Steve Harmison and Stuart Broad have been recalled to the England team for the final Test against South Africa starting on Thursday at The Oval.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has rejected England's invitation to play in their version of the Champions League, to be held in Sharjah in October, giving a new twist to the wrangling between the two boards over the Twenty20 event.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will miss the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados starting on Thursday because of a right hip injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. A scan on Friday revealed Flintoff, who was troubled by the injury in the drawn third Test in Antigua this week, has strained a muscle.
BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi said the Twenty20 tournament will be played from September 29 to October 8 at three venues -- Jaipur, New Delhi and Mohali. With England participation in doubt, Pakistan has been convinced to replace them in the tournament, which was originally scheduled to feature top two Twenty20 domestic teams from India, Australia, South Africa and England.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has released statements from Essex coach Paul Grayson and player Tom Westley's that rule out the fact that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria tried to coax them into spot-fixing.
England will host India in three one-dayers next year in the lead-up to the ICC Champions Trophy.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff is hopeful of being fit for England's first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park on Wednesday after missing the final warm-up match with a side strain.
BCCI president Sharad Pawar said English counties -- expected to participate in the Champions League -- are free to include players connected with unofficial ICL in their teams but BCCI would have the last laugh when it comes to a final decision.
Kevin Pietersen had first offered his resignation as captain after last month's drawn second Test against India in Mohali but he was advised to sleep over it before taking a final call, disclosed England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) vice-chairman Dennis Amiss. Amiss said Pietersen is a "marvellous, exciting" player whose future commitment is strongly welcomed.
India have been placed in Group A with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup.
England captain Kevin Pietersen's attempts to get coach Peter Moores axed may result in his own sacking as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is unhappy with both of them for making a public spectacle of their fallout. Pietersen is due to be back in London on Thursday after a holiday in South Africa and he may find himself replaced by Andrew Strauss as England skipper.
A Twenty20 Champions League involving eight teams playing 15 matches will be staged this year either in India or the Middle East, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday.
Alastair Cook stepped down from his role after 59 Tests as England Test captain followed his team's disappointing showing in India recently.
Flintoff, who also had surgery earlier this year, will miss the forthcoming Test series in Sri Lanka and is considered "unlikely" to tour New Zealand.
The four-match series will mark England's first away games in the ICC World Test Championship.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of England's first two Tests against New Zealand after picking up a side strain playing for Lancashire, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. The former captain had been hoping for a recall after a 14-month Test absence despite playing only a few county games after surgery for a persistent ankle problem.
With no match practice at all and the the fact that none in the England squad has played first-class cricket in last four months, former England batsman Mark Butcher warned Kevin Pietersen's team to be prepared for tricky readjustments to a Test mind-set. The England team, who were not released to play for their counties at the end of the summer, have played only limited-overs matches since the final Test against South Africa, four months ago.
England's decision to tour India within a fortnight of the Mumbai mayhem was not driven by their urge to stand by a terror-stricken country but by a business deal, according to media reports in London. Apparently, it took lot of deliberation and persuasion on England and Wales Cricket Board's part to convince Kevin Pietersen and his men to tour India for the two-Test series.
The England cricket team's tour of India for the two-match Test series may have got the go-ahead following a security clearance, but there is still some doubt on whether Mohali will be the venue for the second game.
All the players will be travelling to Chennai in the next 24 hours to play the Test series, the ECB said.
England batsman Paul Collingwood said his team was hoping that it gets a green signal from England and Wales Cricket Board's security delegation to play the first Test in Chennai as the players realised that terror-struck India needed cricket at the moment. Collingwood said the team is awaiting security delegation's decision which will be informed to them on Sunday but there is no pressure on anyone to go to India.
It would be unfair for England selectors to ask any player to make way for the uncapped all-rounder Jofra Archer in the World Cup squad.
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.
Kevin Pietersen and his men should call off their tour of India because the situation there is far from safe, former England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Lord MacLaurin said on Tuesday. MacLaurin said it would be sad if the ECB, which is awaiting a report from its security adviser Reg Dickason, eventually gives its go-ahead for the two-match Test series.
The two-Test series between India and England has been rescheduled and will be played at Chennai (December 11-15) and Mohali (December 19-23), the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Monday. BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said England have agreed to resume their tour of India that was halted after the first five ODIs were completed following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
England will fly home on Friday after the militant attacks in Mumbai, England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Hugh Morris said on Thursday.
A proposal to abolish the pre-match toss deciding which team bats first will be discussed at a meeting of the England and Wales Cricket Board on Thursday.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is doubtful for the fifth one-day international against India in Leeds on Sunday because of fresh concerns over his troublesome left ankle.
India may play five-Test series in England in 2011 and 2015 -- for the first time in more than 50 years -- if the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the BCCI agree on a deal.
England's ODI captain Paul Collingwood wants the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to relax its stance and let the country's top players turn out in the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League. Collingwood came out in support of views expressed by Test captain Michael Vaughan and star batsman Kevin Pietersen who argued there is no reason for England stars to miss out on the Twenty20 extravaganza.
On the same day, England play New Zealand in a T20 in Wellington, their first game in a tri-series also involving Australia.
PCB CEO Wasim Khan insisted that the health and safety of players would be paramount and no player would be forced to go to England.
The ECB chairman will succeed acting ICC president Ray Mali till 2010 after a compromise deal struck with BCCI president Sharad Pawar.
The England all-rounder will not play the Duleep Trophy matches, but will continue his rehabilitation from ankle surgery.
The England all-rounder is unlikely to play before the end of the summer after an arthroscopy on his left ankle.
England appointed Geoff Miller to the newly-created post of national selector and sidelined former chairman of selectors David Graveney. Miller will head up a four-man selection panel which will include head coach Peter Moores, and former Test players Ashley Giles and James Whitaker.
England have appointed former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as assistant to coach Peter Moores.
Uncapped duo Jake Ball and James Vince have been named in England's squad for their home test against Sri Lanka at Headingley on May 19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.
The upcoming Test series between India and England, starting next week, is very much on and there was no threat to the contest due to any financial constraints of the BCCI, an ECB spokesman assured on Thursday. It had been reported that BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke has written a letter to England and Wales Cricket Board, asking the ECB to arrange for the expenses of its players in India since the Indian Board cannot carry out financial transactions.
After being sacked by England, Kevin Pietersen will appear at the World Cup after all, although he will swap his bat for a microphone after being signed up as a BBC radio pundit.
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