Pakistan cricket was embroiled in another controversy after pacer Shoaib Akhtar was caught on camera tampering with the ball during England's Rose Bowl win on Wednesday.
Paul Collingwood and Alastair Cook hit half-centuries for England who cruised to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first One-day International on Sunday.
The Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate's brilliant all-round effort went in vain as England huffed and puffed their way to a six-wicket win in a Group B encounter of the World Cup in Nagpur on Tuesday.
After the Twenty20 success, Paul Collingwood now wants to add the 50-over trophy to his collection from the Feb.9-April 2 event.
David Hussey halted a middle-order collapse and guided Australia to a four-wicket victory over England in the third One-day International at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
With little over a month to go for the ICC Cricket World Cup, England middle-order batsman Paul Collingwood has predicted that India, South Africa, Australia and his native country will make it to the semi-finals of the mega-event starting February 19 in Dhaka.
England beat Australia by one wicket in the first of two Twenty20 internationals on Wednesday, Chris Woakes scoring the winning run off the last ball of a dramatic match.
Paul Collingwood on Monday admitted that English players' non-availability for the whole IPL-IV played a big part in their snubbing by the team owners during the two-day auction in Bangalore.
Paul Collingwood is to quit Test cricket after the fifth Ashes encounter, the England batsman said on Thursday, going out on a high after helping to retain the famous urn in Australia for the first time in 24 years.
Twenty20 World Cup winning captain Paul Collingwood and bowler Stuart Broad will miss England's Test series with Bangladesh starting at Lord's on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
Dismissed as a 'bits and pieces player' and ridiculed by Shane Warne, Paul Collingwood has endured a series of trials by fire. Through a strength of character and a dedicated work ethic, he has prevailed to emerge triumphant as the first England captain to win a global One-day tournament.
England captain Paul Collingwood has repeatedly highlighted that his team had things to improve even as they marched through the Twenty20 World Cup winning all their games in the Super Eight stage.
England's new-found consistency will be pitted against Sri Lanka's characteristic flair when the two teams clash in the first semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Thursday.
Struggling with three pull-outs within one week, Delhi Daredevils would seek to capitalise on the experience of legendary Australian paceman Glenn McGrath when they take on Victoria in their opening Champions League Twenty20 match in New Delhi on Friday.
Australian pacer Glenn McGrath on Wednesday replaced injured English batsman Paul Collingwood in the Delhi Daredevils team for the Champions League Twenty20 starting on Thursday. Collingwood will miss the event due to a buttock injury he picked up during the just-concluded ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
The VJD method has the advantage of considering field restrictions in the first six overs -- so we should expect it to set targets higher than D/L in the 5, 6 and 7 over games.
England captain Andrew Strauss praised New Zealand counterpart Daniel Vettori for recalling Paul Collingwood after he had been given run out during their Champions Trophy clash on Tuesday.
England captain Andrew Strauss praised a positive batting performance which set up a 22-run victory over favourites South Africa and took his team into the Champions Trophy semi-finals on Sunday.
Andrew Symonds's half-century and a superb spell from Pragyan Ojha enabled Deccan Chargers outclass Delhi Daredevils by 11 runs and storm into the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League, in Delhi, on Sunday.
England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that the current tour of Australia and next year's World Cup will be the ultimate experience for the Andrew Strauss-led squad.
So often, Paul Collingwood has proved to be the crisis man for England and now he is doing the same for Delhi Daredevils.
Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann shared five wickets to put England in complete command on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. At the close Bangladesh, replying to England's 599 for six declared, were struggling at 154 for five with only opener Tamin Iqbal standing firm.
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.
England produced another typically inconsistent batting performance as the ghosts of Cardiff returned to haunt them in the second Ashes Test on Thursday. A score of 364 for six on the first day was disappointing after a rock-solid opening partnership of 196.
England last pair Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar proved their country's unlikely batting heroes when the hosts defied the rules of probability by drawing the first Ashes Test against Australia on Sunday.
England tailenders James Anderson and Monty Panesar denied Australia victory in the first Ashes Test with an heroic unbeaten last-wicket stand before an ecstatic capacity 16,000-strong crowd in Cardiff on Sunday. Victory seemed assured for the Australians when Paul Collingwood was dismissed for 74 after five hours 43 minutes of dogged resistance with England still needing six to make Australia bat again and a minimum 11.3 overs remaining.
England Players' Union chief Angus Porter has revealed that captain Andrew Strauss, Twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood and the rest of the squad were desperate to see that the three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Muhammad Amir did not to play for their side for the rest of the tour following the leveling of spot-fixing charges against them.
Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood scored half centuries as England went to tea on 194 for 3 in the first Ashes Test after Australia took three wickets in the morning session.
Captain Andrew Strauss has been rested for England's forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
In contrast to the ebullience of some of the other Twenty20 World Cup contenders, England open the tournament on Friday almost apologising for their presence.
England's Eoin Morgan plundered 125 not out for his maiden Test century to help dig his team out of trouble and steer them to 331 for four at stumps on day one of the first Test with Pakistan on Thursday.
Eoin Morgan has kept his place in the England squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday, edging out Ravi Bopara despite his back-to-back centuries in a recent game with Yorkshire.
England's Paul Collingwood played a full part in practice on Saturday, leaving South Africa with the tough selection decisions for the third Test starting on Sunday.
England called up uncapped Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry on Wednesday as cover for Paul Collingwood before the third Test against South Africa.
England announced on Tuesday their one-day squad for the Stanford Twenty20 competition beginning on October 25 and the tour of India starting on November 14.
Mike Hussey and Shaun Tait led Australia to a 42-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international at Lord's on Saturday as England won the series 3-2.
Eoin Morgan kept up his purple patch of form and Paul Collingwood achieved an England landmark in a four-wicket win over Australia in the second one-day international in Cardiff on Thursday.
Eoin Morgan struck a brilliant unbeaten century to lead England to a four-wicket victory over Australia in the first One-day International on Tuesday.
England ended their 35-year wait for a world title with victory over Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.
After leading England to their maiden ICC tournament title by winning the Twenty20 World Cup in Bridgetown, captain Paul Collingwood said the triumph as important as Ashes victory.
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