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The England fast bowler repeated his Jamaica heroics with five wickets for 48 as West Indies slithered to 189 for eight on a rain-affected opening day of the second Test.
How long they spend face to face, indeed, is likely to have a profound effect on the outcome of England's Test series against South Africa.
Seamer Richard Johnson will replace Harmison in the squad for the three-Test series.
The 25-year-old, man-of-the-match after taking nine wickets in England's first test victory last week, has a hip injury.
Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Rafique took three wickets each as England were dismissed for 295 on the third day of the first Test. \n\n
England were 111 without loss at the close of day 2 in reply to Bangladesh's first-innings total of 203 in the first Test.
The fast bowler took six for 46 as the West Indies were dismissed for 152 in their first innings and then added another two as the tourists ended the day 84 for two after following on.
Ashley Giles has grabbed 18 wickets in two Tests against the West Indies.
The skipper's seventh Test century enabled New Zealand score 295 for four on day one of the third Test against England.
England picked the two fast bowlwrs for the seven-match one-day series against the West Indies.
The duo were added to the squad as possible replacements for Steve Harmison, who is suffering from a calf injury.
England beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 69 runs on day 3 of the second and final Test.
The England captain is counting on the strike bowler to deliver against Zimbabwe.
Former England Test cricketer Steve Harmison has claimed that sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen 'does not have a cat in hell's chance' of a recall to the national squad.
Ponting compared the spell with the one England's Steve Harmison bowled during the famous 2005 Ashes series, in which he hit Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer before leaving the former skipper with a bloodied cheek.
ill Pucovski has become the third Australian cricketer to report mental health problems to the team management in just over two weeks
Following is a factbox on the first Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Thursday:
The only phase in which Kohli battled self doubt was the 2014 tour of England in which he failed to even get a half-century and copped a lot of criticism.
Indian off-spinner R Ashwin on Sunday lost his top position in the International Cricket Council Test rankings, displaced by England pacer Stuart Broad, even as Ajinkya Rahane remained the country's top-ranked batsman at joint 10th in the latest list.
Only Root, former skipper Alastair Cook, Stuart Broad and James Anderson remain from the England team that suffered a 381-run hiding at the Gabba in 2013/14, when a marauding Mitchell Johnson took nine wickets and set the tone for the series.
England's 2005 Ashes-winning side were better than the team that sealed a series victory over Australia with a game to spare in Nottingham on Saturday, according to Kevin Pietersen.
England's Joe Root has moved to the top of the world Test batting rankings after scoring two centuries and two fifties in the first four Ashes Tests against Australia.
India captain Virat Kohli and off-spinner R Ashwin put on splendid performances to put the hosts in the driver's seat on Day 3 of the 2nd Test. Here are the statistical highlights from the day's play from the match played between India and England in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta and Ian Bishop glance at Universal Boss's ODI record and highlight 5 Gayleforce knocks.
Yuvraj Singh did contemplate retirement at one stage after his fight with cancer but it was skipper Virat Kohli's trust that has kept him going, which made it important for him to repay that faith.
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
'Dhoni was the captain and everyone else was battling for the second wicket-keeper's slot.' 'I was fighting with myself, always thinking of improving my game, getting better personally, not comparing myself with anyone else.'
Anderson becomes number-one ranked Test bowler
Virat's 248 runs in the second Test, the highest by an Indian captain against England. Ashwin, only the second Indian bowler to take 50 wickets in consecutive years. Rajneesh Gupta looks at the numbers from the Vizag Test.
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