Australia captain Ricky Ponting expressed surprise Saturday at the heckling he received from the Lord's crowd during the second Ashes Test. Ponting was jeered after he queried the umpires' decision not to refer a low catch taken by England captain Andrew Strauss in Australia's second innings.
England skipper Andrew Strauss said they were not sure of Kevin Pietersen's participation in the next week's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day's play in the first Test between India and England.
England reached 311 for six in their second innings on the third day of the second Test on Saturday to put themselves in a splendid position to win their first Ashes test at Lord's for 75 years. When rain ended play, England held an overall lead of 521 after captain Andrew Strauss had decided against enforcing the follow-on. Australia were dismissed for 215 in the morning session in reply to the hosts' 425.
Statistical highlights on the third day of the first Test between India and England in Chennai on Saturday.
First-innings centurion Andrew Strauss struck another half-century to help England regain the ascendancy in the first Test against India in Chennai on Saturday. England were 172 for three at the close on the third day to take their overall lead to 247 with seven wickets remaining.
Iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday announced an association with Middlesex Cricket to launch Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy (TMGA).
England pace bowler Graham Onions celebrated his Test debut with five for 38 as the West Indies were dismissed for 152 in reply to England's 377 all out on Day 2 of the first Test. After Andrew Strauss enforced the follow-on, West Indies were 39 for two in their second innings, still trailing by 186, when bad light stopped play.
Paul Collingwood wants to captain England at this year's Twenty20 World Cup even though he is not considered good enough for a starting place in his Indian Premier League (IPL) team.
England captain Andrew Strauss voluntarily stepped aside as skipper for the Twenty20 World Cup because his form in the shortest form of the game did not guarantee him a place in the side, he said on Tuesday. Strauss was omitted on Monday from a provisional 30-man squad for the tournament to be staged in England from June 5-21. The squad will be trimmed to 15 on May 1.
England romped to a nine-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international against West Indies on Sunday thanks to a belligerent innings from skipper Andrew Strauss. In a rain-affected match, England were set a revised target of 135 to win in 20 overs and they were always ahead of the run rate with Strauss finishing undefeated on 79.
Captain Andrew Strauss backed Andy Flower to become England's full-time coach on Thursday. Flower is standing in as coach during the five-match one day series in West Indies and Strauss said he has struck up a good relationship with the former Zimbabwe captain.
Recalled England fast bowler Steve Harmison took two wickets in two balls and James Anderson captured three to help dismiss South Africa for 194 on Kevin Pietersen's first outing as Test captain on Thursday.
England captain Andrew Strauss and his team did all they could do pull off a series-saving victory over West Indies on Tuesday but had to watch as the Wisden Trophy was handed to their rivals for the first time in 11 years. The 1-0 defeat in the series came down to a batting collapse for 51 that resulted in an innings and 23 run defeat in the first Test in Jamaica.
Captain Andrew Strauss struck his third century of the series to lift England to 258 for two on the first day of the fifth and final Test against West Indies on Friday.
AB de Villiers' sixth Test century put South Africa on the verge of winning the second Test at Headingley after England ended the third day 269 runs behind the visitors on Sunday.
England captain Andrew Strauss, in charge of his first tour, is learning the lessons of captaincy the hard way after suffering two hard-to-take results against West Indies in his opening Tests.
England head into the final day of the third Test against West Indies seven wickets away from a victory that would tie the five-game series at 1-1. England captain Andrew Strauss set West Indies a mammoth target of 503 to win after declaring at 221 for eight at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Wednesday and then picked up three wickets as the hosts reached 143-3 at the close.
Graeme Swann became the first England off-spinner in 10 years to take five wickets in a Test innings as England took command of the third Test by bowling out the hosts for 285 on the third day .
England all-rounder Chirs Jordan is set to replace the injured Mitchell Starc at Royal Challengers Bangalore for the rest of the IPL season, according to reports. Jordan, who featured in England's World T20 final loss earlier this month, will leave county club Sussex immediately to link up with RCB. The right-arm quick played in all six of England's World T20 matches, taking five wickets and was impressive with his yorkers in the death overs. Jordan's inclusion in the IPL was welcomed by England's director of cricket, Andrew Strauss.
Andrew Strauss's first game in full-time charge of England began in the worst imaginable manner, a shock defeat by West Indies by an innings and 23 runs in Kingston on Saturday leaving the captain disconsolate. England's batting wilted to 51 all out in the Sabina Park heat against outstanding pace bowling from the five-wicket Jerome Taylor, leaving the tourists 1-0 down after the first of four Tests.
England have named a provisional 30-man squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff flew to Jamaica on Monday for a scan after picking up a side strain in England's opening warm-up game against an invitational team from St Kitts & Nevis. Flintoff pulled out of the match on Sunday and was replaced by Stuart Broad.
Kevin Pietersen smacked a century in his first appearance for England since resigning the captaincy in the opening match of the West Indies tour on Sunday. Pietersen, who quit as captain earlier this month after a disagreement over the coaching of the team, hit 103 from 107 balls as England reached 424 for eight at stumps on day one of the three-day tour match against a St Kitts XI at Warner Park.
England cricketers will consider boycotting matches against Zimbabwe next year if President Robert Mugabe is still in power, batsman Andrew Strauss said on Tuesday.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan, the man in the centre of a storm that apparently cost two persons their job, says he wants to train for quite a few month with his county side before staking a claim to the national side.
Kevin Pietersen said he wants to captain England again despite resigning this week after a fall-out with coach Peter Moores.
Himself no dud with the bat as his tons in both the innings will suggest, an awestruck England opener Andrew Strauss on Sunday doffed his hat at Virender Sehwag and said the swashbuckling Indian plays a different game altogether.
Statistical highlights on the fourth day of the first Test between India and England inj Chennai on Sunday.
A stunning fifty by Virender Sehwag set up India's confident chase of 387 in the first Test after twin hundreds enabled England put up a challenging target. At stumps on day four in Chennai on Sunday, India were strongly placed at 131 for one with opener Gautam Gambhir on a gritty 41 along with Rahul Dravid (2). They still need 256 for victory.
England opener Andrew Strauss became only the seventh opening batsman to score a hundred and a fifty in the same match against India in India.
England lost four wickets in the final session and ended Day 1 in the first Test on 229 for 5. Andrew Strauss hit a composed 123 and notched his 13the Test century in the process.
Ashes debutant Joe Denly confirmed that Joe Root had phoned him this week and said he wants to bat at three, dropping Denly to fourth man in.
"His ankle is still sore," new coach Peter Moores said.
Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first Test as England captain with a consolation six-wicket victory over South Africa in the fourth and final Test on Monday.
Flintoff was chosen as captain for the series ahead of Andrew Strauss with regular skipper Michael Vaughan ruled out due to injury.
Rain ruined the third day of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday with only 8.5 overs possible during a frustrating day for players and spectators. In that period, a 40-minute session before lunch, England took their overnight score of 68 for no wicket to 89 without loss in reply to New Zealand's first innings 277.
England lost three quick wickets in the last hour to slump to 53 for three in reply to Australia's 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Friday.
England scored a face-saving three-wicket victory in their concluding match of the Champions Trophy.
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.
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