Andrew Flintoff's 17-year-old son Rocky and fit-again pacer Chris Woakes were on Wednesday named in England Lions squad for the two four-day games against India A at home.
Fresh from their exploits in the IPL, young guns Vaibhav Suryavanshi shone with the bat after a tidy bowling performance as India defeated England by six wickets in the first Youth ODI of their Under-19 tour in Hove on Friday.
Flintoff's 16-year-old son Rocky hits maiden ton for England Lions
Only three England captains have secured the urn in Australia in the last 50 years, with Andrew Strauss the last in 2010/11.
Kasprowicz recalls being thanked "for saving Test cricket" for his Ashes 2005 Birmingham dismissal
Flintoff will take charge in October, overseeing their tour of South Africa, followed by a red-ball series in Australia in January and a summer series against India A and Zimbabwe on home soil.
Andrew Flintoff has been added to England's backroom staff for the upcoming T20 World Cup, and ECB managing director Rob Key viewed it as a portend to the former all-rounder's potential candidacy to the team's head coach role.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff called time on one of the most colourful and inspirational careers in English cricket on Thursday after years of battling a succession of injuries.
'The way Abhishek and Shubman bat, it is like fire and ice.'
On July 13, 2002, the Indian cricket team achieved an extraordinary victory on foreign soil by defeating a formidable England side in their own backyard to clinch the Natwest Tri-Series, which also featured Sri Lanka.
Pant also matched India's veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane, who was the last vice-captain to smash a century in each innings, doing so against South Africa in New Delhi, in 2015.
Former pacer Andrew Flintoff hailed England's experienced bowler Adil Rashid, stating that the veteran spinner "epitomises everything that England cricket is about" after the veteran spinner earned his 100th T20 cap.
Andrew Flintoff, who retired from all forms of cricket in 2010, said he is serious about becoming England's coach one day.
The England all rounder was struck on the right wrist by a straight drive from Ricky Ponting.
The left-hander said the senior players in the England team must ensure captain Andrew Flintoff does not overexert himself with the ball during the Ashes.
The England all-rounder scored an unbeaten 72 as England beat New Zealand by three wickets with just one ball to spare in the third ODI of the tri-series.
The 20-year-old, playing for Worcestershire, was hit for five straight sixes by England teammate Dan Lawrence, playing for Surrey.
VVS Laxman played second fiddle to Andrew Flintoff as Lancashire thumped Derbyshire by 56 runs in the Twenty20 Cup in London. Flintoff hammered 93 from 41 balls to hog the limelight but Laxman's 45-ball 63 was no less significant as the duo shared a fourth-wicket stand of 99 to help Lancashire pile up 220 for five, their best ever Twenty20 score.
Australia's former Test skipper Ian Chappell has asked England to learn from the Bodyline series and bring Andrew Flintoff out of the retirement to make Ricky Ponting's life miserable during the Ashes.
Over the course of two glorious summers Andrew Flintoff bowled with pace and fury, hit the ball with power and precision and caught everything in sight in the slips.
Liam Livingstone once again showcased his explosive batting prowess, smashing 63 not out off just 27 balls in the fourth ODI against Australia at Lord's on Friday.
The 25-year-old said he now wants to establish himself as a permanent member of Pakistan's Test squad.
Sluggish starts have been England's bane in the ongoing ODI series against India and Andrew Flintoff should be asked to open the innings if they are to avoid a whitewash, according to cricketer-turned-commentator Geoffrey Boycott.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared his teammate Graeme Swann's scorching off-break that rocked Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's woods in the Edgbaston Test with Michael Vaughan's magic ball that dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the 2002 Trent Bridge Test.
England skipper Andrew Flintoff is unsure whether he will be able to bowl in the Champions Trophy as he continues to make his comeback following ankle surgery.
The England all rounder was struck on the right wrist by a straight drive from Ricky Ponting.
After showing splendid skills with both bat and ball during the Ashes, Stuart Broad was being touted as Andrew Flintoff's natural heir, but England skipper Andrew Strauss doesn't think so.
With the wicket hardly assisting batsmen, all-rounder Andrew Flintoff today said anything more than four per over will be a difficult chase for England on the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test against India in Mohali.
Uncapped Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is in line to replace Flintoff.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff was recalled to the national team on Monday after England took only three South African wickets on the last two days of the first Test at Lord's. Former captain Flintoff, 30, who has not played Test cricket since January last year, is the only the change to an England 12 named shortly after a sixth successive Test draw.
The England all-rounder was confident his team could scrap their way back into the match.
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has hinted that he could continue his cricketing comeback with a stint in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash league.
With this, Yuvi also reached his half-century in just 12 balls, the fastest in T20I cricket history.
Ben Stokes is flattered by comparisons with former England captain Andrew Flintoff but would prefer forging his own path while helping his team win more matches, the all-rounder has said.
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.
Adam Gilchrist played fierce, played tidy and downright cheeky to score record-breaking 103 runs off 79 balls
Steve Smith was suspended for a year along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft after being indicted in the sandpaper-gate during a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town. Smith was also banned from taking any leadership roles for two years - a suspension which has now expired.
Describing Virat Kohli as "head and shoulders" above his international contemporaries, former England captain Andrew Flintoff says the Indian skipper is "on a different planet". "He's absolutely on his own. You look at the four main captains -- Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and Virat Kohli. They're all very, very good players but Virat is head and shoulders above all of them," Flintoff was quoted as saying in the Cricket Australia website.
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