Flintoff was chosen as captain for the series ahead of Andrew Strauss with regular skipper Michael Vaughan ruled out due to injury.
Kevin Pietersen has said he should not have been made England captain in 2008 and only took the job because there was nobody else who could do it.
The England batsman said he would like to succeed Michael Vaughan as one-day captain.
Becomes second-fastest batsman to register 25 Test centuries
From Serena's pumping fists to a Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan on the golf course, Rediff.com's got it all snapped right here.
India captain Virat Kohli said poor batting and not the pitch was responsible for the day-night third Test against England winding up inside two days, and described the performance of batsmen on both sides as "bizarre".
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's uncharacteristic outburst against a controversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captain being fined 50 percent of his match fee in Thursday night's Indian Premier League match in Jaipur.
The cricketing world heaped rich praise on Rohit Sharma after he smashed a record ODI score of 264 in India's fourth game of the five-match series against Sri Lanka.
Insisting that the much talked-about altercation between Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson was nothing more than a 'minor bust-up' former England captain Michael Vaughan said the visiting Indians were blowing things out of proportion in an attempt to unsettle the home team.
England's cricketing heroes were honoured for their triumph over Australia in the Ashes series last summer
A ruthless India, sporting its new flaming orange and blue colours, will be eyeing pole position with a solid knock-out punch on an already disintegrated England in Sunday's high-profile World Cup encounter. With an unbeaten record in six encounters so far, Virat Kohli's men are all but through to the semi-finals with 11 points, but victory over England will tighten their grip at the top and, in the process, oust the world's No 1 ODI team from the global event.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar says the current England team is in complete awe of India's world-class seam attack with only its skipper Joe Root looking capable of getting a big hundred.
Jonathan Trott's assertion that mental and physical fatigue had forced him home from England's Ashes tour of Australia rather than depression felt like a "con" and would only convince his team mates he had abandoned them, according to former England captain Michael Vaughan.
A 16-member team, led by Michael Vaughan, is in India for a three-Test and seven ODI series.
England's cricketers were branded "Vaughan again losers" by their own tabloid media on Monday after their crushing defeat by Australia in the first Ashes Test.
Russel will help Jones at coach Duncan Fletcher and captain Michael Vaughan's request.
The proposal, which has been floated for the 2023-2031 cycle, has not gone down well with the greats of the game, including Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, opposing the idea.
Pakistan 'A' were on 31 for 1 wicket at close on day 2 after England scored 256 in their second innings of the three-day tour match.
The England cricket team departed for Pakistan with a warning from captain Michael Vaughan that this will be their toughest tour.
Ian Botham says the criticism around the inclusion of spinner Adil Rashid in the home team's squad for the first Test against India is 'unnecessary'.
The second Test pitch led to some sort of criticism from former players like Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh and the duo termed the pitch as "substandard".
A throw from Black Caps fielder Martin Guptill deflected off Stokes's bat while he was diving to reach his crease to complete the second run and the ball ran off to the boundary in the dying stages of the England run chase.
The Australian captain mirrors daunting records for England, as the teams ready for the semi-final clash in Champions Trophy.
Kalra was banned from Ranji Trophy as well as U-23 tournaments on a complaint filed by former Delhi captain Kirti Azad's faction, alleging that the left-handed opener has fudged his age since the U-16 level.
South Africa very definitely have the edge in this match by courtesy of having runs on the board.
Member boards from England and Australia are open to the idea while BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly has said that 'it is too early' to talk about it.
Both sides have appointed new captains since being knocked out of this year's World Cup.
Shakib was banned by the ICC for two years (one year suspended) for not reporting corrupt approaches
England batsman Jonathan Trott has insisted that Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was not the one to blame for his early exit from their Ashes tour as he criticised former English skipper Michael Vaughan's reaction to his health problems.
Former cricketers such as Dean Jones and Michael Vaughan on Monday reacted sharply to the exclusion of four Australian cricketers, which includes vice-captain Shane Watson, from the side for the third Test against India starting Thursday.
If Alastair Cook does not sort out his batting problems during the series against West Indies, the England captain's Test future looks rather bleak, former batsman Nasser Hussain said.
Mumbai get the money-spinning tournament rolling in Chennai on Friday, just four months after claiming their second successive title, with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by India captain Virat Kohli.
Dale Steyn said he has made the decision in order to prolong his international career.
England won the first Test by seven wickets on the final day despite a creditable performance by hosts Bangladesh.
