Ed Smith

Sky Sports commentator admits 'lifestyle' is a factor as he weighs up high-profile vacancy

Yes, they need to have a large group of players to draw on, but why make as many changes as they currently are making?

Refusal to massage senior players' egos was unpopular but necessary

Chris Silverwood assumes responsibility with Joe Root and Eoin Morgan alongside him

Test captain attaining greatness, says selector, but white-ball results not suffering from absence

England will not fare well on their future tours of India, Sri Lanka and Australia if they continue picking a keeper for his batting skills

Both players set to be named in white-ball squad in coming days

Smith hints at route back for Jonny Bairstow in Sunday Times interview

Jason Roy also absent for birth of child, meaning recalls for Sam Billings and Dawid Malan

Ed Smith said Jofra Archer had not been considered for selection for the Caribbean tour because he is currently ineligible

With the selections for his first England touring squad, Ed Smith has given the Test team options galore in their attempts to finally win away

Why England ought to play him in the fourth Test, bring in Moeen Ali, and bring back Sam Curran

National selector clarifies reasons for dropping batsman who seemed to have found his game during tough Ashes tour

The England national selector justified the legspinner's selection, despite his unavailability for Yorkshire in red-ball cricket, explaining that he had full support from fellow selectors and Test captain Joe Root

Ed Smith, the former Kent captain turned journalist, has been named as the new National Selector

Smith is understood to have been preferred from a shortlist that also included Andy Flower, Derek Pringle, Mike Selvey and one of the current selectors, Mick Newell

Nasser Hussain and Rahul Dravid, former England and India captains, have called for the restoration of the Champions Trophy and the severe restriction of bilateral limited-overs series to reinvigorate Test cricket

Ed Smith has ended months of speculation by announcing his retirement from first-class cricket

Old Middlesex alumnus Angus Fraser will have plenty on his plate when he takes over as head of operations at the club soon