'Should the ECB Board receive formal confirmation that Ben Stokes has either been charged or that he will face no charges, they would convene within 48 hours to make a decision on his availability for the team at that stage'
Left-arm pacer Junaid Khan on Wednesday shrugged off rumours about him considering options regarding switching to England cricket team after being repeatedly ignored by Pakistan selectors. The reports stated that Junaid is looking to permanently settle in England and gradually represent The Three Lions in international cricket. The left-arm pacer admitted that he was immensely disappointed for not being selected for Pakistan's upcoming England tour.
Murali Kartik's timely knock of 40 helped Lanacshire to a big first innings total against Hampshire.
The former Indian captain will play in the English season for the third time.
'The thought that anyone could go out to a concert and not come home is heartbreaking.'
The Indian left-arm spinner claimed five wickets in each innings for Lancashire in the Frizzle County Championship match against Essex.
He joined fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
India test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has signed for a second stint with English county Yorkshire to prepare for his national side's tour of the country later this year.
English cricket's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson and former England football midfielder Frank Lampard were given the OBE.
he has nothing but praise for the Lancashire club which in many ways represents the backbone of English football.
Graeme Hick moved ahead of WG Grace and into the top 10 all-time century makers on Thursday.
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been given the all-clear to resume bowling and start the second stage of his rehabilitation from shoulder injury.
'The operation is part of continuing and extensive inquiries by police and the security service into alleged international terrorism,' the Metropolitan Police said.
Rashid signed a white-ball only contract with his county Yorkshire in February but said he 'was not finished' with the longest format of the game.
England recalled troubled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar on Monday and named three uncapped players in a 17-man squad for the return Ashes series in Australia that starts in November.
The Ashes remains the pinnacle of Test cricket for James Anderson like any Englishman but the showdowns against India also rank pretty high as the world No.1 side brings out the absolute best in him -- the 2012 away series being a case in point.
Virender Sehwag will play for Leicestershire while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath will represent Lancashire and Durham respectively.
Monty Panesar is to leave county side Sussex after the club launched an investigation into the troubled England spinner being fined by police for urinating in public.
England have recalled Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's next week, but paceman Jimmy Anderson misses out with a shoulder injury. Uncapped Middlesex seamer Roland-Jones Ball was named in their 12-man squad, announced on Thursday.
The decision came after the ace Indian off-spinner informed the county that his injured finger is still swollen and painful.
Uncapped Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is in line to replace Flintoff.
The 36-year-old Pakistani left-arm fast bowler, currently playing for English county Hampshire, is the only cricketer in history to take 500 one-day international wickets.
They clinched their first title at the 103rd attempt after reaching 302 for 2 in the first innings of their final match against Leicestershire.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to undergo an intensive rehabilitation programme to speed his recovery from injury.
Former Australia player Stuart Law has been confirmed as the Pakistan Cricket Board's first choice for the post of national team chief coach.
Sri Lanka may possess cricket's most dangerous spinner, but New Zealand's captain Stephen Fleming believes the island nation has little firepower besides Muttiah Muralitharan.
He will be replaced in the squad by Kent's Martin Saggers.
He replaces James Anderson who pulled out of the Test series in Bangladesh with a knee injury last week.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has failed to recover fully from a hernia operation, will be sent home from England's ill-fated tour of Australia, coach Duncan Fletcher said.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Burnley reached the Europa League third qualifying round with a 3-1 win over Aberdeen after extra time at Turf Moor on Thursday but now face another tough battle to increase their squad size.
While rescue came quick, relief still eludes those affected.
Such is the level of consistency of Manchester City (nine straight wins) and Liverpool (five straight victories), that it can be easy to lose sight of just how good this title race is.
England seamer James Anderson is confident that he has enough skill and experience to compensate for his decreased pace over the remaining years of his cricket career. England's record wicket-taker in the format missed the opening test defeat against Pakistan at Lord's with a shoulder injury but returned for the second match in Manchester. Anderson, who turned 34 over the weekend, took four wickets at Old Trafford as England levelled the four-match series with a 330-run victory but there was a discernable drop in pace for the bowler who has claimed 458 victims in 117 appearances.
