Neil Wagner bowled a stunning spell to capture five wickets in one over in a first-class domestic cricket competition in Queenstown on Wednesday.
The South Africa-born 33-year-old has not played for the senior England team since the first Test in Brisbane 18 months ago, after which he returned home with stress-related problems.
Batsman Ian Bell was ruled out of England's Test series against Pakistan on Tuesday with a broken bone in his foot.
England have ruled batsman Kevin Pietersen out of the three-match one day series against Bangladesh starting on Thursday after he picked up a thigh injury against Australia at Lord's.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was named on Wednesday in a 16-man squad for the Ashes tour to Australia despite being arrested earlier in the week for an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
England included five uncapped players in their provisional 30-man squad for the World Twenty20 to be staged in the Caribbean from April 30 this year, announced on Monday.
With uncertainty looming large on Andrew Flintoff's participation, England has included Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott as his cover in the 14-member squad for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia starting at Headingley on Friday.
England bolstered their bowling options by naming Ryan Sidebottom as well as Steve Harmison in a 14-man squad for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley starting this week.
Pace bowler Graham Onions won selection ahead of Durham team mate Steve Harmison in the England squad named on Sunday for the first Ashes test against Australia starting in Cardiff next week.
New Zealand Cricket have delayed naming their squad for next month's tour of Sri Lanka because the itinerary is still to be ratified. NZC had planned to announce their squad on Friday but will wait until next week when the fixtures are due to be confirmed, the New Zealand Press Association reported.
S Sreesanth has not backed his aggressive temperament with good bowling and the speedster needs to change his habits to have any chance of playing for the national team again, feels former South African pacer Allan Donald.
Run continued to flow from V V S Laxman's blade, while S Sreesanth too dazzled in his debut for Warwickshire as both the Indians made their mark in their ongoing County Championship matches. At Old Trafford, Laxman hit a classy 193-ball 87, to top score for Lancashire, while Sreesanth came as the first change bowler and removed Adam Voges, Ali Brown and Mark Ealham for a decent figure of 14.1-1-65-3.
Ackermann, 28, whose previous best figures in the format were 3-21, took six of his seven wickets in two overs, and said afterwards that could not quite believe he had broken the record.
Former Zimbabwe player, Heath Streak talks about playing the the breakaway Indian Cricket League.
'James Anderson was unavailable for selection in the Test squad as he continues his rehabilitation from a calf injury,' the ECB said in a statement.
England axed wicketkeeper Matt Prior for next month's tour of New Zealand after he dropped a number of catches in the series against Sri Lanka. Warwickshire's Tim Ambrose has been selected in his place.
England spinner Ashley Giles will have a groin operation on Tuesday
Maggie is among the first set of people contacted in advance by the NHS for the jab based on a pre-determined health risk criteria and will include 87-year-old British Indian grandfather of nine Hari Shukla, who will get his first dose at a hospital in Newcastle.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored the 27th first-class century of his career and the first one in county cricket as Derbyshire seized the initiative against Leicestershire in a Division Two encounter in Derby.
South Africa named uncapped left-arm spinner Paul Harris in their squad for the remaining two Tests against India.
'Should the ECB Board receive formal confirmation that Ben Stokes has either been charged or that he will face no charges, they would convene within 48 hours to make a decision on his availability for the team at that stage'
The Zimbabwe all-rounder announced his retirement from international cricket to take up captaincy of English county Warwickshire.
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company has been conferred with a doctorate in science by Warwick University.
England meanwhile called Ian Bell and uncapped seamer Jon Lewis for the first Test against Bangladesh.
Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali made a comeback to Test cricket as they were included in England's 13-man squad for the first Test against India, starting in Edgbaston, on August 1.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was on Thursday hit by a bug, compounding the visiting team's misery, but opener Tom Latham sounded optimistic about the batsman's availability in the second Test against India beginning in Kolkata on Friday.
Mark Butcher was ruled out of South Africa tour following a wrist injury; Ian bell will replace him.
England recalled troubled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar on Monday and named three uncapped players in a 17-man squad for the return Ashes series in Australia that starts in November.
The dashing Indian opener hit 30 off 21 balls as Leicestershire scored 72 for 1 against Warwickshire's in the County championship.
England 'A' all rounder Graham Wagg has been suspended until January 2006 after testing positive for cocaine.
England have recalled Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's next week, but paceman Jimmy Anderson misses out with a shoulder injury. Uncapped Middlesex seamer Roland-Jones Ball was named in their 12-man squad, announced on Thursday.
Following-on India 'A' were 52 without loss on day 3 of the four-day match against Warwickshire.
Trott, who played 68 ODIs and seven T20 matches, has scored 18,662 runs in first class cricket.
The 50-year-old Lara also gave his opinion as to what the team is required to do to become successful in the longest format of the game.
Jos Buttler was rewarded for his good showing in the Indian Premier League with a place in England's 12-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's, starting May 24.
'I believe Bumrah, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, all four can play in the playing XI.'
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