The appointment came after Vaughan was ruled out by a hamstring tear that threatens to prematurely end his Australia tour.
England spinner Ashley Giles will have a groin operation on Tuesday
Dimitri Mascarenhas was drafted into England's Twenty20 World Cup squad in place of injured Ryan Sidebottom.
India will tour England in 2011 to play four Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 international, England and Wales Cricket Board said on Sunday.
Wright was called up for Wednesday's sixth match at The Oval and Saturday's finale at Lord's because of injuries to Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Tremlett, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Monday.
England and Indian cricket board chiefs are in the running to succeed South Africa's Percy Sonn as president of the ICC.
The England opener has suffered a recurrence of the stress-related illness which led to him returning home from England's tour of India.
Allan Donald will stay on as a consultant to England's fast-bowling programme until the end of the Twenty/20 World Championship in his native South Africa in September.
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman David Morgan is set to take over as next president of the International Cricket Council in 2008, according to BBC.
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England cricketer Ben Stokes can be selected for next month's tour of New Zealand after being charged with affray this week, the England and Wales cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
The England all-rounder's participation in the July and August three-Test series against India is doubtful.
Opening batsman Andrew Strauss will lead England in the first test against West Indies at Lord's starting on Thursday in the absence of injured captain Michael Vaughan.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has objected to Ireland holding the India-South Africa series on the dates clashing with England's matches against the touring West Indies on two occasions.
The England fast bowler will miss the one-day series starting next week against Pakistan through injury.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to make its biggest investment in women's cricket by pumping three million pounds to launch a six-team super league tournament.
The ECB chief said the financial argument to shift ICC headquartes out of London had become irresistible.
The England captain is doubtful for the second Test against Pakistan after experiencing further problems with his injured left ankle.
Zimbabwe's government has turned down applications by British media organisations to cover England's cricket tour.
The Worcestershire batsman has been called for the fourth international against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The two teams will play three Twenty20 Internationals, starting July 3 at Old Trafford, followed by three One-day Internationals and then the five Tests at the Edgbaston, the Lord's, Trent Bridge, the Rose Bowl and The Oval.
There was no place for fast bowler Steve Harmison also, as the ECB included four uncapped players for the three-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting on December 1.
Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has held talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board about coaching the national team, he said on Saturday.
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South African Allan Donald rejected an offer to be England's full-time bowling coach because of family reasons.
England's build-up to their one-day series in Sri Lanka has been hit by a stomach virus sweeping through the squad.
West Indies captain Jason Holder says coming to England for a Test series in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic is neither dictated by money nor a sense of adventurism but the move is a genuine effort to bring back normalcy. West Indies players arrived in the UK on Tuesday for a three-match Test series, starting July 8 at Southampton in a 'bio-secure' environment. It will be cricket's first international engagement since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic halted all sporting action.
Both will play next month's three-match one-day series under new ICC rules introducing substitutions and new fielding regulations.
England have expressed safety concerns about playing in Karachi on the tour which starts in October.
Pace bowler Ryan Sidebottom will miss England's first match of the one-day series against India in Southampton on Tuesday because of injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Monday.
A niggling hit injury forced the England left-arm spinner to call it a day.
Elworthy believes the need for a COVID-replacement will not arise since players will be thoroughly tested before getting into the bio-secure environment.
More than 26,000 tickets for the five Tests will go on general sale from Wednesday.
The England batsman said he would like to succeed Michael Vaughan as one-day captain.
The incoming player, who will be allowed to bat and bowl, must be deemed a "like for like" replacement approved by the match referee.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has written to the five associations who are to stage Test matches between India and England whether they will be able to undertake the expenses of hosting them "as a precautionary measure," BCCI sources said on Wednesday.
England had been in control of the match after two days, scoring 570 for seven before bowling West Indies out for 146 and then reducing them to 22 for two when following on.
Donald, 40, will aid the England team's fast bowling programme on a "short-term consultancy basis", a media release by the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.
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