Images from Day 1 of the third Test between England and India, at Leeds, on Wednesday.
Pujara may not have set alight county cricket with his Yorkshire stint but many believe the time he spent in the country gives him a distinct advantage over his team mates.
A trademark innings by Rahul Dravid helped India do just enough to ensure England bat for a second time in the opening Test at Lord's on Saturday.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said India will miss Sehwag's presence and also said he would be extremely happy if Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th international century in the first Test against England, starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Kuldeep Yadav says his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket was a result of going back to the drawing board in his bid to improve as a red-ball bowler after being dropped from the Indian team during the England series.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq became the oldest player to score a Test century for 82 years, when he scored an unbeaten 110 runs against England at Lord's on Thursday. Pakistan were 282 for 6 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test in a four-match series.
The Ashes rivalry between the Australian and English cricket teams escalated to new levels, with the prime ministers of both countries jumping into the fray, again.
Warwickshire bowler Stone is suffering with a lower back strain, his club said on Wednesday.
It was on this day that three of India's greatest batters -- Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli -- made their Test debuts.
'This is one venue which is closest to Lord's in London,' said the former India captain, ahead of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka, which will be played at the venue.
MCC suspends 3 members after Lord's Long Room incident with Australian players
Border scored 11,174 runs in 156 Tests at an average of 50.56, with 27 centuries and 63 fifties in the format, and a of 205.
As expected, fast bowler Jofra Archer was included in the 12 and looks poised to make his Test debut in the absence of England's record wicket taker James Anderson.
Reader Sarfraz met former England captain Michael Atherton on September 12, 2009 at Lord's cricket ground.
Former captain Kevin Pietersen criticised England's top-order batsmen for being too passive and has called for the inclusion of Jason Roy and Dawid Malan in next week's third Test against South Africa.
Ponting said he had Stokes' match-winning innings at Headingley in his mind during the thrilling final day at Lord's.
The world's leading crickets on the joy of playing at the hallowed ground.
England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson's fitness and included him in the squad for the first test against Pakistan at Lord's, paceman Stuart Broad has said. Anderson, England's most successful test bowler with 454 wickets, was left out of England's 12-man squad for the first match of the four-test series beginning on Thursday. In his absence, Toby Roland-Jones or Jake Ball will make a test debut at Lord's.
'I know how hard he has worked to try to get back fit and I hope it is not too bad and he can get back as soon as possible.'
The opening Test between India and England ended in a dull draw after rain washed out what had promised to be a humdinger of a final day on Sunday.
Record Stokes ton leads England to huge win over New Zealand
'He is obviously a bit of a rough diamond.'
One lucky punter who believed 14 years ago that Josh Tongue would one day play for England and placed a cheeky bet will win 50,000 pounds ($63,000).
Images from Day 1 of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Headingley in Leeds on Thursday.
Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane says he analysed his batting a lot after twin failures in the first two Tests against England, the effort resulting in a characteristically gritty 81 at Trent Bridge.
The second game in the three match One Day International series between India and England is being played at Lord's.
Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford, an OBE and a leading voice on health, social care and community cohesion in the UK, has become the first British Asian to join the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane conceded that the batsmen committed mistakes under challenging conditions as India were bowled out for just 107 runs in the first innings of the rain-affected second Test against England, at Lord's, on Friday.
He, along with teammate Alex Hales, could yet be fined and suspended, however it will be some time before that conclusion can be reached.
Following is a factbox on England's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson, who became the first pace bowler to claim 600 victims in the game's longest format.
Paceman Mitchell Starc took pain-killing injections for his strained ankle to bowl through Australia's opening Ashes defeat in Cardiff but is confident he will be fit for the second match at Lord's, captain Michael Clarke has said.
Images from Day 1 of the 2nd Test between England and New Zealand played on Thursday
New Zealand have now secured a first Test series win in England since 1999 and only their third overall in the country.
Morgan to decide England future after T20 World Cup in Australia
Neesham said there was no awkwardness from contracted team mates about he and Boult's place in the New Zealand set-up.
England's makeshift one-day international team put the COVID-19 issues that hit the previous squad behind them to bowl out Pakistan for 141 runs before cruising to a clinical nine-wicket win in the series opener in Cardiff on Thursday.
Alex Hales was ruled out of the opening one day international against India at Nottingham's Trent Bridge on Thursday
- 'Whether we've won or lost there's been that feelgood factor, everyone's feeling positive about English cricket again and it's rubbed off on the players' - 'They are going to come back hard at us, no doubt about that, so it's a question of how we respond and how we deal with that'
Rohit also shared his memory of playing against the legendary Shane Warne in the IPL.
England are desperate to win the final Ashes Test against Australia despite a series victory no longer being possible.
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