England will fly home on Friday after the militant attacks in Mumbai, England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Hugh Morris said on Thursday.
England is likely to recall star batsman Kevin Pietersen for next month's ODI trip to India.
Jay Kishan Plaha has been in hospital after the accident at The Oval on Saturday and was monitored for delayed signs of concussion, but a CT scan cleared him of any major damage,
'We had a long chat here on the boundary talking about it and he's worried: he can't get his family out of Afghanistan and there's a lot of things happening for him.'
The T20 World Cup is still six months away and ICC said it will take a decision after consulting all stakeholders, including the Australian government.
English cricket plunged into deep crisis with coach Peter Moores also resigning.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain, criticised the lack of fight from India in the second Test at Lord's while urging the beleaguered visitors to dig deep.
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'It must be a nightmare for the selectors, but should you have your best side for that first India Test? If the next Test after this series was Brisbane in the Ashes, would we send our best side? So why when it's the first Test against India, one of the great sides, aren't we sending our best team?'
'If he has done something like that nine years ago, and since then he has learnt and done nothing like that and he has changed his ways in recent years, then I don't think you should come down too hard on him.'
Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis on Tuesday insisted that his team will perform to the fullest in the upcoming Twenty20 and One-Day series against England despite the 'spot-fixing' controversy surrounding the tour.
Abdul Qadir, who played 67 Test and 104 ODIs for Pakistan, suffered a cardiac arrest.
Images from Day 1 of the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia at The Oval in London on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test played between England and South Africa at Lord's on Wednesday.
England's new one-day captain Paul Collingwood warned West Indies and India on Friday to expect a more aggressive opponent when they face his side over the next three months.
'He had a decision to make and he made his decision and it turned out absolutely fine. England won the Ashes' 'They need to know they are being looked after a lot more so they don't think, 'oh, I'm not really making it in the Test arena, I'll go over to Twenty20'
Former England fast bowler Dominic Cork has said that India's star batsman Virat Kohli is capable of matching Sachin Tendulkar's staggering records in limited overs cricket. "It's a big statement to say someone could be as successful as Tendulkar but at the moment Kohli is making every bowler look easy to play against," Cork was quoted as saying by Sky Sports. "Who knows? In 10 years' time we could be standing here and saying he is better than Sachin," the former medium pacer added.
It sure did for New Zealand pace legend Richard Hadlee who had to offer his teammates a week's holiday to take one home back in 1986.
Rassie van der Dussen scored a classy century as South Africa secured a 62-run victory in sweltering heat in the first one day international to spoil England all-rounder Ben Stokes' farewell party at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday.
'To answer your first question, for me personally, it (winning in England) means nothing more than winning a Test match or a Test series anywhere else in the world.'
Commentator David 'Bumble' Lloyd also took to Twitter to apologise to Rafiq after he was accused of making disparaging comments on Asian cricketers to a third party.
England have lost their batting rhythm after playing on two difficult surfaces and looked like "startled rabbits" in the second innings of the third Test against India, according to former skipper Nasser Hussain.
'The last time we played each other, they won, so they're no slouches certainly'
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
England spinners Dom Bess and Jack Leach must have gained a lot by bowling in Sri Lanka in a just-concluded series but a bigger challenge awaits them against India in the four-Test series, starting from February 5, said former Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene.
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding criticised England and Australia for not taking a knee in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement during their ongoing limited-overs series.
Graeme Swann recalled how he once got Rahul Dravid out and it became a momentous occasion for him. Dravid played for Kent under John Wright's coaching and had a good season with the county side.
Young England batsman Zak Crawley believes Ben Stokes will have no trouble filling the captain's shoe in the absence if Joe Root as the all-rounder is already a "big leader" of the team. Root will miss the Test series opener against West Indies, which starts on Wednesday at the Ageas Bowl to attend the birth of his second child, handing over the captaincy duties to England's World Cup hero Stokes.
England cemented their position by finishing day two on 202-5 riding fifties by Ben Duckett and Harry Brook.
The former Test skipper will be in London commentating for Sky Sports.
Shai Hope has struggled to even breach the 30-run mark in his four innings against England. His scores read 25, 7 16, 9 so far.
Ian Botham says the criticism around the inclusion of spinner Adil Rashid in the home team's squad for the first Test against India is 'unnecessary'.
West Indies captain Jason Holder says both his team and England putting up a united front to show support for the Black Lives Matter campaign before the start of the first Test in Southampton meant the "world to him" and he feels Michael Holding's powerful speech on racism "in his veins". Both teams took the knee for 30 seconds in solidarity with the BLM movement before the start of play on Wednesday.
There is a more authentic Indian cricket connection to Afghanistan and that is through the family roots of Iftikhar Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi.
Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes was wearing an older model helmet when he suffered a serious head injury on Tuesday and the latest version released about a year ago might have offered better protection, the equipment manufacturer has said.
The Indian Premier League is not only one of the world's most lucrative annual sporting properties but also among the most durable, with not even the lengthening shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic apparently able to stop the Twenty20 juggernaut.
Captain Joe Root has already plundered an English record 1,630 Test runs in 2021 and has two half-centuries in the Ashes series so far with 89 in Brisbane and 62 in Adelaide as his side slipped to two heavy defeats.
Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has highlighted Suryakumar Yadav's batting woes in ODIs, saying he needs clarity of mind and should find his own way of rotating the strike in the middle overs.
Strauss has also called for a change in England's top-order after another disappointing show by the batsmen.
Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has held talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board about coaching the national team, he said on Saturday.
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