Matthew Hoggard

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen will lead the England Legends while Khaled Mahmud will captain the Bangladesh Legends in the ‘Unacademy Road Safety World Series', starting in Raipur from March 5.

Forget Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar. The flavour of the season is England's Matthew Hoggard.

Six former Yorkshire cricketers found guilty of racial abuse at the club were fined a total of £22,000 by the Cricket Discipline Commission on Friday. The punishments, which also include suspensions if they return to cricket, were reduced from the £37,000 fines that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had initially sought during a hearing on May 3.

Hoggard, who was part of the England team which won the 2005 Ashes, was one of seven individuals charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last June in a disciplinary case examining allegations of racism and bullying.

Sanath Jayasuriya will join the likes of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Justin Langer, Stephen Fleming and Matthew Hoggard in the All-Stars team for next month's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament.

VVS Laxman continues his prolific run in county, hitting another half-century to guide Lancashire to 226/7 against Yorkshire in the County Championship.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared of using racist language towards ex-Yorkshire team mate Azeem Rafiq in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday.

Monty Panesar became the highest rated England spinner in 30 years by breaking into the top-10 of LG ICC Test Rankings on Wednesday.

Australian Troy Cooley has returned to work with the England team as a consultant bowling coach ahead of the Ashes series which starts next month in Brisbane, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday.

Former England pacer Matthew Hoggard, who featured in 67 Tests for the country and was part of the 2005 Ashes winning side, chatted with TOI on what it takes to succeed on Indian wickets, on the role spin consultant Saqlain Mushtaq could play and more.

Former England captain Alastair Cook has included current India skipper Virat Kohli in his list of batsmen who came close to matching genius of legendary West Indies batter Brian Lara.

The Indians are seemingly being led up the garden path before they line up across Michael Vaughan’s England at Lord’s in the first Test next week.

England cricket chiefs on Wednesday recommended fines totalling £37,000 ($46,000) for players charged in connection with the explosive Yorkshire racism scandal.

Andrew Strauss dropped a hint at how exactly the hosts plan to deal with the strong Indian batting line-up.

"Alastair Cook needs to put in a few captain's innings and build a platform for us to register some big totals. Joe Root is arguably our best player of spin and is every bit as tough as Cookie when the chips are down," former England pacer Matthew Hoggard said.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan is the only charged individual still set to appear before a disciplinary hearing next month in relation to racism allegations made by his ex-Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has admitted liability to four amended charges including a failure to address and take adequate action against racist and discriminatory language, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

Hoggard is England's 6th highest wicket taker with 248 in 67 Tests.

After Australia's new-look attack made the famed Indian batting line-up bite the dust in the first Test, bowling coach Troy Cooley rated them equal to the Ashes winning England attack which tasted success in 2005.

Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq expects the "floodgates" to open in cricket's racism crisis, predicting thousands could come forward after giving a disturbing account of his own experiences to British lawmakers.