Pace bowler James Anderson has returned to the 12-man England squad for the third and final Test against New Zealand.
He replaces Nasser Hussain, who retired last week after his unbeaten century in the first Test at Lord's.
The competition will be held during the fourth Test between England and South Africa at Headingley.
India 'A' failed to overcome strong resistance from Wood and Lumb on the final day of the three-day match.
The wicketkeeper's 129 put India 'A' in command in their match against Yorkshire.
Cheteshwar Pujara will be starting his 'homework' for India's 'English Test'.
New Zealand were 102 for 5 in their second innings at close on day four, still 15 runs adrift of England, who made 526 in their first innings.
The New Zealand captain was dismissed three runs short of a century as England fought their way back into the second Test at Headingley.
The England seamer claimed a wicket with his first Test ball on home soil before rain and bad light limited New Zealand to 41 for one on the first day of the second Test.\n\n
England's Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow struck half centuries to guide the hosts to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international in Leeds on Thursday as they went 4-0 ahead in the five-match series.
England, needing a massive 401 to win, closed the fourth day on 165 for five.
South Africa recovered from 21 for four to close day 1 of the fourth Test against England on 260 for 7.
South Africa's main strike bowler misses the fourth Test to attend the birth of his first child
Pathan finished with an impressive 4-60 while leg-spinner Mishra claimed 4-42 as the hosts were bowled out for 246.
Sehwag, representing Leicestershire Foxes, ended up on the winning side, though Yuvraj also made merry with a quickfire 50 for Yorkshire.
They respectively scored 11 and 10 runs in their County matches.
The former England bowler bagged 6 for 81 as Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by an innings and 343 runs in the County championship.
Stokes was eventually dismissed for exactly 100 -- his sixth Test century -- with Kemar Roach (4-71) and Shannon Gabriel (4-51) the main wicket-takers as West Indies put their first-Test rout behind them.
He suffered a fracture of the big toe on his left foot after being hit by Andrew Hall while batting in the fourth Test.
The duo were added to the squad as possible replacements for Steve Harmison, who is suffering from a calf injury.
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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.
Yuvraj Singh came up with a sterling performance to guide Yorkshire to a win over Derbyshire in\n\ntheir opening Twenty20 Cup game.
Englishman Paul Farbrace will succeed Graham Ford as Sri Lanka's head coach from the start of next year, the country's cricket board said on Friday.
'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'
England and New Zealand have both had to ride out the storm to make this year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final. It has been far from smooth sailing for either side, but in the end it is Kane Williamson and Eoin Morgan's side who have emerged on top, and deservedly so.
'I'll speak to my six-month pregnant wife and see what she says,' said the left-hander.
Pant had so far scored 222 runs in the IPL compared to a mere 93 by Karthik, but the latter's experience helped tilt the scale in his favour for the mega-event, starting in England from May 30.
If Alastair Cook does not sort out his batting problems during the series against West Indies, the England captain's Test future looks rather bleak, former batsman Nasser Hussain said.
Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has also moved up three slots to a career-best 14th position among bowlers after his match haul of 10 for 153 at Mirpur.
England pace spearhead James Anderson is not keen to participate in domestic Twenty20 leagues like the Indian Premier League, saying that whatever he has left in his career is dedicated to playing Test cricket for his country.
Spinner Nathan Lyon believes Australia have enough time to chase the 412 victory target and win the first Ashes Test against England at Cardiff
Pace legend Glenn McGrath, who has often predicted results of Australia's Test rubbers, forecast yet another 5-0 clean sweep by his country against England in the upcoming Ashes series.
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