England off-spinner Graeme Swann has had successful surgery on his troublesome right elbow and will now start a rehabilitation programme, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on Thursday.
In an attempt to save his international career, embattled England cricketer Kevin Pietersen is expected to travel the length and breadth of the country to personally meet his team-mates and tender his apology to them.
Following is a factbox on England's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson, who became the first pace bowler to claim 600 victims in the game's longest format.
Piyush Chawla, who took four for 69 in England's first innings feels India can stage a comeback in the fourth Test if Virat Kohli (11) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (8) bat sensibly in the first session on Day 3.
England were 509 for 6 in their first essay, a lead of 193 runs, at close on Day 3 of the third Test.
In reply to India's first innings score of 316, England cruised to 216 for one at close on the second day to take firm control of the third Test match.
India captain Virat Kohli has called for changes to the 'soft-signal' rule for outfield catches after team mate Suryakumar Yadav was controversially dismissed in Thursday's fourth T20 International against England.
So, how did the foreign press react to first day's play at the Motera? Rediff.com brings you a summary of what the English Press felt.
England off spinner Graeme Swann has went passed the tally of Test victims captured by legendary Jim Laker, and has now set his eyes on breaking Laker's record of claiming 19 wickets in a Test match.
England's Jonathan Trott displayed a distinct lack of sportsman spirit when he persisted with his appeal for a catch despite dropping the ball during the first day of the opening Test against India in Ahmedabad.
England skipper Alastair Cook could have been in a tricky situation while going out for the toss for the first Test in Ahmedabad as he forgot to bring his team blazer and somebody had to rush it from home, if off-spinner Graeme Swann is to be believed.
Off spinner Graeme Swann has conceded England batsmen must play spin better than they did against Sri Lanka and Pakistan if they want to win the Test series against India at their home turf.
Australian bowling coach David Saker has compared England paceman James Anderson and spinner Graeme Swann to legendary Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
Bowlers Steven Finn and Stuart Broad were left out of England's final warm-up match on Thursday as the pace duo race against time to be fit for the first test against India starting on November 15.
Off-spinner Graeme Swann is returning home from India to spend time with his sick daughter, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
Graeme Swann might be carrying huge burden of expectations on his shoulders during England's tour of India but the off-spinner has warned that his bowling will not be the lone decisive factor in his team's attempts to improve on its just one Test win in the country since 1985.
Former England team mate Graeme Swann began the backlash against Kevin Pietersen's new book on Monday by labelling it "the biggest work of fiction since Jules Verne".
Top England cricketers are in line for million-dollar deals in the next auction of the Indian Premier League after their side's dominating performance against India in the recent series, according to a report.
Images from Day 2 in the second Test between England and Australia, at Lord's, in London, on Friday.
Former Australian cricketer Ashley Mallet has called teenaged Australian Test debutant Ashton Agar a 'natural born predator', saying his attitude comes from his Sri Lankan heritage.
England spinner Graeme Swann will be rested for the remaining one-day internationals against South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
South Africa replaced England at the top of the world Test rankings on Monday after defeating the home side by 51 runs at Lord's to win their three-Test series 2-0.
South Africa beat England by 51 runs in the third Test at Lord's on Monday to win the series 2-0 and become the world's top-ranked side in place of the hosts.
England will not be weaker as a result of leading batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped for this week's third and final Test against South Africa at Lord's, according to team mates Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan.
The possibility of a timeless Test match to decide the planned world Test championship was laughed off by England and India players on Tuesday.
England fast bowler James Anderson said he felt a huge sense of relief after claiming his 300th Test wicket in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Friday. The 30-year-old had New Zealand opener Peter Fulton caught at second slip by Graeme Swann to become only the fourth Englishman to reach the milestone.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann will miss the remaining two games in the one-day series against Australia in order to rest an elbow injury.
England's bowlers backed up Ian Bell's impressive century to lead the hosts to a 114-run victory over West Indies in the first One-day international in Southampton on Saturday
Stand-in T20 captain Graeme Swann admitted that England played some "abjectly horrible" cricket during the just-concluded ODI series against India and the consolation win in Saturday's one-off Twenty20 match was not enough to heal their wounds.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is planning to ban English cricketers from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook while on national duty.
A double strike by off-spinner Graeme Swann in the penultimate over of the fourth day put England within reach of victory in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.
Sri Lanka held an overall lead of 209 over England with five wickets in hand after 17 wickets fell on the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England on Tuesday. Off-spinner Graeme Swann, who went wicketless in the first innings, grabbed four of the five wickets to fall in the Sri Lankan second innings.
Chasing 291 just to make England bat again, India were dismissed for 283 in their second innings, and lost the fourth Test by an innings an eight runs.
England have put up exceptionally consistent performances to outwit India in the ongoing Test series but spinner Graeme Swann feels the hosts have also been quite lucky to find the visiting side's top batsmen struggling for form.
Declaring himself fit for the third cricket Test against India, England off-spinner Graeme Swann said given the momentum England have, his team is well on course to completing a 4-0 series whitewash against the world number one visiting side.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct by kicking stumps in frustration and dislodging the bails during the second day of the second Test against India.
Rahul Dravid on Saturday went past Australian Ricky Ponting to become the second highest run getter in Test cricket during the historic first Test between India and England at Lord's.
England's Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann were the scourge of Pakistan as they bagged six wickets to reduce the hosts to 256 for 7 on the first day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between Pakistan and England in Dubai.
English spinner Graeme Swann's success in South Africa last season could inspire Harbhajan Singh to achieve greater deeds during India's three-match Test series against the Proteas, feels batsman Ashwell Prince.
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