Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been reinstated as Australia's vice captain as selectors look to add some experience to their side ahead of the first of back-to-back Ashes series against England.
Alastair Cook has said England were not intimidated by Australia's invincibility at the Gabba and were looking for a big first innings total to set up a breakthrough win at the Brisbane ground.
Ian Bell stroked an unbeaten century as England amassed an impressive 357 for seven at the end of the first day of their match against a New Zealand XI in Queenstown on Wednesday.
England qualified the Super League semi-finals with a workmanlike six wicket victory over Zimbabwe.
Less than a week after England sealed a 3-0 Ashes win, Australians are turning their attention to the return visit of Alastair Cook's side by painting fast bowler Stuart Broad as a cartoon villain.
Australia chiselled out four key England wickets to take control of the fifth and final Ashes Test on an absorbing third day at the Oval on Friday.
Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England in London, on Thursday.
Captain Alastair Cook will not let England rest on their laurels after snatching victory from the jaws of defeat in the fourth test and he wants to end the Ashes series in style next week.
Alastair Cook, named man of the series, amassed over 500 runs in the four Tests, while Graeme Swann and Pragyan Ojha took 20 wickets each. Check out who were the archietects of the tourists' triumph, and those responsible for India's poor showing in Rajneesh Gupta's statistical analysis below.
Images from Day 1 of the 4th Test between India and England, at the VCA stadium, in Nagpur, on Thursday.
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Images from Day 4 of the 5th and final Ashes Test between Australia and England at the SCG in Sydney on Sunday
Pragyan Ojha struck twice in the second session to help India take the upper-hand after England batted resolutely in reply to India's first innings total of 327 on the second afternoon of the second Test on Saturday.
Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first Test as England captain with a consolation six-wicket victory over South Africa in the fourth and final Test on Monday.
Anant Arora, CEO Bharti Airtel, Gujarat, and India and England captains M S Dhoni and Alastair Cook unveil the trophy for the Airtel India-England Test series.
Former captain Alec Stewart predicted a comfortable Test series win for India against England in the upcoming series, and added that Alastair Cook's men would have to play remarkably well even to draw the series.
Australia must show a bit of "mongrel" and gel as a team if they are to lift the Ashes against England, former captain Steve Waugh has said.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has suffered a bruised left heel and his progress will be observed over the next couple of days, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Monday.
With the limited-overs' cricket season set to start, all eight leading One-day sides are eyeing the ICC ODI Championship table. The battle for the coveted No 1 position remains tight, with World champions India in third position, just one rating point behind South Africa.
Kevin Pietersen is likely to come out with all guns blazing when he returns to the England squad for next month's Test series in India, former team mate Andrew Flintoff said on Friday.
The England selectors today announced that Kevin Pietersen has been added to the Test squad for the forthcoming tour of India.
England produced a disciplined all-round display to register a narrow 10-run victory over New Zealand in their crucial rain-curtailed Group A match and advance to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff, on Sunday.
Images from the Champions Trophy match played between Australia and England in Birmingham on Saturday.
Martin Guptill's fluent unbeaten 103 led New Zealand to a comfortable five-wicket victory over England in the first one-day international at Lord's on Friday.
New Zealand were 68 for three at tea on the fourth day, chasing 468 to win the second and final test against England at Headingley on Monday.
The New Zealand pace attack bowled with great discipline as England crawled to 160 for four on a tense and absorbing opening day of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.
Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott shared a second-wicket partnership of 141 to lift England to a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth One-day International at Lord's on Sunday.
Meticulous preparation, thorough professionalism and unprecedented fitness levels underpinned England's 3-1 Ashes triumph in Australia.
A galvanised New Zealand head to Britain on Monday determined to finish off a job they came so close to completing in a thrilling climax to their drawn test series against Alastair Cook's England at home last month.
Alviro Petersen scored 182, his highest in a Test match, to steer South Africa to a commanding 419 all out on day two of the second Test at Headingley on Friday. England safely reached 48 without loss when bad light and rain ended play with 22 overs still to be bowled.
Diwali celebrations came a day early for India, as they completed a 5-0 whitewash of England with a crushing 95-run victory in the fifth and final One-day International in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Trent Boult grabbed two wickets as New Zealand reduced England to 50 for two and seized the advantage at the end of the second day of the deciding third Test at Eden Park on Saturday.
Peter Fulton scored his maiden Test century as he anchored New Zealand to an impressive 250 for one at the close of play on the first day of the series-deciding third Test against England at Eden Park on Friday.
Ravi Bopara's flamboyant unbeaten 52 steered England to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Australia in the reduced-overs fifth and final One-day International in Manchester on Tuesday.
An Alastair Cook ton and tropical downpour rescued England for a draw in the third Test against Sri Lanka.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 10 (Reuters) - England's batsmen showed the resilience they had been lacking in their first innings to battle to a draw in the first of three tests against New Zealand at University Oval on Sunday.
Joe Root's unbeaten half-century helped stuttering England reach 182 for three at the close on the second day of the second Test on Friday after Pakistan's seam and spin attack ran through the tourists' top order.
Eoin Morgan and Joe Root ensured England completed a comfortable five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third and final One Day International match at EdenPark in Auckland on Saturday to wrap up the series.
Pacer Mitchell Starc feels that since Indian batsmen play spin well and Australia's strength is their pace attack, they should "try to maximise" their strengths.
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