Jake Ball

Paceman Jake Ball piled on the problems for England's bowling attack on Thursday when he was ruled out of the first Test with South Africa because of a knee strain.

England paceman Jake Ball has beaten out Craig Overton to be the touring side's fourth seamer in the series-opening Ashes test against Australia starting in Brisbane on Thursday.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Sunday named a 14-player squad for the three-match ODI series against India in Pune. Three additional players - Jake Ball, Chris Jordan and Dawid Malan will travel with the squad as cover. All these players have been in India for the T20I series in Ahmedabad.

Ahead of the ODI series opener between India and England, former English skipper Michael Vaughan on Monday predicted that the hosts will win the three-match ODI series by 3-0 as the visitors will be without the services of Joe Root and Jofra Archer for the 50-over games.

India vs England 2nd ODI: In his second ODI on comeback, the left-hander ended a barren run dating back to March 20, 2011 during India's run to the World Cup trophy.

England cricket legend Ian Botham's grandson, James, will make his debut for Wales in Saturday's Autumn Nations Cup match against Georgia as coach Wayne Pivac picked an experimental side with an eye on the future.

Here's a look at the major talking points from the Day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England in Mumbai.

The second ODI takes place in Cuttack, where early dew may be a factor in the toss, but more pertinent is how Eoin Morgan’s team plans to curb India’s big hitters.

England's Jos Buttler will return for the five Twenty20 internationals in India after being rested for three Tests, as the squad was announced Thursday by the country's cricket board.

England captain Joe Root won the toss and chose to bat first in the Ashes series-opening Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday. Here are the details of when, where and how to watch the 1st Ashes Test between Australia and England in Brisbane online

The England cricket team led by Alastair Cook arrived on Wednesday from Bangladesh to engage hosts India in a five-Test series commencing at Rajkot on November 9.

Champions Trophy Semi Final: England will fancy their chances of extending the search for an elusive major global ODI silverware despite drawing a mercurial Pakistan in the first semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy on Wednesday.

Chris Woakes produced a sharp dress rehearsal for England's first Ashes cricket test against Australia when he took 6-54 Wednesday on the opening day of the four-day match against a Cricket Australia XI.

India have a different squad for the T20s compared to the one that was picked for the preceding ODIs. The 6 players who were not part of the 50-over squad are Rishabh Pant, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parvez Rasool, Suresh Raina and Ashish Nehra.

Details of when, where and how you can follow all the action from the match to be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Ben Stokes has been included in England's one-day squad for the five-match series in Australia despite being under suspension.

"He (Kohli) is always showing us the way, sharing his experience and giving us feedback, telling us what he thinks we could have done better. That is the sign of a great leader," India opener KL Rahul said.

Fans of the Indian cricket team will follow closely the exploits of MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, in particular, when the series starts on Sunday.

Virat Kohli scored his third double-century as England were left gasping after being reduced to 182/6 on Sunday, still 49 runs adrift of India's lead and the prospect of batting for three more sessions to save the Test.

The pressure is on Eoin Morgan's team being hosts and having won five of their past six ODI series, which as history shows has not sat well with past England outfits.

England selected an entirely new squad for their limited-overs series against Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

The big-hitting 'keeper Buttler, drafted in as a specialist batsman, held himself from playing his natural game initially, but his innings was one of character which came against a high quality attack and in testing conditions.

Pujara had played with current England legspinner Adil Rashid and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow when playing county cricket in 2015 with Yorkshire

The dry Wankhede Stadium pitch on which Indian spinners claimed all the 10 wickets in England first innings in the fourth cricket Test here, was still good enough to bat on after two days of play, said visiting team batsman Jos Buttler on Friday.

Eoin Morgan has been cleared to lead England in an upcoming Twenty20 series against Pakistan it was announced Wednesday after he missed their one-day international clean sweep following a Covid-19 outbreak within the hosts' camp.

This will be the last practice game before the six-match limited overs series - three ODIs and three T20Is - begins with the first ODI in Pune on Sunday.

West Indies stalwart Chris Gayle will be one of the major potential picks when the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 player draft takes place on Sunday. The upcoming edition of PSL will be staged in Karachi and Lahore from February 20 to March 22. If Gayle succeeds in attracting the franchises with his stardom that backs his impressive T20 career, this will be the first time since 2006 that he will play competitive cricket in Pakistan.

England's Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Sam Curran will be rested from the one-day international leg of the 50-over world champions' tour of South Africa, it was announced on Tuesday Players will be confined to bio-secure bubbles during the tour as they were during theeas English international son.

Ajinkya Rahane was enduring a rare lean patch before a finger injury during the Test series against England last month saw him miss the final two games.

Eoin Morgan has been cleared to lead England in an upcoming Twenty20 series against Pakistan it was announced Wednesday after he missed their one-day international clean sweep following a Covid-19 outbreak within the hosts' camp.