England's leading wicket-taker, who is recuperating from a right calf injury, claimed 1-38 against Durham second XI at Chester on Tuesday.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is working on COVID-19 protocols to organise a warm-up game for the touring Indian team against 'Combined Counties' side in the third week of July as a tune-up for the first Test in Nottingham, starting on August 4.
Australia's batsmen are playing for their careers after another dramatic Ashes collapse, coach Darren Lehmann said.
England and Wales Cricket Board's chief executive Tom Harrison on Thursday said a strict bio-bubble will not imposed for the upcoming England vs India Test series despite multiple COVID-19 cases in both teams in the lead up to the contest, starting on August 4.
Australia's Aaron Finch turned to the umpire for advice on how to get Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma out.
England selected an entirely new squad for their limited-overs series against Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
Both Avesh and Washington sustained their injuries while turning up for County XI in the first-class warm-up game against their own side. This was done after multiple players in the home team were ruled out either due to injury or because of COVID-19 isolation.
Anderson, 36, tore his right calf when playing for his county Lancashire against Durham this month, but was included in the 13-man squad for the four-day match against Ireland, which begins on Wednesday.
'In making such a statement, he has questioned the leadership of Ganguly who is very particular about the rules being followed where fitness of players and selection of players is concerned. It is a serious allegation to make because in doing so he is trying to cast aspersions on the integrity of Shubman and the leadership of Ganguly.'
Murali Kartik picked three crucial wickets to help Lancashire restrict Durham to 372 in the first innings of their four-day match at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Friday.
Anderson, 36, left the field during a County Championship match against Durham after he felt tightness in his right calf and underwent an MRI scan on Friday which confirmed a muscle tear.
There were close matches, acrobatic fielding, some sharp bowling and big runs scored in the round-robin phase. Here are some memorable moments from the World Cup so far
Brad Durham, Managing Director of Emerging Portfolio Fund Research, EPFR, says that Emerging Market, EM, funds have seen inflows of $450 million last week.\n
West Indies batting great Brian Lara revealed the person who inspired him to take up cricket.
The trio of Bancroft, Smith and Warner were banned for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.
India country funds saw an outflow of $700 million
Australia's dramatic collapse against South Africa at the weekend has drawn inevitable comparisons with their previous Test defeat but vanquished coach Darren Lehmann says the two losses were vastly different.
The Indian team management in England wants young openers Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal to join the side but questions are being raised about whether chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma is on the same page as the think-tank.
Smith, playing for the Toronto Nationals, showed few signs of rust in his 41-ball innings of 61, which included eight fours and a six, before being stumped and leaving the field to a standing ovation.
The 40-year-old Pietersen said a win against India is similar to a victory against arch-rivals Australia and urged the selectors to play both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in the same XI.
English fast bowler Mervyn Westfield is under police investigation for 'match irregularities' during a NatWest Pro40 match between Essex and Durham at the Riverside on September 5 last year.
'Should the ECB Board receive formal confirmation that Ben Stokes has either been charged or that he will face no charges, they would convene within 48 hours to make a decision on his availability for the team at that stage'
The first Test is scheduled to begin on July 8 at the Ageas Bowl and Joe Root will leave England's training camp on Wednesday to be with his wife, Carrie, who is expecting their second child later this week.
The investigation was initiated in September last year to look into allegations made by the off-spinner stretching back to 2008.
Albie Morkel has decided to retire from all forms of cricket, ending a two-decade career that earned him a reputation as a clean striker of the ball and a bowler full of guile.
England have lost the away series in India 1-3 before suffering a 1-0 defeat against New Zealand earlier this month.
VVS Laxman could not repeat the first-innings heroics but his brief 23-run knock was crucial nonetheless as his team Lancashire escaped to a draw against Durham in a three-day match of the County Championships at Old Trafford.
Run continued to flow from V V S Laxman's blade, while S Sreesanth too dazzled in his debut for Warwickshire as both the Indians made their mark in their ongoing County Championship matches. At Old Trafford, Laxman hit a classy 193-ball 87, to top score for Lancashire, while Sreesanth came as the first change bowler and removed Adam Voges, Ali Brown and Mark Ealham for a decent figure of 14.1-1-65-3.
A proud Virat Kohli rated his team's bowling performance in the fourth Test among the top-three during his captaincy stint, extolling his players' strong character as India scored a superb 157-run victory over England after conceding a huge 99-run lead.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag scored a scintillating 88-ball hundred to steer MCC past Durham in the English county season curtain raiser in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
The 50-year-old Englishman, who had served as batting coach of Sri Lanka cricket team, will step in the shoes of Neil McKenzie, who stepped down last August citing family reasons.
In an apparent breakthrough in the killing of Indian student Abhijit Mahato, the police have arrested a young suspect and charged him with murder and robbery.
The Indian off-spinner took three wickets to help bundle out Durham for 191 in the first innings of their County Championship match.
The West Indies bowler was found guilty of using inappropriate language by Match Referee Alan Hurst during the fourth Test against England.
Pandit Damodar Sharma recently became the first ever Hindu chaplain to work for the Durham Regional Police (Ontario, Canada), or for any police department in Ontario.
England have added opening batsman Keaton Jennings and spinner Liam Dawson to their squad for the final two Tests in India as replacements for the injured Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari. South Africa-born left-hander Jennings comes in for teenager Hameed, who broke his little finger during England's defeat in the third Test in Mohali and will return home to undergo surgery.
Stokes' father Ged suffered a stroke just days after arriving in the country to follow his son on tour and is still hospitalised.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia in Durham, on Monday.
Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, who too were found guilty of spot-fixing like Kaneria, have been allowed back into the PCB fold.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia in Durham, on Monday.
