Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott shared a second-wicket partnership of 141 to lift England to a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth One-day International at Lord's on Sunday.
Martin Guptill's fluent unbeaten 103 led New Zealand to a comfortable five-wicket victory over England in the first one-day international at Lord's on Friday.
Ravi Bopara's flamboyant unbeaten 52 steered England to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Australia in the reduced-overs fifth and final One-day International in Manchester on Tuesday.
An Alastair Cook ton and tropical downpour rescued England for a draw in the third Test against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's openers confidently negotiated an awkward session at the end of a rain-interrupted fourth day at Lord's on Sunday, setting up the prospect of a fascinating finish to the third and final Test against England.
India's woeful run of losses continued as England drew first blood with a thrilling nine-run victory in the first One-Day International in Rajkot, on Friday. Chasing a stiff target of 326, India lacked the batting firepower on a placid track and were restricted to a 316 for 9 in a high-scoring contest to concede a 1-0 lead to visitors in the five-match series.
Kevin Pietersen's second successive century led England to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan and a series whitewash after the fourth and final one-day international in Dubai on Tuesday.
Statistical highlights of the first day's play in the fourth Test between India and England in Nagpur, on Thursday.
Images from the 3rd day's play of the 3rd Test in Kolkata played between England and India on Friday.
Statistical highlights from Day 2 of the second Test played between India and England at Wankhede in Mumbai on Saturday.
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke lamented another top order batting collapse that sent the hosts crashing to a record low first innings on day one of the fourth Ashes Test against England in Melbourne on Sunday.
England lost early wickets to slump to 16 for two at close of play against South Africa at Lord's on Sunday, as their pursuit of 346 to win the third and final Test and square the series started badly.
Indian paceman Munaf Patel suffered a suspected ankle injury as he fell on the ground while chasing the ball during the fifth and final one-dayer against England in Cardiff on Friday.
England's opening batsmen safely negotiated the final hour's play to close the third day of the third Test with Pakistan on 36 without loss, chasing 324 to win, after Azhar Ali's mammoth innings of 157 put the hosts in a dominant position in Dubai.
'The series has shown a lot of talent, for us and India. I love Test cricket and we've seen some young, inexperienced players perform and the future looks bright in this format.'
James Anderson hailed England's stunning dismissal of Australia and their batsmen's unbeaten march to stumps on the opening day of the fourth test in Melbourne on Sunday, a day in which all of the chips fell in the tourists' favour.
Images from Day 2 of the third Ashes Test played in Perth on Friday.
England tightened their grip on the Ashes in Perth on Thursday, restricting Australia to a first innings total of 268 after a feisty rearguard fightback on day one of the third Test.
Images from the fifth One-day International between India and England at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
England beat India by three wickets (D/L method) in the third ODI at The Oval on Friday to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series. Chasing a revised target of 218, England reached home with seven balls to spare.
Pakistan transformed the course of the third Test against England at the Oval on Friday in a spectacular passage of play immediately after the tea interval on the third day. After Alastair Cook had more than doubled his previous aggregate of Test runs this summer with 110, including 16 boundaries, England appeared in control at 194 for three with a session to play.
England claimed seven Indian wickets in an extended morning session on the fourth day on Sunday to bowl out the hosts for 204 but will need to pull off a stiff 405-run chase on a fast-deteriorating wicket to win the second Test in Visakhapatnam.
Dinesh Chandimal stroked an unbeaten 105 to help Sri Lanka to a convincing six-wicket win over England at Lord's on Sunday as the tourists took a 2-1 lead in the one-day series.
A fiery opening spell from fast bowler James Anderson allowed Alastair Cook to celebrate his first home match with a thumping 110-run win over a shell-shocked Sri Lanka at the Oval on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka safely negotiated a draw on the final day of the second Test against England at Lord's on Tuesday after being set a daunting 343 from 58 overs to win.
England captured the final seven Sri Lanka first-innings wickets for 107 runs in the second Test at Lord's on Monday to give themselves an opportunity to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. At the close of a prolonged day, England were 149 for two in their second innings, an overall lead of 156, with 98 overs scheduled for Tuesday's final day.
Prasanna Jayawarde's patient century lifted Sri Lanka to 400 all out and England lost their captain Andrew Strauss to end the second day of the first Test on 47 for one on Friday.
England extended their overall lead over Australia to 267 with all second-innings wickets intact after declining to enforce the follow-on on the third morning of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Saturday. At lunch, England were 57 for no wicket in their second innings with captain Andrew Strauss (24 not out) and Alastair Cook (32 not out) taking full toll of some short-pitched bowling from the Australian pace attack.
Australia claimed four wickets in the final session to reduce England from 196 for no wicket to 364 for 6 by close on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test.
Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott steered England to a nine-wicket victory against Pakistan after lunch on the fourth day of the second Test on Monday to go 2-0 up in the four-match series. England, set 118 to win at Edgbaston, cruised to their target as Strauss, dropped three times, and Trott both finished on 53 not out after the early dismissal of the out-of-form Alastair Cook.
England lost three quick wickets in the last hour to slump to 53 for three in reply to Australia's 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Friday.
Factbox on England captain Alastair Cook, who became the first English batsman to score 10,000 runs in test matches in the second test against Sri Lanka on Monday. *Born Dec. 25, 1984 in Gloucester, England. *Scored an unbeaten 104 on test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, and made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in the same year. *Scored 766 runs in seven innings during the 2010-2011 Ashes tour, to help England to their first series win in Australia for 24 years. *Scored 294 against India in 2011, his highest test score to date, and was named as International Cricket Council's Test Cricketer of the Year in 2011. *Was appointed MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
England reached 311 for six in their second innings on the third day of the second Test on Saturday to put themselves in a splendid position to win their first Ashes test at Lord's for 75 years. When rain ended play, England held an overall lead of 521 after captain Andrew Strauss had decided against enforcing the follow-on. Australia were dismissed for 215 in the morning session in reply to the hosts' 425.
Michael Vaughan (28 not out) and Alastair Cook (19 not out) took England to 48 without loss when bad light stopped play after the Sri Lankans had amassed 548 for 9 declared for a first-innings lead of 197, on Day 4 of the second Test.
The left-arm pacer claimed three wickets for 50 runs as India reduced England to 169 for 7 by close of the day in the second Test.
England lost four wickets in the final session and ended Day 1 in the first Test on 229 for 5. Andrew Strauss hit a composed 123 and notched his 13the Test century in the process.
The West Indies, chasing an unlikely victory target of 455, were 22 for one at the close after having bowled England out for 313.
Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four for 60 to reduce England to 285 for nine in 88 overs at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test.
England have the makings of a strong future test team, captain Alastair Cook said on Wednesday after a comprehensive 241-run win over South Africa in the first Test at Kingsmead.
Ross Taylor's scintillating unbeaten 154 put New Zealand in control of the second Test on the second day against England on Saturday. At the close England had limped to 152 for four in reply to New Zealand's 381 for nine after the injured Daniel Flynn did not return to the crease.
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