Opening batsman Andrew Strauss was on Thursday named the new England captain.
Only three England captains have secured the urn in Australia in the last 50 years, with Andrew Strauss the last in 2010/11.
Newly appointed Test captain Andrew Strauss was Friday also given the job of one-day skipper, even though he had not been initially included in the squad for the forthcoming West Indies tour.
England's Ashes hopes rest largely on the all-round performance of talismanic captain Ben Stokes, who took 17 wickets against India in the recent home series.
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect. He will be replaced as Test captain by Alastair Cook, who will also continue to lead the One-day side.
Former Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss has expressed his interest in the newly-created director of English cricket role for the ECB.
England captain Andrew Strauss did no wrong by denying his South African counterpart Graeme Smith a runner during their Champions Trophy clash, as Smith was merely tired not injured, feels former England skipper Nasser Hussain.
The left-hander was named as caretaker captain for the first Test against Pakistan while Andrew Flintoff recovers from a heel injury.
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.
Test and one-day captain Andrew Strauss has been left out of England's preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, in June, which was announced at Lord's on Monday. England will host the tournament from June 5-21.
England Players' Union chief Angus Porter has revealed that captain Andrew Strauss, Twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood and the rest of the squad were desperate to see that the three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Muhammad Amir did not to play for their side for the rest of the tour following the leveling of spot-fixing charges against them.
Former England captain Andrew Strauss was caught on microphone making derogatory remarks about ex-team mate Kevin Pietersen during an MCC v Rest of the World exhibition match at Lord's in London on Saturday.
England captain Andrew Strauss ended his long wait for a century with a polished unbeaten 121 to lead his team to 259 for three on the second day of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's on Friday.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss received the ICC Test Championship mace on Monday for leading the team, which finished atop the ICC Test Championship table on the annual cut-off date of April 1.
England captain Andrew Strauss and his team did all they could do pull off a series-saving victory over West Indies on Tuesday but had to watch as the Wisden Trophy was handed to their rivals for the first time in 11 years. The 1-0 defeat in the series came down to a batting collapse for 51 that resulted in an innings and 23 run defeat in the first Test in Jamaica.
He will deputise for Vaughan in the first Test against West Indies starting at Lord's on Thursday.
England coach Andy Flower was keen to praise his captain Andrew Strauss as thoughts turned to the Ashes series against Australia. Strauss led England to an emphatic series victory over West Indies on Monday, their last Test cricket before the battle with Ricky Ponting's Australians begins in July.
England captain Andrew Strauss has revealed how wearing a Help for Heroes wristband throughout the Ashes series provided the inspiration to regain the urn.
England captain Andrew Strauss has invited a confrontation with Kevin Pietersen after saying that the ECB is right in using central contracts to regulate its players.
Andrew Strauss is back in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as cricket committee chairman and will drive the development of the game at all levels as part of his new role.
Australia claimed four wickets in the final session to reduce England from 196 for no wicket to 364 for 6 by close on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test.
England Cricket Board's Managing Director Hugh Morris believes the team's brilliant performance against world number one India in the ongoing Test series is a result of coach Andy Flower and captain Andrew Strauss' "outstanding leadership".
The future of England captain Andrew Strauss was the subject of increasing speculation by local media on Wednesday after the national cricket board announced it had scheduled news conference for 1100 GMT.
An opening stand of 229 featuring a century from captain Andrew Strauss lifted England to a commanding 301 for three on the first day of the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados on Thursday. Strauss made an excellent 142 after winning the toss and was well assisted by Alastair Cook, who struck 94, in a record England first-wicket partnership against West Indies.
Captain Andrew Strauss defied a lively South African attack to steer England to 88 for one on the second day of the first Test on Thursday. South Africa made 418 in their first innings and claimed an early wicket when Friedel de Wet had Alastair Cook caught behind for 15 but the hosts failed to make another breakthrough.
England are prepared for a South Africa backlash in the fifth and final One-dayer on Friday, said captain Andrew Strauss.
England reached 259-2 with Strauss on 102 and the aggressive Kevin Pietersen on 72 in reply to West Indies' first innings score of 370 at close on the second day of the second Test.
Andrew Strauss rubbed salt on India's wounds by saying that England would have any way batted first had captain they won the toss
England captain Andrew Strauss was a delighted man after his team defeated South Africa by six runs in a thrilling low-scoring World Cup encounter at the Chepauk on Sunday.
England captain Andrew expressed concern about his leading Test players suffering burn-out or pick up injuries playing in the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament.
England captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower will reportedly give a final chance to many youngsters to book an Ashes spot at a secret camp in Europe.
England captain Andrew Strauss said he respected the decision team mate Kevin Pietersen made in controversially opting out of one-day cricket for England.
Captain Andrew Strauss hit 61 from 43 balls as England warmed up for next week's limited-overs series against Australia with a seven-wicket win over Scotland in a one-day international in Edinburgh on Saturday.
Captain Andrew Strauss backed Andy Flower to become England's full-time coach on Thursday. Flower is standing in as coach during the five-match one day series in West Indies and Strauss said he has struck up a good relationship with the former Zimbabwe captain.
England's captain dismissed the idea of Australian and English umpires officiating in the high-profile series later this year.
Captain Andrew Strauss has been rested for England's forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
England captain Andrew Strauss voluntarily stepped aside as skipper for the Twenty20 World Cup because his form in the shortest form of the game did not guarantee him a place in the side, he said on Tuesday. Strauss was omitted on Monday from a provisional 30-man squad for the tournament to be staged in England from June 5-21. The squad will be trimmed to 15 on May 1.
England captain Andrew Strauss and his Australia counterpart Ricky Ponting reached common accord on Sunday after the home side regained the Ashes on an emotional evening at the Oval.
Captain Andrew Strauss felt Saturday's eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second and final Test had given his team the boost needed to perform well in England in the summer.
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