Tom Maynard

Former Arsenal footballer Tony Adams has revealed that professional cricketers are receiving treatment at his Sporting Chance clinic, in the wake of the inquest into the death of Tom Maynard.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan hopes the increased testing for recreational drugs promised by cricket chiefs following the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard will "frighten" anyone still using them.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pledged to take all "reasonable steps" to stop players using recreational drugs following an inquest into the death of one the game's rising stars on Tuesday.

One of English cricket's rising stars died after being electrocuted on a railway line then struck by a train as he attempted to flee police while on drink and drugs, a coroner's inquest was told Tuesday.

South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith has joined Surrey as their new skipper with "immediate effect", the English county announced on Thursday.

England's Graeme Swann will miss the final two matches in the one-day series against Australia, allowing him to rest his sore bowling arm, national selector Geoff Miller said Thursday.

England Test captain Andrew Strauss was among the mourners at the funeral of Tom Maynard in Cardiff on Wednesday.

Hundreds of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard in his home city of Cardiff on Wednesday.

England named an unchanged squad Monday for their five-match one-day series against Australia starting at Lord's on Friday.

England will rest three frontline bowlers for the third and final one-day international (ODI) against the West Indies at Headingley on Friday.

England one-day captain Alastair Cook said the team had been hit hard by the death of rising star Tom Maynard.

England captain Alastair Cook led his side to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international (ODI) with an impressive hundred at The Oval here on Tuesday.

Dwayne Bravo's 77 rescued West Indies from a collapse in the second one-day international against England at The Oval here on Tuesday after Chris Gayle marked his return with a blistering fifty.

Darren Bravo's 77 rescued West Indies from a collapse in the second one-day international against England at The Oval here on Tuesday after Chris Gayle marked his return with a blistering fifty.

The family of Tom Maynard asked for privacy on Tuesday following the "devastating blow" they'd suffered after the death of one of English cricket's most promising batsmen at the age of just 23.

England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the second one-day international at The Oval here on Tuesday.

Alec Stewart said Tom Maynard may well have gone all the way to the top as English cricket struggled to come to terms with the death of one of its most promising talents at the age of just 23.

Surrey's Tom Maynard, one of England's most promising batsmen, has died at the age of 23, the county said Monday.

England added Warwickshire paceman Chris Woakes to their squad on Monday for the two one-day internationals (ODIs) against the West Indies.

Surrey's Tom Maynard, one of England's most promising batsmen, has died at the age of 23, the county said Monday.