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.

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.

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.

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.