Indian team made one change in their side as Robin Uthappa replaced Dinesh Karthik.
India went into the first Test with one spinner in Anil Kumble, while Yuvraj Singh lost the battle for a No 6 or 7 slot to VVS Laxman and M S Dhoni.
England have named a provisional 30-man squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Sri Lanka picked a four-man pace attack with all rounder Farveez Maharoof taking the place of injured spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Dimitri Mascarenhas was drafted into England's Twenty20 World Cup squad in place of injured Ryan Sidebottom.
Wright was called up for Wednesday's sixth match at The Oval and Saturday's finale at Lord's because of injuries to Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Tremlett, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Monday.
India made one change, including Gautam Gambhir in place of seamer R P Singh.
Fast bowling coach Troy Cooley says Australia have the superior pacemen going into this year's Ashes series.
England were 85 for no loss at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies.
When play ended, South Australia were 164 for 2 in their second innings, trailling England by four runs, after the tourists had made 415 in their first innings.
India's Test opener Wasim Jaffer says, if given the opportunity, he would certainly like to prove his worth in the shorter version of the game as well.
The Indian batting great was reacting to England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's criticism in his book 'Being Freddie'.
India included two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar for their opening Champions Trophy match against England.
England were 114 for five in their second innings, just 12 runs ahead on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test.
Sourav Ganguly says that apart from his regular role with the bat, he could also be useful as a bowler in the favourable conditions of England and Ireland.
England declared their first innings on 551-6.
West Indian batting star Chris Gayle has courted fresh controversy when he made 'inappropriate' remarks to a female television presenter live on air after a Big Bash League cricket match. Gayle, who plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the T20 competition, was speaking to Channel 10 presenter Mel McLaughlin after he made a quick-fire 41 runs of 15 balls in his team's victory against Tasmania.
English Royal Mail unveiled designs for a range of stamps celebrating England's Ashes series victory
The English cricketers will be the first living people outside the Royal Family to have their likenesses clearly identifiable on British stamps.
England included Kevin Pietersen, Mathew Hoggard and Gareth Batty in place of Owais Shah, Lian Plunkett and Sajid Mohammed for the fourth ODI.
England coach Duncan Fletcher has warned his side against overzealous use of the sweep shot in the second one-dayer against India on Friday
The top-order batsman, out of international cricket for a year with a knee injury, takes over from Andrew Flintoff for the Twenty20 game against Australia.
The ace leg spinner claimed 5-39 as England collapsed to 159 all out on the first day of the fourth Test.
Australia won back the Ashes when they bowled out England for 350 to seal a 206-run victory in the third Test on Monday.
England captain Andrew Flintoff said his players are struggling to come to terms with how they managed to lose a match that even Australians thought was dead and buried.
England picked up the crucial wicket of Langer to reduce Australia to 28 for one after posting a daunting total of 551-6.
The Australian opener expects to be peppered by a salvo of short deliveries from the England bowlers during the Ashes.
Nathan Bracken believes a mint sweet could have been the secret weapon behind England's Ashes victory.
Michael Vaughan attacked South Africa captain Graeme Smith for being childish, dictatorial and something of a schoolboy bully.
The England batsman won the Emerging Player and the ODI Player of the Year at the ICC awards.
Adam Gilchrist played fierce, played tidy and downright cheeky to score record-breaking 103 runs off 79 balls
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances