Jimmy Anderson showed he remains a deadly proposition in English conditions, taking 5-20, as England bowled out India for a miserly 107 on the second day of the second Test at Lord's, on Friday.
Dethroned Ashes champions Australia received more bad news when injured wicketkeeper Brad Haddin was advised to return home before the one-day and Twenty20 series in England.
England's most successful Test captain Michael Vaughan retired from the game after failing to regain his place in the team for next month's Ashes series against Australia.
Bairstow, who is Rashid's team-mate in Yorkshire, refused to be drawn into the controversy but said the leg-spinner must be excited to have got the England call-up for the Test series starting on August 1 in Birmingham.
Dhoni holds the record of winning most matches in all 3 formats -- the first Indian and also the first among current captains from all sides.
England crushed the West Indies by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday to clinch the series 2-0. Coming after their Test series win over the Windies, it was the perfect fillip for the forthcoming World Twenty20 and Ashes series, though England will have to work much harder for success in those competitions.
The pace bowler returns for the first Test against South Africa after being out with injury for two years.
Ian Bell, under enormous pressure after a poor run of form and promoted to number three in the order, answered his critics in emphatic fashion with a composed unbeaten 65 to steer England to victory in the third Ashes Test.
Spinner Ashley Giles took five second innings wickets to lead England to a 256-run victory in the second Test.
England finished well on top after a fluctuating third day of the second test against West Indies at Edgbaston on Saturday.
The duo put on a 172-run run stand in a score of 184 for 2 at close on day 2 of the second Test against England.
Persistent rain washed out the second day of the first test between England and South Africa.
It's all about the crowd that creates this kind of environment. It's good to have people coming to see the match when it is an India-Pakistan game, feels India batsman Kedar Jadhav
England were thumped 4-1 in Australia in their One-day International series at the beginning of the year and also lost recent series at home against Sri Lanka and India.
England quick Jofra Archer will keep up his aggressive approach in Sunday's World Cup final against New Zealand after his bouncer left Australia's Alex Carey with a bloodied chin in Thursday's semi-final at Edgbaston.
Australia's new squad member Peter Handscomb will be thrust into the cauldron of Thursday's World Cup semi-final against England as replacement for Usman Khawaja, coach Justin Langer has said. Langer also confirmed that all-rounder Marcus Stoinis had passed a fitness test and was ready for Edgbaston while refusing to guarantee the mercurial Glenn Maxwell a place in the team.
The England wicket-keeper retired from one-dayers after the 2003 World Cup.
England seamer Ryan Sidebottom has been ruled out of the next two one-day internationals against India with a side strain, the ECB said on Wednesday.
'They're going to need to get some cricket before coming back into the squad. It's all part of the management. We'll have to wait and see'
Batsman Paul Collingwood was added to England's 12-man squad for the second Ashes test match against Australia starting in Birmingham on Thursday.
'Australia will be a different proposition... the pitches will be completely different than England.'
Wade could get a look in as Australia bring Handscomb; Stoinis fit for semi-final
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Tuesday's contest, intriguingly, will be a repeat of the semi-finals of the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in which a Virat Kohli-led India defeated a Kane Williamson-captained New Zealand in Kuala Lumpur.
Under-fire Alastair Cook has been given no assurances about his future as England's One-day International (ODI) captain but the stout opener is determined to lead the team in next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar refused to draw comparison between the country's most successful ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his predecessors, declaring that the wicketkeeper-batsman's record surpasses that of all his seniors.
England's captain said Kevin Pietersen's first innings 142 paved the way for England's six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
Hardik Pandya could take a cue from Ben Stokes' bowling during the ongoing series
England face severely depleted Zimbabwe, while New Zealand take on the United States in the ICC Champions Trophy on Friday.
Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should bat at No 5 in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.
Sri Lanka were 194 for five at the close on day 3 in the second Test against England.
Yet while "The Don" was always in a world of his own, Kohli has his own Bradmanesque air at the moment.
The England captain was hit on the right elbow by fast bowler Chris Tremlett during net practice.
With age comes experience and few know it better than West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin, who still regrets an unsavoury act of flashing a note towards Vivian Richards after scoring a century against England in Birmingham back in 2012.
Kohli said the Indian team is fired up for the five-Test series against England.
