England enjoyed a valuable day of batting practice before the third Ashes Test in their drawn tour match against Western Australia on Sunday.
England crashed to an embarrassing 166-run loss to the Australian Prime Minister's XI.
England crawled to 286 for 6 at the close on the third day of the first Test. They trail their hosts by 184 runs with two days to play.
England slipped to 87 for two, in reply to New Zealand's 470 all out, at the close of play on the second day of the first Test.
From the English media to social networking websites, 'devastated' Kevin Pietersen found support from all quarters.
The ace leg spinner scored a maiden hundred as India amassed 664 in their first innings on Day 2 of the third Test against England.
When Kumble dismissed Strauss on Thursday, it was the tenth time he was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals.
Opener Dinesh Karthik hit a blazing half-century in the second innings as the three-match between England Lions and the Indians ended in a draw.
'He had a decision to make and he made his decision and it turned out absolutely fine. England won the Ashes' 'They need to know they are being looked after a lot more so they don't think, 'oh, I'm not really making it in the Test arena, I'll go over to Twenty20'
Pakistan produced a fine bowling performance to restrict England to 248 for six despite a battling 71 from Paul Collingwood on the first day of the third Test on Tuesday.
England beat New Zealand by 14 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday to join Australia in the tri-series one-day international finals
England captain Andrew Strauss on Thursday blasted Middlesex batter Owais Shah after he injured Kent batsman Joe Denly in a tackle during a warm-up football match.
He became the first bowler in the world to claim 700 Test wickets, when he bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50.
Dumped England batsman Kevin Pietersen has slammed his former team managers for allegedly allowing a culture of 'bullying' to develop and claimed coach Andy Flower and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were behind an orchestrated campaign to oust him.
Wisden named Strauss, Giles, Harmison, Trescothick and Robert Key as the five cricketers of the year
The lanky pacer said Australia are now in firm control of the match and wanted to drive home their advantage on Saturday morning.
England beat Pakistan by three wickets in the fifth and final ODI.
England's first-class county teams will be allowed to field two, rather than one, overseas-registered player in next season's domestic championship and Royal London Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday.
Former captain Michael Vaughan feels Kevin Pietersen should not have been picked for England again after the 2012 text-gate scandal where he was accused of sending unsavoury messages about his skipper Andrew Strauss to the opposition team South Africa during course of a Test match.
The New Zealand skipper scored 99 in a six-wicket win over England.
England beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the one-day tri-series.
Pace bowler James Anderson has returned to the 12-man England squad for the third and final Test against New Zealand.
He replaces Nasser Hussain, who retired last week after his unbeaten century in the first Test at Lord's.
The England captain hurt his right knee facing a delivery from a member of the MCC groundstaff in the nets at Lord's.
West Indies lead in the weather-disrupted series 2-1 with the final match scheduled for Barbados on Wednesday.
'It takes you out of your comfort zone. It is completely beneficial to play in IPL. That was a big mindset shift for us. And I hope Indian cricket is alright with us because we are using it as a vehicle to try and grow players'
Chasing a target of 198, England were bowled out for 175 by Pakistan in the first Test
The more Shane Warne demons we can get in England's dressing room the better, said Justin Langer
Paul Collingwood hit a hundred and claimed six wickets as England beat Bangladesh by 168 runs in the tri-series.
Wisden has named its best cricketers for 2004. Now you name yours.
Marcus Trescothick smashed 82 off 57 balls as England eased to a five-wicket victory over West Indies to win the seventh and final one-day international.
'I think we had a score to settle with ourselves,' England captain Andrew Strauss said after beating Pakistan.
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