English all-rounder Ben Stokes was given a royal honour at the Buckingham Palace after he guided his side to the ICC World Cup triumph last year. Along with Stokes, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, coach Trevor Bayliss, and Joe Root also received the honours as part of the New Year's Honours List.
Steve Smith's domination of England's bowling attack in the Ashes series reached new heights on Thursday as his magnificent 211 led Australia to 497-8 declared on the second day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
'I've done absolutely no training, the longest distance that I've ever run is 8 kilometres. So, I don't even know I'm going to be able to complete it but hopefully, I can'
Steve Smith received a standing ovation for a fighting 92 at Lord's despite being struck on the neck by a Jofra Archer bouncer.
Vihari, clearly hampered having pulled up clutching his hamstring after running for a single before tea, scored at a rate that made Pujara look like a limited overs slogger.
England needed to win four straight games to lift the trophy - which they did, winning the title after a tied thriller against New Zealand.
India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday vowed to continue with five specialist bowlers despite their big defeat against England in the third Test but hinted at a rejig in attack for the fourth game by factoring in the workload of speed merchants.
The 28-year-old clobbered left-arm spinner Karl Carver six times over the rope in the 16th over to join a select group that includes Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh and Lancashire's Jordan Clark, who achieved it in a second-team game against Yorkshire.
Brearley said that the 28-year-old had to make batting his top priority in the longest format of the game.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne put on 116 for the third wicket before the latter was bowled by a beautiful delivery from Craig Overton for 67.
Joe Root's side completed an emphatic victory halfway through the third day when Mohammed Abbas was caught in the slip off Stuart Broad, his third wicket of the innings.
India registered its first Test win at the Mecca of Cricket.
Chris Woakes has replaced injured all-rounder Ben Stokes in the England squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, the English Cricket Board said on Monday.
Wood's injury has created an opening for Saqib Mahmood's Test debut and Root did not rule that out.
Saturday's game is a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai which India won.
Eoin Morgan's side have slipped to fourth in the standings behind New Zealand, Australia and India with three matches to play before the semi-finals.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell lists a number of weaknesses in England's line-up, from Alastair Cook's performance suffering due to not having a stable opening partner to predictability in their pace attack and off-spinner Dom Bess's inexperience.
Skipper Joe Root, who led England to a series-levelling win at the Headingley, expects an Indian backlash in the penultimate Test and said they're ready for all combinations including facing the "world-class" R Ashwin at Oval.
Alastair Cook has succeeded in pulling England out of Ashes defeat depression with two massive victories over India but the England captain was mulling resignation during the Sri Lanka series, it has been revealed.
Michael Vaughan returned to the England team when the squad for the second Test against West Indies at Headingley.
Vaughan has recovered from a broken finger that kept him out of the first Test at Lord's that ended in a draw on Monday.
Australia have brought back former captain Steve Waugh to help the squad prepare for the final stretch of the Ashes series against England as the tourists look to rebound from the painful third Test defeat at Headingley. Waugh had left the squad after the first two Tests as scheduled but has rejoined the group ahead of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, starting on Wednesday.
'I thought Virat Kohli was the best batsman I've ever seen because of the way he plays in all forms, but Steve Smith... that's another level.'
England fast bowler James Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the Ashes series against Australia due to a niggling calf injury.
The back to back Test series wins in Australia must rank as Ravi Shastri's greatest achievement as India's coach.
Stokes plundered eight sixes in his astounding innings that fashioned a wholly unlikely one-wicket win for England, bringing the five-match series level at one-all, with everything to play for in the final two Tests.
If India top or finish fourth in the 10-team table, then they will play in the first semi-final at Old Trafford on July 9. In the scenario of India finishing second or third in the points table, they will feature in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on July 11.
'There aren't too many guys... that have averaged higher than Steve in Test cricket. Clearly they are huge shoes to fill and we don't put all that pressure on Marnus'
It will also be a milestone in the career of England's talisman Ben Stokes as he captains the side for the first time.
Before coming into the series, England, and captain Alastair Cook in particular, were under tremendous pressure. They first lost the return Ashes series against Australia and then the home series loss versus Sri Lanka hurt them the most.
England captain Eoin Morgan's century led his team to an impressive series opening 72-run victory against top-ranked South Africa in their opening One-Day International at Headingley.
India's 15-member squad for the ICC World Cup will be selected on April 15 in Mumbai.
'It will depend on how he comes through the next 10 to 15 days,' coach Bob Woolmer said.
Images from the third day's play in the first Test between India and England, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
England's Ben Stokes has become a "world box-office attraction" with his Ashes heroics in the third Test against Australia and his life will never be the same again, former all-rounder Ian Botham said.
BJ Watling scored a fine century as New Zealand dominated the final session with steely resolve to reach 338 for six on the third day of the second Test against England on Sunday.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the highest individual income tax payer in Jharkhand for the financial year of 2017-18.
Saqlain Mushtaq was associated with the England as spin consultant till World Cup last year. Both Moeen and Rashid have dismissed Virat Kohli six times each.
The BCCI follows the rotation policy across formats but it has now more than 15 Test centres.
