England batting coach Graham Thorpe said they will not give up hope of saving the third Test against Australia, but a woeful batting display from the hosts on Friday left them with a mountain to climb to regain the Ashes.
A Class 4 student in A.G. Primary School in this principal city of Gujarat, Ayush won the aerated drinks giant Pepsi campaign "Toss Ka Boss".
England fast bowler James Anderson claimed his 400th Test wicket when he had New Zealand's Martin Guptill caught at slip by Ian Bell for nought in the second Test at Headlingley, Leeds.
The 65-year-old former England captain will succeed incumbent president Doug Insole for a year, from October 1.
Amidst tributes for James Anderson, two voices have stood out to show things as they are.
Once viewed as the perennial whipping boys of one-day cricket, New Zealand have not only reinvented themselves but have also helped inspire a remarkable transformation in England's approach.
B catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, Kallis completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.
England's current One-day side is the best cricket unit the country has ever produced, according to former captain Nasser Hussain.
Geoffrey Boycott was reportedly denied knighthood by officials over his conviction nearly 20 years ago for assaulting his former lover.
A look at the leading wicket-takers in Test cricket after Australian Shane Warne passed the 500 mark against Sri Lanka.
England out for lowest score in Barbados, WI in strong position
The actress has been approached to be a judge on the cricketing version of Pop Idol along with former players like Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Ian Botham.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and England, at the M A Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai.
Names like Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Dean Jones, Gary Kirsten and Waqar Younis will rub shoulders in the Signature World Cup of Golfing Cricketers.
James Anderson has been ruled out of England's one-day international series in Sri Lanka as he continues his rehabilitation from a knee injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Trent Bridge Triumph was India's second biggest win against England in England. Rajneesh Gupta serves up the interesting numbers from the third Test.
News of all that transpired on and off the cricket field
Asked to lead the England attack in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, in the absence of spearhead James Anderson, Stuart Broad became only the fifth English bowler to reach the 300 Test wickets milestone.
Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff became the first cricketer in 24 years to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday.
English cricket's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson and former England football midfielder Frank Lampard were given the OBE.
India have posted 6 of the 7 600+ totals posted in Test cricket this year!
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The former Australian captain joins Ian Botham, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Holding and Barry Richards on the five-man selection panel.
Jacques Kallis's supposed crime has been that he has the talent of an Ian Botham but the wooden temperament of a small-town bank clerk.
England pace spearhead James Anderson says the altercation with India's Ravindra Jadeja during the Trent Bridge Test last year 'affected' his performance.
Factbox on the fastest half centuries in Test cricket after Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached the mark in 21 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev finished second in the Legends Cup Golf tournament at the Classic Golf Resort.
On Tuesday, the 25-year-old Flintoff produced a display that Botham himself would have been proud of.\n\n\n\n
Alastair Cook is now England's leading Test match run-scorer.
At the centre of controversy surrounding his alleged altercation with Ravindra Jadeja in Trent Bridge, fast bowler James Anderson replaced Fred Trueman as England's highest wicket-taker in the Old Blighty, where he has accounted for 230 scalps.
When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (125). Most consecutive Tests (106). Most runs (10,122). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most hundred partnerships (58).
36 summers have gone by but Kapil Dev's toothy grin with the Prudential Cup remains the most defining moment in Indian cricket.
Calling Test cricket an enduring romance, Sehwag said it is the waiting game which makes the format charming.
'I felt Test cricket is just beyond my reach.' 'And slowly, slowly, I started doing well.' 'In the second Test against Pakistan, I scored a fifty and when we went to Sialkot I played a series-saving innings, which was a game changer for me.' 'At that stage that was the most important innings of my life.'
England's sporting global ambitions have never been fully realised since Sir Alf Ramsey's team won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Whether it is Gary Linekar or Hary Kane, the 'Cup' that they desperately want never came home during the last five and half decades.
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