England's Chris Woakes stated that he is "at ease" with the Three Lions' decision to leave him out of the Test team for a series against India, calling it a "fair decision."
India will be looking for another favorable result to extend their lead in the World Test Championships standings.
India's bid to win a 17th consecutive home Test series, however, hinges on the success of their three-pronged spin attack comprising Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.
Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.
For Michael Vaughan, Pep Guardiola is the best sporting leader in the last 15 years and the former England skipper won't mind if Ben Stokes employs Manchester City manager's approach of never allowing players to take their places for granted.
As curtains dropped on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand, England strengthened their stranglehold with Stuart Broad ripping through the Kiwi top-order at the Bay Oval.
Images from Day 3 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday.
India will need to be ruthless and tactful in equal measure while dealing with an unpredictable England when the third chapter of a riveting Test series begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
Hazlewood returned to Australia after reporting "minor side soreness" following his most recent IPL match for RCB
England take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Ollie Robinson was suspended from international cricket pending an investigation after his tweets, posted when he was a teenager
Anderson became the leading wicket-taker among pace bowlers across all formats
Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday.
Nauman was denied a hat-trick by Brook, who kept England's chase going, despite Pope being bowled by Abrar and Stokes losing his wicket in a run-out following a mix-up between the batters.
England's Ollie Robinson struck four times with the second new ball as the hosts thrashed India by an innings and 76 runs to level the series on day four of the third Test at Headingley in Leeds on Saturday.
The former England captain expects experienced pacer James Anderdon to be part of England's touring squad for the Test series in India early next year.
After England dominated the proceedings on Day 1 of the first Test at the Bay Oval, Tom Blundell struck a century to revive New Zealand's chances.
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Travis Head returned from COVID-19 to smash a belligerent 101 and Cameron Green made 74 to revive Australia after a top-order collapse on the opening day of the day-night final Ashes Test against England on Friday.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday, March 9.
New Zealand were in trouble at 37 for 3 at stumps in reply to England's declared first innings total of 325 for 9 at Bay Oval, with seven wickets tumbling in a frantic evening session.
'He is obviously a bit of a rough diamond.'
Cheteshwar Pujara continued to thrive in the English County circuit
Rain can be an ally for England, says Stokes ahead of decisive fourth Ashes Test
England fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia.
The match is delicately poised after a see-saw battle on Monday with Australia on 107-3 in their second innings chasing a victory target of 281 to take a series lead.
Having taken a 78-run lead in the runfest, England declared their second innings on 264-7 to set Pakistan an improbable victory target of 343 with four sessions to go.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out Australia in the Ashes if they prepare flat wickets
Cricket and the Olympics made for strange bedfellows when the sport featured in its roster for the first and only time in the 1900 edition of the games in Paris.
England cemented their position by finishing day two on 202-5 riding fifties by Ben Duckett and Harry Brook.
The Cabinet minister pulled out of the interview hours before it was to air on Tuesday evening, with her team saying she could no longer spare the time.
'It's certainly there, the way that they want to play, this bold new approach to Test match cricket, trying to make bold decisions at any stage in the game where they can.'
England captain Ben Stokes' swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes Test at Lord's by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-Test series.
One lucky punter who believed 14 years ago that Josh Tongue would one day play for England and placed a cheeky bet will win 50,000 pounds ($63,000).
Sweden missed out on the finals for the first time in 28 years on a night in which their fixture with Belgium was abandoned
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test between Pakistan and England in Multan on Sunday.
Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 position after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries against New Zealand.
England skipper Ben Stokes expects to deliver with both bat and ball in the upcoming Ashes.
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