The 33-year-old will play his last Test when he faces India in the 5th Test at the Oval on Friday.
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
Injuries to Worcestershire wicketkeeper Steven Davies and his county colleague Kabir Ali has necessitated the England and Wales Cricket Board to make changes in the England Lions Squad to take part in the Duleep Trophy tournament to be held in West Zone centres.
Terminally ill British television reality star Jade Goody died in her sleep in the wee hours on Sunday, her publicist Max Clifford announced.
England bowling coach Chris Silverwood has been named the head coach of the men's team replacing Australia's Trevor Bayliss, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
England opener Alastair Cook has hinted that the upcoming five-match Test series against India could be his last one as captain.
Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has undergone finger surgery and will be sidelined for six weeks, the bowler said on Thursday. Kaneria, who plays for English county Essex, underwent the operation on Wednesday after sustaining the injury against Worcestershire which forced him to return home with one month remaining for the season to end.
Ravi Bopara has replaced Michael Vaughan in the England squad for the fourth and final Test against South Africa, the ECB said on Monday.
England pace spearhead James Anderson is hoping his body can withstand the rigours of the English Test summer before he shifts his focus to the side's defence of the Ashes in Australia later this year.
Former Essex player Ian Pont, who is now engaged in coaching Indian bowlers at the Ultimate Pace Foundation in Bengaluru, tells Manu Shankar/Rediff.com you can never ensure that the spot-fixing episode won't resurface. 'All you can do is deal with it correctly when it happens.'
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori confirmed he would play in the first Test against England at Lord's on Thursday
A pink cricket ball made its competitive debut in England on Wednesday when Hampshire beat Essex in a floodlit Twenty20 fixture. The match, staged at Hampshire's Rose Bowl, was the first time a match between two English counties had used the luminous ball which is being tested by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the traditional guardians of the laws of cricket.
Two Indian-origin people were among four found guilty for masterminding a multi-million pound global conspiracy to sell fake Viagras over the Internet.
'Should the ECB Board receive formal confirmation that Ben Stokes has either been charged or that he will face no charges, they would convene within 48 hours to make a decision on his availability for the team at that stage'
Raising a piquant situation for the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it has come to light that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar had played alongside 'rebel' player Dinesh Mongia for Lashings World XI in two matches in England in June. Tendulkar and Mongia had opened the innings for Lashings World XI against St Bede's School Headmasters XI at the school ground in Essex on June 27.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria denied having told anyone that he would consider playing for England if Pakistan continue to ignore him.
Opener Marcus Trescothick and uncapped duo Mark Pettini and Luke Wright were named on Wednesday in England's 30-man provisional squad for the first world Twenty20 tournament in South Africa this September.
The Sri Lankan paceman was discharged from hospital late on Sunday after striking his head on an advertising hoarding during a one-day match between Essex and Middlesex.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen who has not played since March, owing to knee injury, has confirmed that he will be returning to the team and aim for the Ashes series.
England have named a 15-man squad for next month's one-day series in Sri Lanka, staying loyal to the players who sealed a 4-3 series win over India.
India last won a Test series in England in 2007 under Rahul Dravid, and it will be no easy task ahead of the Virat Kohli-led side to replicate that feat.
The 21-year-old Essex all-rounder, who made his one-day international debut against Australia in the recent series, is the surprise inclusion.
Two non resident Indian owners of a motel in New Jersey, where a fire killed three persons and injured 14 others because the exit doors were allegedly illegally locked, have been indicted on charges of manslaughter.
Young England bastman Alastair Cook is determined to take his game to the next level -- and that could spell bad news for India.
'Because there's a very effective Coast Guard,' says maritime piracy expert Jayant Abhyankar.
Following the incident, all flights at Stansted had to be temporarily grounded, according to British media reports.
Kolpak deals to end; Cricket South Africa's Graeme Smith says they will welcome back any former Kolpak players who are willing to be part of the domestic structures.
While black men are paid less than white men, black and Asian women are paid the least of all.
The two players will join England's injury-hit touring party ahead of the first Test against India.
A village cricketer continued batting despite a heart attack because he stood to score his first half-century of the season.
The English club is waiting to see if he gets picked for India for the ODI series involving Australia and the West Indies in Malaysia.
Director of Bombay Dreams musical dies of lung cancer.
Ganguly scored only 9 for Northants against Essex while the Indian fast bowler went wicketless in his 11-over spell while conceding 33 runs for Worcestershire against Derbyshire.
Amtek Auto is renewing its bid to acquire JL French Automotive Casting's Whitham plant in Essex in the UK, six months after its first abortive attempt.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Mirchi, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, died of a heart attack in London on Wednesday night.
Uncapped Essex batsman Ravi Bopara has been called into the England one-day squad in Australia as a replacement for the injured Kevin Pietersen.
Pakistan's banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has deposited a sum of 28,000 pounds with a commercial high court in London in order to get his appeal against the life ban heard on April 11.
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