIBSON: Anderson (left), who picked up his 700th Test wicket in India, will be 43 by the time England travel to Australia in 2025-26 for the Ashes.
Ahead of their County Championship match against Kent, their first game since Baker passed away, both sides held a minute's silence which was followed by a minute's applause.
Baker was found dead in his apartment by a friend after he didn't turn up for the start of play on the third day of Worcestershire's match against Somerset.
Saqib Mahmood is set to end a year on the sidelines on Friday by lining up for Lancashire in the County Championship fixture against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
Nathan Lyon has fired an early salvo ahead of the 2025-26 Ashes by claiming his team would have beaten England 4-0 last summer had he not torn a calf muscle during the second Test at Lord's.
Baker, who played 47 times for his county after turning pro in 2021, was taking part in a second team game in his home county when he died, with the match abandoned and ruled a draw.
The three-part series will centre mostly around Australia's explosive tour of England, in which the tourists successfully defended the Ashes , albeit in rather controversial fashion.
Disgraced former Australian cricket great Michael Slater has had his name removed from the monument at an oval named after him in his childhood home of Wagga Wagga.
Adelaide livewire Jake Fraser-McGurk has continued to make Australian selectors look foolish, beating some of the biggest names in the sport to set another record in the IPL overnight.
The victim, named as Shaurya Kalidas Khandve by news.com.au, passed away after leaving the Jagad Guru Sports Academy in Pune, India , earlier this month.
Australia have placed the trust in their long-term players for next month's tournament, with Steve Smith one of the few experienced campaigners overlooked.
Jake Fraser-McGurk's swashbuckling efforts in the IPL were not enough to book him a ticket to the T20 World Cup later this year, but the young star has shown great maturity in accepting that decision
LAWRENCE BOOTH: The ICC have played down fears of a terrorist threat to the T20 World Cup following reports Islamic State encouraged attacks on the tournament in the USA and the West Indies.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: A week after hitting 119 against Derbyshire, he eased his way to 156 from just 165 balls, putting on 265 with 22-year-old opener Finlay Bean, who fell for a career-best 173.
Jofra Archer continued his preparations for next month's T20 World Cup with a match-winning all-round performance at the weekend to help Barbados club side Wildey through to their domestic T20 final.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Lewis (pictured) first came across the software, produced by London-based firm PSi, while working for UP Warriorz at the T20 Women's Premier League in India
A day after Baker's passing, a video of an interview with the spinner (pictured) on the back of signing a new contract and returning from injury last summer has emerged online.
The cricket world went into mourning yesterday when the the 20-year-old's club, Worcestershire, revealed he had been found dead in his apartment by a friend after he did not turn up to a game.
The cricket world was left heartbroken yesterday when it was announced that cricket star Josh Baker was found dead at the age of 20. Here is everything you need to know about who he was.
News of Baker's death emerged on Thursday, with a friend finding him dead in his apartment after he didn't show up for the start of play on the third day of his team's match against Somerset.
The cricket world was sent into shock on Thursday when Baker's club revealed the 20-year-old had passed away before tributes began to flow in for the talented left-arm spinner.
The news broke during the MCC's annual general meeting at Lord's on Wednesday afternoon, with reports claiming that probe relates to 'money that has gone missing'.
Cricket is in mourning after the death of Worcestershire spinner Josh Baker a fortnight before his 21st birthday. Baker was playing for his county's second XI as recently as Wednesday.
Mitch Marsh has been appointed as Australia's captain ahead of the T20 World Cup next month. But two players - including one Aussie cricket great - have been overlooked in a pair of shocking snubs.
NASSER HUSSAIN: We're used to seeing cricketers on the field, but what we don't get to see are the ups and down off the pitch - the X-rays, the operations, the rehab, the mental stresses.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Six-hitting has gone through the roof at the IPL, with players emboldened by the impact sub rule which allows teams to lengthen their batting line-up.