Images from the fifth Twenty20 International between India and England, in Ahmedabad, on Saturday.
'England were 87-7 with Curran and Adil Rashid at the crease and for some reason Ravichandran Ashwin went out of the game for an hour. India lost control then -- he needs to look back on his captaincy and say 'when I've got a bloke who averages 19 against left-handers and a 20-year-old left-hander on strike, why did I take him off?,'
England, set a mere 206 to win, slumped to 50 for five and then 114 for eight.
Images from the first One-day International between India and England, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.
Pakistan overcame belligerent resistance from England's tail-enders to win the second Test by 178 runs on Monday after bowling out the visitors for 312 with 6.3 overs remaining on the final day.
England have not picked uncapped all-rounder Jofra Archer in a preliminary 15-man World Cup squad but have named him in squads for the warm-up games against Pakistan and Ireland.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between South Africa and England, played in Sharjah on Saturday.
Jonny Bairstow was selected to play as a specialist batsman in England's fourth Test against India even though he fractured a finger while keeping wicket in the third-Test loss.
Images from the World Cup second semi-final between England and Australia in Birmingham, on Thursday.
Dawid Malan returned to his home town on Sunday to steer England to a four-wicket win over South Africa in their second Twenty20 international in Paarl as they clinched the three-match series.
Images from the second ODI between England and Australia, at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Sunday
England's chase of 330 appeared all but over when they were reduced to 257-8 in the 40th over but Sam Curran and Mark Wood, who scored 14, kept the side in the hunt with a stubborn 60-run stand for the ninth wicket.
In a shocking incident, England cricketer Moeen Ali was on Saturday stopped at the Birmingham airport for close to 40 minutes. Ali was on his way to join the rest of the Worcestershire side for the opening game of the 2016 County Championship. The England all-rounder was clearly angry with the treatment meted out to him and took to Twitter to voice his sentiments. "Have never been stopped at the airport when travelling with a team in uniform, but travel alone and get stopped for 40 minutes!! Joke," Ali tweeted.
Rohit Sharma stroked an entertaining 64 from 34 balls, having hit five sixes and four fours, to power India to victory in the fifth T20I.
India made a strong reply to England's first-innings total of 477 after half-centuries by debutant Liam Dawson and number nine Adil Rashid underlined the tourists' batting depth in the fifth and final Test on Saturday. - Scorecard: India claimed three wickets on the second morning but the 108-run partnership between Dawson and Rashid in a productive second session for the touring side frustrated the hosts.
Eyeing a top-two finish, Chennai Super Kings will start as the firm favourites when they take on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League, in Dubai, on Thursday.
Jofra Archer was England's leading wicket taker in their victorious World Cup campaign with 20 wickets and he made his Test debut against Australia, picking up 22 wickets in four Ashes Tests.
Curator Kasturi Sriram said that unlike the Rajkot wicket, the 22-yard strip in Visakhapatnam to be provided for the second Test against England "won't have much grass".
India's Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah unmoved
Punjab, who are on eight points from 11 games, need to win the match to keep their play-offs hopes alive, while KKR (10 points from 11 games) also need a victory to boost their hopes.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will need their famed top-order batting to fire and turn things around when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Spinner Zafar Ansari will make his England Test debut in the second and final match against Bangladesh while Stuart Broad is rested as Alastair Cook rotates his side ahead of the tour to India.
Rashid was only the third British-born Asian cricketer to force his way into the Yorkshire team when he made his debut three years ago.
England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has hit back at Michael Vaughan who had criticised the selectors' decision to recall him in the Test squad, saying the former captain's comments are 'stupid' and 'do not matter'.
Sam Curran paced his innings beautifully, playing both spin and pace with ease. He was poised all through his innings and not once did he allow his focus to waver.
Krunal Pandya smashed the fastest half-centuryr by a debutant in ODIs to power India to victory in the first ODI against England.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has warned South Africa to abstain from its "cocky jibes", saying that they will backfire against the visitors.
Here are pictures of the two teams sweating it out at practice...
Fast bowler Steve Harmison, left-arm spinner Monty Panesar and batsman Ravi Bopara were left out of the England squad named on Thursday for the tour of South Africa. Kevin Pietersen was included in the 16-man Test squad despite still recovering from the Achilles tendon operation which sidelined him for part of the Ashes series victory over Australia.
Captain Eoin Morgan hammered 66 from 33 balls, while Dawid Malan hit an unbeaten half-century to power England to a five-wicket victory against Pakistan, in the second T20 International, in Manchester, on Sunday.
'This modern-day recovery, matchups, data, sports science, I'm not sure. I would've said just let me be.'
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.
Virat Kohli was named in the Asia XI squad to take on a Faf du Plessis-led World XI in next month's Bangabandhu 100-year celebration three-match T20 International series in Dhaka.
Against England on Monday and then Wednesday's game versus Australia, the Indian team management would look to give the players who are still not automatic choices in the playing XI, more overs to bat or bowl to get a better idea about their current form.
Uncapped off-spinner James Tredwell was called into the England squad as cover on Thursday after Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad were ruled out of the first two One-Day Internationals through injury. Spinner Swann has a side strain and pace bowler Broad a shoulder injury.
Former Pakistan Test cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq has called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to appoint a full-time spin bowling coach before expressing his desire to fill in the position. The Pakistan off-spinner is currently assisting the England team on a brief consultancy basis, having joined the squad after the two Tests in Bangladesh.
'ECB has hired my services for 2 years and I have to work 100 days a year with them. My main duty will be with the England Cricket team but I will also work with young and rising spinners in English cricket'.
England have called up uncapped batsman Ollie Pope to replace out of form David Malan while paceman Chris Woakes comes in for all-rounder Ben Stokes for the second Test against India, which begins on Thursday at Lord's.
Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has urged the International Cricket Council to review its existing 15-degree arm/elbow extension law for bowlers.
Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid, who is being trained by former Australian leg spinner and now coach Terry Jenner, hopes he can emulate another Jenner protg Shane Warne.
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