Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has picked Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar as the toughest bowler he has faced in his illustrious international career.
In an interview with Harish Kotian, England's Chris Tremlett admits his frustration on missing the action in the Trent Bridge Test because of injury and also throws light on how England have become one of the top sides in Test cricket.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad was ruled out of the World Cup on Tuesday with a side strain.
England finished day two on 111-2 and trail New Zealand by 267 runs in the first innings of the first Test after Devon Conway's double ton took the game away from the home side on Thursday.
England recalled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar for the Ashes series in Australia in their 16-man squad named on Thursday.
# Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen were associated in a partnership of 162 -- England's highest for the third wicket against India at Trent Bridge.
England's saviour with the bat after a top-order collapse, pacer Stuart Broad says he managed his rescue act by counter-attacking the rampaging Indian bowlers on the opening day of the ongoing second Test in Nottingham.
England required nine further wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series against world number one side India at the close of the penultimate day of the first Test at Lord's on Sunday. After wicketkeeper Matt Prior had completed his sixth Test century India, set 458 to win, were 80 for one with a maximum 98 overs to be bowled on Monday's final day.
England speedster Stuart Broad feels that Duncan Fletcher's presence in the Indian dressing room will have little significance in the outcome of the Test series that starts at the Lord's on Thursday.
Sri Lankan paceman Dushmantha Chameera will return home from England with a lower back injury, his country's cricket board announced on Tuesday, compounding the team's woes on the tour.
England's James Anderson is the first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
With Australia wobbling at 76 for four on day two, Smith dragged his side back from the brink over eight-and-a-half hours of gut-busting graft and strode off the Gabba after tea on day three with an unbeaten 141 from 326 balls.
Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara gave a batting masterclass in the shortest version of the game to lead Sri Lanka to an emphatic nine-wicket win over England in a one-off Twenty20 international in Bristol on Saturday.
England face a tricky selection dilemma ahead of Thursday's third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl.
England coach Andy Flower is not too keen to see his players take part in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, citing that the T20 meet has already added to the busy international schedule of his cricketers.
Shane Watson has rated South African paceman Dale Steynand England seamer Stuart Broad as the toughest bowlers he faced in his Test career.
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.
Panesar also expects the ICC to prepare a neutral wicket and not a green top as the WTC is supposed to be a good advert for the five-day game.
Towering England seamer Chris Tremlett was pleased to belie his 'gentle giant' reputation with a fiery three-wicket haul that took the wind out of Australian sails on day one of the third Ashes Test on Thursday.
Pat Cummins took a five-wicket haul in a dream start to his Australia captaincy as England were skittled for 147 by tea at the Gabba before rain brought the opening day of the Ashes to an early close.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow put England on course for a ground-breaking run chase against India despite Jasprit Bumrah's brilliance on day four of the rescheduled fifth Test, setting up a fitting series finale in Birmingham on Monday.
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With 794 points, pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the top-ranked Indian bowler at sixth place, while Kohli was the top-ranked batsmen.
England paceman James Anderson celebrated his 33rd birthday in style.
Tendulkar also felt that Leach doesn't vary his pace a lot which will be required on tracks offer turn.
Archer has been on the receiving end of racist abuse in the past, notably during the second Test defeat by New Zealand last year.
England cricket selectors have super-sized their fast bowling attack for the coming Ashes tour, recalling giant Chris Tremlett for the five-Test series starting on November 25 in Brisbane.
Returning all-rounder Stuart Broad grabbed five wickets to spare England's blushes as they edged to a 16-run win over perennial whipping boys Canada in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday.
Kevin Pietersen's test future may be in doubt but the mercurial batsman was hailed as a "million pound asset" when named in England's provisional 30-member squad for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Stuart Broad and Jonathan Trott's eighth wicket partnership lasted for 95.4 overs in which these two batsmen added 332 runs, constituting the highest eighth wicket partnership in Test cricket.
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 made a bright start to their second Test against Pakistan at Headingley on Friday, after being hammered at Lord's last week, with Stuart Broad taking two early wickets and the visitors reduced to 68-4 at lunchtime.
England cricketers have been warned not to hurl the ball close to batsmen after pacer Stuart Broad was fined 50 per cent of his match fees during the third day's play in the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday for hurling the ball at Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider.
After the 0-5 whitewash against India, a resilient England, would look to salvage some pride when they take on the hosts in the one-off Twenty20 match, in Kolkata, on Saturday, stand-in skipper Graeme Swann said.
'It must be a nightmare for the selectors, but should you have your best side for that first India Test? If the next Test after this series was Brisbane in the Ashes, would we send our best side? So why when it's the first Test against India, one of the great sides, aren't we sending our best team?'
Injured pace bowler Stuart Broad has been named in England's preliminary 30-man squad for next year's World Cup in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
England need two more wickets on the final day to keep their all-winning record in Tests against Bangladesh intact with the hosts 33 runs away from a famous victory in the closely-contested opening match at Chittagong.
South Africa batsman AB de Villiers kept the ball-tampering controversy simmering after the fourth day of the third Test against England on Wednesday.
South Africa raised concerns about the condition of the ball during the third day of the third Test against England on Tuesday. Television pictures showed England bowler Stuart Broad stopping the ball with his foot and the issue was brought to the attention of match referee Roshan Mahanama.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad was "devastated" after being ruled out on Tuesday of the rest of the Ashes series against Australia with a torn abdominal muscle.
