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.
Australia will miss captain George Bailey in the One-dayer against England on Friday but their focus will be to seal a place in the ODI tri-series final.
England fast bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the remainder of the three-day warm-up match against India A with a right thigh strain, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
The second Twenty20 international between World champions England and South Africa in Manchester on Monday was abandoned due to persistent rain. The match was reduced to nine overs per side and South Africa were led by a spectacular 47 not out from Hashim Amla as they notched up 77 for five wickets.
England pace bowler Jake Ball has sent an injury scare through his team in their Ashes run-up after injuring his ankle.
Alviro Petersen punished England for dropping him early on by scoring his fourth Test century as South Africa reached 262 for five at the close of the first day of the second Test on Thursday.
England pace bowler Graham Onions may be ruled out of the opening match of the three-Test series against South Africa starting at the Oval on Thursday after a hamstring strain forced him to miss training on Wednesday.
Former captain Paul Collingwood and wicketkeeper Matt Prior have been dropped from England's squads for upcoming one-day and Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter and all-rounder Samit Patel have been recalled for both squads while fast bowler Steven Finn is also a surprise selection.
Images from the third one-dayer between India and England at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Saturday.
Fast bowler Steven Finn says it would be a big mistake to write off England just yet in the ODI series, despite India leading 2-0.
Jonny Bairstow and Steven Finn inspired England to a 38-run victory over Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday to level the three-match series of Twenty20 internationals at 1-1.
Alastair Cook scored his second successive century and Steven Finn bagged four wickets as England beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second ODI in Abu Dhabi.
Alastair Cook scored his second successive century and Steven Finn bagged four wickets as England beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second ODI in Abu Dhabi.
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.
The England cricket team would look to keep their slate clean when they play Hyderabad XI in the second and final warm up match on Tuesday ahead of their first ODI against India on October 14.
England pacer Steven Finn produced a sensational hat-trick to help England register a 56-run victory over Hyderabad XI in their first warm-up game in Hyderabad on Saturday ahead of their five-match ODI series against India.
Paceman Steven Finn's five-wicket haul put England on the brink of a 2-1 Ashes series lead over Australia on Thursday with the tourists facing a desperate battle to avoid a humiliating third Test defeat.
England recalled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar for the Ashes series in Australia in their 16-man squad named on Thursday.
Australian batsman David Warner has branded England 'stupid' for keeping their secret weapon for the Ashes, fast bowler Steven Finn, under wraps during the five-match ODI series between the two sides.
The England selectors included fit-again pacer Tim Bresnan in the squad of 12 for the first Test against India starting at the Lord's from July 21.
England face a tricky selection dilemma ahead of Thursday's third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl.
England are poised to field the tallest ever pace trio in the second test against Sri Lanka at Lord's starting on Friday against a side who showed a woeful inability to deal with the short-pitched ball in Cardiff.
Spinner Zafar Ansari will make his England Test debut in the second and final match against Bangladesh while Stuart Broad is rested as Alastair Cook rotates his side ahead of the tour to India.
Rain and bad light frustrated England on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Lord's on Saturday despite some high class fast bowling from Steven Finn.
England have named uncapped Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20, to be staged in India next month, but there was no dramatic recall for Kevin Pietersen.
England included five uncapped players in their provisional 30-man squad for the World Twenty20 to be staged in the Caribbean from April 30 this year, announced on Monday.
Stuart Broad was in an unfamiliar territory when he picked up another pair of whites as he cooked up a treat alongside fellow cricketers at the historic Lord's cricket ground - in the name of charity.
His decision to bat first backfired as India were dismissed for a paltry 153 against England and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni put the blame on his batsmen for their nine-wicket loss in their second ODI of the tri-series in Brisbane.
Let's see how much you remember of that amazing innings by Brendon McCullum's amazing innings of 77 from 25 balls against England.
England picked up three early wickets as Sri Lanka struggled to 218 for six at lunch on the third day of the third and final Test at Lord's on Saturday.
James Taylor's patient century laid the platform for England to beat Australia by 93 runs in the third One-Day International at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Tuesday, leaving the touring side 2-1 up in the series.
England have rested Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann for the five-match One-Day International series against Australia next month.
Uncapped Test duo Simon Kerrigan and Chris Woakes have been named in England's 14-man squad for the fifth and final Ashes contest against Australia, starting at The Oval on Wednesday.
England's Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against Pakistan at The Oval due to a calf injury but the all-rounder refused to write off his chances of playing in the subsequent limited overs matches against the same opponents.
England pacemen Jake Ball and Steve Finn have been left out of the revised squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting on Friday, captain Alastair Cook said on Thursday.
Handicapped by the absence of key strike bowler Dale Steyn, South Africa will need to dig deep into their reserves if they are to beat England in the third Test and bring parity to the series.
Fearing that a number of senior players may opt out of the Test series in case England actually embarks on the tour of India, ECB has decided to keep three rookie bowlers on stand-by. According to a report in the Daily Mail, the untried Middlesex trio of Tim Murtagh, Alan Richardson and Steven Finn would be part of the England team which is scheduled to fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday to join the camp before the two-Test series against India.
England's Steven Finn took three wickets as South Africa, chasing an unlikely 416 for victory, struggled to 136 for four on the fourth day of the first Test.
Saurabh Tiwary scored an unbeaten 98 as India rallied from the loss of three early wickets to win their final warm-up match by six wickets.
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