'It depends on whom you want to play. I feel you have a choice, it's a tough one to make.'
Both India and England retained their teams that played the second Test at Trent Bridge.
India's bowling coach Venkatest Prasad admitted that it is time S Sreesanth starts focusing on his bowling and not on tactics to unsettle batsmen.
Umpires Simon Taufel and Ian Howell will carry out an inspection of the ground at 1245 local time (1715 IST) before deciding when play can begin.
The Indian team on Friday dropped to the third spot in the ICC One-Day Internationals rankings after Australia regained the top position owing to their 6-0 lead in the ongoing seven-match series against England. Ricky Ponting's side beat the home team by 111 runs at Trent Bridge on Thursday and moved ahead of South Africa by a fraction of a ratings point.
Ricky Ponting piled on the misery for England with a masterful century to help Australia claim a comfortable four-wicket win and a 5-0 lead in the one-day series on Tuesday. Captain Ponting thumped 126 in 109 balls as the visitors eased to their target of 300 with 10 deliveries to spare at Trent Bridge.
Karthik, who made his Test comeback against Afghanistan in June, will have big responsibility of filling up for one of India's finest wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who is set to undergo shoulder surgery.
South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been suspended from next week's second Test against England at Trent Bridge for using "inappropriate language" towards batsman Ben Stokes.
'When you are keeping wickets, you should concentrate 100 percent on your wicketkeeping,' says Parthiv Patel.
A couple of New Zealand bowlers will slip into 'micro-shine' trousers when the third Test against England gets underway at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Rubbing the ball against these specially designed trousers, adds shine to the ball.
Just when Shahid Afridi's international career was touted as over, he rolled back his years in magnificent style, fashioning Pakistan's seven-run victory over South Africa to power his side into the finals of the Twenty20 World Cup at Trent Bridge.
Aaron Redmond returned to international cricket with a blistering 30-ball 63 as New Zealand spanked minnows Ireland by 83 runs in their first Super Eight match of the Twenty20 World Cup in Nottingham on Thursday. The Kiwis, riding on Redmond's flourishing start, first rattled up a healthy 198 for five and then skittled out the hapless Irishmen for 115 in 16.4 overs in what turned out to be a lop-sided contest at Trent Bridge.
Defending champions India proved too strong for Ireland, winning the last group stage match of the World T20 by eight wickets.
Sri Lanka warmed up for the Super Eights in style, outclassing the West Indies by 15 runs in an inconsequential Group C match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Wednesday. Led by a solid 81 off 47 deliveries from Sanath Jayasuriya, the islanders posted 192 for five and then restricted the West Indies to 177 for five.
Despite having already secured a berth in the Super Eights, defending champions India decided against experimenting in the match and retained the same team that beat Bangladesh in the previous game.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting felt too many mistakes cost them the match and resulted in an early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 after they lost by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
Australia's hopes of capturing the only title that has evaded their grasp vanished when Sri Lanka beat them by six wickets in the first round of the ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka, replying to Australia's 159 for nine in 20 overs, finished with 160 for four in 19.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting warned England on Friday they would be taking a gamble if they played a half-fit Andrew Flintoff in the Ashes series starting in Cardiff on July 8. All-rounder Flintoff will miss the ICC World Twenty20 after surgery on a knee injury sustained in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Cricket Australia paid tribute to cricketer Bill Brown, who died on the weekend in Brisbane. Brown, who was baggy green cap number 150, made his Test debut at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in June 1934, making 22 and 73. He was Australia's oldest Test cricketer and last pre-World War 2 Test cricketer, and leaves Ron Hamence, Sam Loxton, Arthur Morris and Neil Harvey as the last surviving members of Sir Donald Bradman's famous Invincibles side of 1948.
The India Independence Day seven-a-side cricket festival, sponsored by Al Wahda Construction for second year in a row, will be held on Friday, August 15 in Dubai.
Pakistan's captain was at the centre of another controversy when he claimed a catch that wasn't, during the fourth ODI against England.
Glenn Phillips was rewarded for a brilliant season for New Zealand in the shortest format of the game and was named the ANZ Men's T20I Player of the Year award, having thrilled New Zealand supporters with 740 runs at 38.94, scored a strike rate of 148.89.
Reader Ranjana Banerjee sent us these pictures from Nottingham.
Most of the players stayed away from the two-hour practice session, optional for those who played in the second Test.
Most of the players stayed away from the two-hour practice session, optional for those who played in the second Test.
The 34-year-old emphasised that the team is now focused on the third and final Test to begin on August 9 at the Oval as it looks to win its first ever Test series in England since 1986.
The England captain, however, said the jelly bean row had nothing to do with his team's defeat.
Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct in the second Test against England at Trent Bridge.
India produced a strong batting performance to post a healthy score of 254 for 3 at close on day two of the second Test.
After a delay of over four hours because of a wet outfield umpires the umpires declared that play will commence at 1500 local time (1730 IST).
The Indian middle-order batsman passed a fitness test on his stiff back on Thursday.
The pacer is still to recover fully from a back injury ahead of the Nottingham Test on Friday.
Images from Day 4 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
James Anderson claimed two early wickets to have New Zealand, replying to England's first innings of 364, in trouble at 57 for 2 at tea on the second day of the third and final Test.
Kevin Pietersen's 12th test century helped England recover from a slump to reach 273 for seven on the first day of the third and final Test against New Zealand on Thursday. Pietersen scored 115 for his first test hundred at Trent Bridge, where he played for four seasons from 2001.
England pace bowler Stuart Broad believes the Nottingham swing factor can give his side a 2-0 series win in the third and final Test against New Zealand starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Spin was the primary weapon at the second Test at Old Trafford, which England won by six wickets thanks to Monty Panesar after trailing New Zealand by 179 runs on the first innings.
India will tour England in 2011 to play four Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 international, England and Wales Cricket Board said on Sunday.
The decision on whether to appeal or not against judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis' verdict pronouncing both James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja 'not guilty' in the Trent Bridge altercation lies entirely on International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson, who has six days to do so.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith was disappointed but not downcast after the Proteas lost the third Test against England by 70 runs at Trent Bridge.
