Images from Day 2 of the 4th Ashes Test played at the MCG in Melbourne on Wednesday
England skipper Eoin Morgan will go into the World Cup desperately seeking form after registering a third duck in his last four innings in the four-wicket loss to Pakistan in a warmup match on Wednesday.
'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'
Former Test captain Shahid Afridi said it would be a dream come true to have a Pakistan vs India final on Sunday at the MCG.
'He (Stokes) always stands up in the biggest moments. He is a man who can take a lot of pressure on his shoulders and perform, and yeah, with him in the middle you know you have got a good chance.'
This will be the first clash between the two arch-rivals on Indian soil in seven years.
Mike Denness, the only Scotsman to captain England, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the BBC reported on Friday.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott believes that the Andrew Strauss-led England team's supremacy in Test cricket can last for years.
England scored 242 for eight from 50 overs in the first match of the one-day tri-series against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
'It's been nice to score some runs in that time and we're always looking for perfection, and for me (Thursday) was as close to perfection as I will get.'
England resumed their first innings on 491 for nine but Cook was unable to add to his overnight total, with Pat Cummins dismissing tail-ender James Anderson for a duck with the first ball of the morning.
A state memorial service for cricketing great Shane Warne will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the evening of March 30.
Suryakumar Yadav is the third-highest scorer in the T20 World Cup with 239 runs at a strike rate of 189.68.
Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam to ban competitors from Russia and Belarus last year.
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said, the struggling David Warner missed out on a golden opportunity to retire in front of his home crowd.
Coach Trevor Bayliss thinks England left some "scars" on the Australia team during the second Ashes Test and can still enjoy success Down Under despite being 2-0 down with three matches to play.
New Zealand opened the ninth Women's World Cup with a shock win against former champions Norway on Thursday
# Alastair Cook's knock of 95 is his first innings in the nervous nineties as Test captain -- his sixth in Tests.
The former Australian opener sounded a warning to their next rivals, saying his bowling attack is yet to produce its best.
England took an iron grip on the Ashes by bowling out Australia for a record low score of 98 and then scoring 157 without loss on the opening day of the fourth Test on Sunday.
Hales's inclusion was seen as a risk by some pundits and his patchy lead-up form spilled into the early matches at the tournament with 19 against Afghanistan and seven versus Ireland.
ICC acknowledged that the match between Australia and England ended 'incorrectly'.
England will not go out of their way to bait David Warner, says paceman James Anderson.
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Bangar spoke on who has the edge between Pakistan and England, he said, "I will probably back Pakistan because bowlers win tournaments and that is where Pakistan, with the kind of bowling attack that they have, I mean four quality quicks and they have the wrist spin, and if they require they also have the option of a left-arm spinner,"
Jolted by the loss to Australia in their opening match, India will look to plug its bowling loopholes and ensure a stronger batting display when they take on England in their second ODI tri-series match in Brisbane on Tuesday. Both sides will be looking to register their first victory in the tournament, the hosts having stolen a march on them with two successive wins.
Virat Kohli is the first player to finish as the leading run-scorer in two T20 World Cups.
England's cataclysmic Ashes loss with two Tests to spare has sparked the usual calls for heads to roll in all departments, but confusion reigns as to whether Andy Flower will man the guillotine or put himself beneath the blade.
Buttler backed England to win the semi-final against India on November 10 to deny cricket fans a high-voltage recap of the 2007 T20 World Cup final
A calf injury to explosive batsman Lynn opened an unlikely door for 34-year-old White, who played the last of his 88 ODIs in 2015 and has since been critical of a pro-youth policy he felt did not reward the performance of senior players.
Australia, who have already won the first three Tests of the five-match series by big margins, bowled England out for 270 in reply to the home side's 551 for six declared.
Hinata Miyazawa scored twice as former champions Japan put on a counter-attacking clinic to beat Spain 4-0 and lock up top spot in Group C at the Women's World Cup on Monday.
Australia's new squad member Peter Handscomb will be thrust into the cauldron of Thursday's World Cup semi-final against England as replacement for Usman Khawaja, coach Justin Langer has said. Langer also confirmed that all-rounder Marcus Stoinis had passed a fitness test and was ready for Edgbaston while refusing to guarantee the mercurial Glenn Maxwell a place in the team.
Now that the two teams have reached the semi-final stage, albeit by taking contrasting routes, an India-Pakistan title clash is being anticipated.
ICC regulations dictate that in the event of a semi-final washout, the winners of each group automatically go through to the final in Melbourne on Sunday. Heather Knight called for a rule change after a rained-out semifinal clash against India knocked them out
England defeated Australia by 34 runs in a rain-interrupted match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday to win the tri-series one-day international tournament and end their disappointing tour on an unexpected high.
England leg spinner Mason Crane will make his debut in the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia this week after all-rounder Chris Woakes was ruled out of the match by injury, captain Joe Root said on Wednesday.
Damien Fleming says England's top six contains some of the worst batsmen he has seen play Test cricket
England will be begin their defence of the Ashes in Brisbane in November next year in the first Test of a five-match series, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.
Around 70,000 people are expected to watch the match from the venue on the first day.
Returning after a long injury lay-off, Glenn Maxwell hammered a sizzling half-century and make a strong case for his selection for the upcoming India ODI series.
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