India's stubborn refusal to adopt the Decision Review System (DRS) will result in controversy sooner than later in the high-profile Test series against England, feels England coach Andy Flower.
The spearhead of England's pace attack but off-colour for quite a while now, Stuart Broad's place in the team is under threat for the opening cricket Test against India starting July 21 at the Lord's. Although his name figures in the squad announced for the match but he is facing stiff challenge from seamer Tim Bresnan for a place in the playing XI.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen, who has recovered from a double hernia operation that ended his World Cup prematurely, has vowed not to stop playing cricket until he has established himself as "a great of the game".
England's Kevin Pietersen believes the rebellion that led to him losing the captaincy two years ago had been vindicated by the Ashes triumph in Australia.
Former skipper Graham Gooch is set to become the full-time batting coach of England after his successful stint with the team on a consultancy basis for the last two years.
England have already set new goals after reaching the coveted number one spot in the world rankings at the expense of India who face an unenviable task in the fourth Test starting on Thursday.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have admitted that despite the incremental contract, they would not be able to stop star cricketer Andrew Flintoff from hawking his cricketing talents around the world.
England will become a dominant force in the cricketing world in the next three to four years, according to former Australia coach John Buchanan.
England captain Andrew expressed concern about his leading Test players suffering burn-out or pick up injuries playing in the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament.
South African Gary Kirsten has said he does not want to be considered for the job of England team director because of personal reasons.
Once again, RCB are looking on course to finish without a trophy after losing six out of their first seven games.
India's newly-appointed bowling consultant Eric Simons said it was strange that his first big assignment with the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side was against his own country South Africa.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen will visit medical specialists this week to assess if he will be fit for the third Ashes Test against Australia starting at Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 30.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul became the third player to score half centuries in seven consecutive test innings as West Indies forged ahead on the second day of the first Test against South Africa on Thursday.
Kevin Pietersen is likely to miss England's tour to South Africa this November, as his chances of becoming match fit are remote.
West Indies reduced South Africa to 122 for five after piling on a score of 408 in the first innings of the first Test.
Despite retaining the Ashes urn England needs to bring in huge changes to achieve their dream of becoming the best team in the world, feels Australian spin legend Shane Warne.
Zimbabwe has a lot of talented youngsters coming through, says former Zimbabwe player and selector Andy Pycroft.
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has stepped down from his position as director of cricket and will take up a more flexible role with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the 41-year-old announced on Wednesday.
England's former assistant coach is considering an offer from the BCCI to work at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
Murali Karthik made an impressive debut for Lancashire as he took five for 93 runs in the Frizzell County Championships match
Cricket's Bible says the ICC was "at their worst" for much of the past year.
Images that should keep you grinning for days on end.
There were reports that the ICC could forbid Afghanistan from participating in the showpiece event if the team decides to play under the Taliban flag amid the ongoing turmoil in the country.
Former Australia opener Justin Langer has suddenly cropped up as one of the possible candidates for Indian cricket team's chief coach's job, a position that is lying vacant after Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher completed his tenure at the end of the World Cup.
PHOTOS from the ICC World Cup opener played between England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad on Thursday
Shaping strategies to suit different oppositions and venues will be key for every team during the World Cup and New Zealand have an Indian, who is familiar with conditions and owns the data to assist them -- Saurabh Walkar, their performance analyst.
Former England captain Graham Gooch has rubbished Kevin Pietersen's views in his controversial autobiography about former coach Andy Flower and wicketkeeper Matt Prior and also urged England players led by Alastair Cook to break their silence on the issue in a broader manner.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday appointed mentor of the new Lucknow franchise for IPL 2022.
England named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Australian bowling legend Shane Warne, has offered to think about reviving England's fortunes as next coach.
India captain Virat Kohli and off-spinner R Ashwin put on splendid performances to put the hosts in the driver's seat on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. Here are the statistical highlights from the day's play from the match played between India and England in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
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.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is fit to play in the final Test against Australia following a scan on his injured knee, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
PCB Cricket Committee to take decisions on splitting captaincy, inviting applications for new coach
Ahead of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's third death anniversary in November, a website claims to have unearthed an unheralded aspect of the former Indian captain's game -- he was the best when it came to handling pressure.
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has defended himself against allegations that he undermined former coach Andy Flower during the disastrous recent Ashes tour of Australia before turning his back on Kevin Pietersen.
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