Three rained out games and more feared. The ongoing World Cup does seem a bit under the weather, but the International Cricket Council says there's hardly anything it can do to deal with the "extremely unseasonable" cloud cover in the United Kingdom right now.
The 2-0 series triumph over New Zealand has propelled England to the third spot in the ICC Test Rankings, just one point behind second-placed India. Sunday's win in Nottingham, coupled with the victory at Old Trafford and the draw at Lord's means England rises above South Africa in the Test Championship table into third position.
Yorkshire clinched their first English County Championship title in 13 years after demolishing Nottinghamshire by an innings and 152 runs at Trent Bridge on Friday.
Umpires Simon Taufel and Ian Howell will carry out an inspection of the ground at 1245 local time (1715 IST) before deciding when play can begin.
England captain Michael Vaughan does not believe the memory of his most prolific home series, against India in 2002, will have any bearing when the teams open their three-Test series at Lord's on Thursday.
The 91-year-old British monarch sat in the front row with fashion royalty.
An England record opening partnership of 256 between Alex Hales and Jason Roy led their side to a crushing 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international.
Fulham's abject season reached a new low as third-tier Sheffield United snatched a last-gasp winner in extra time to dump the Premier League side out of the FA Cup 1-0 in a fourth round replay on Tuesday.
The unusual act of sportsmanship came about after the original tie between the clubs last month was abandoned at halftime when Leicester player Clive Clarke suffered a heart attack.
India are a flexible side with enough ammunition in their arsenal going into the World Cup, says head coach Ravi Shastri, making it clear that combinations would depend on conditions.
Rohit Sharma scored his third T20I hundred as India chased down 199 with seven wickets in hand to pocket the three-match series 2-1.
The Pakistani said he was looking forward to repeat the performance at the US Open later this month.
The Indo-Pak pair beat Michel Kratochvil and Gilles Muller 7-6 (8), 6-3 to win the Segovia Challenger.
Coach Darren Lehmann voiced concern about Australia's batting lineup after a catastrophic display in which the hosts were bowled out for 85 by South Africa on the first day of the second Test in Hobart on Saturday.
Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct in the second Test against England at Trent Bridge.
India produced a strong batting performance to post a healthy score of 254 for 3 at close on day two of the second Test.
The left-arm pacer claimed three wickets for 50 runs as India reduced England to 169 for 7 by close of the day in the second Test.
After a delay of over four hours because of a wet outfield umpires the umpires declared that play will commence at 1500 local time (1730 IST).
Top seed Qureshi was leading 4-3 in the first set when the sixth seeded Indian withdrew because of a stomach ailment.
Yuvraj Singh has been named in India's 12 for the second Test as Sourav Ganguly is down with a sore back.
The Indo-Pakistan pair set up a second successive quarter-final meeting at the Challenger tournament in Nottingham.
Prakash Amritraj overwhelmed French sixth seed Nicolas Tourte in the first round of the US $50,000 Challenger Series tournament.
The pacer is still to recover fully from a back injury ahead of the Nottingham Test on Friday.
Former captain Kevin Pietersen criticised England's top-order batsmen for being too passive and has called for the inclusion of Jason Roy and Dawid Malan in next week's third Test against South Africa.
France's Arnaud Clement beat Jonas Bjorkman indoors at the Nottingham Open for his second successive victory over a previous tournament winner, having earlier disposed of defending champion Richard Gasquet.
The fourth seeds were beaten by British wildcards Joshua Goodall and Ross Hutchins in the first round of the Nottingham Open.
Bournemouth are in pole position in the race to be promoted to the Premier League after a 3-0 victory over fellow contenders Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Kohli's much-hyped stint at Surrey was eventually ruled out after he suffered a neck injury.
Stuart Binny and Cheteshwar Pujara led the way with fluent half centuries as India ended day two of their three-day tour game versus Derbyshire at 341/6, enjoying a useful day of batting practice before the first Test begins at Nottingham on July 9.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will resume their partnership at the US $416,000 ATP Mumbai Open, at the Cricket Club of India from September 24 to 30.
The hosts struggled to break down Arsene Wenger's side despite enjoying the majority of possession and will feel hard done by after crafting the best of the game's few openings in a lively game at Stamford Bridge.
India captain Virat Kohli is happy with his bowlers' performance but asked his batsmen to replicate their home form when they travel to Australia next month.
The Indian left-arm seamer who played a lead role in India's victory over England in the second Test rose seven places to 12 in the latest Test bowling rankings.
Michel Kratochvil beat him in the USD 125,000 ATP Challenger Series in Segovia, Spain.
'Zaheer was brilliant. We need players who can come ahead and play like him,' said India's captain after the seven-wicket victory over England in the second Test.
India beat England by seven wickets in the second Test to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
India, needing 73 runs to win the second Test against England, were 10 for no loss at close on the penultimate day.
England were 43-0 in their second innings after dismissing India for 481 on Day 3 of the second Test.
The England spinner stressed that even though Sachin Tendulkar's batting prowess has faded a bit in the last few years, he still has a lot to offer to Indian cricket.
The Indian sensation scored a second successive upset, disposing off the fourth seeded Swiss ace at the Bank of the West of Classic.
