England's batsmen took their turn to set up an emphatic victory as the home side wrapped up the one-day series with a thumping 58-run success at Edgbaston

There were no dancing girls, no fireworks and no tight finish as Middlesex began the defence of their Twenty20 title with a heavy 57-run defeat at the hands of local rivals Surrey

England's momentum shows no sign of slowing after their impressive six-wicket win at Bristol and now their aim is to wrap up this one-day series in style at Edgbaston before moving onto the ICC World Twenty20

For those who fear Twenty20 is taking over the game, it's probably a good time to look away. No sooner has the IPL come to a finish than the English Twenty20 Cup begins on Monday

England made easy work of a shambolic West Indies side as they coasted to a six-wicket victory at Bristol. A change of format and having the sun on their backs did nothing to improve the visitors' performance

Murray Goodwin lived up his reputation as one of the best limited-overs batsman in the country and Michael Yardy played a captain's innings to steer Sussex into the Friends Provident semi-finals

This is now a two-match series after the abandonment at Headingley which gives both sides even less room for mistakes. Both teams are looking towards these matches as a chance to build some form and momentum before the ICC World Twenty20

Stewart Regan, the Yorkshire chief executive, was forced to defend the club's new drainage system after the first one-day international between England and West Indies at Headingley was abandoned shortly after 3pm

He's got all the shots and then some, and now he's got a bigger, better platform to showcase them on

Chris Gayle still wasn't all smiles as he looked out over a chilly, blustery Headingley, but was hoping to start afresh with the one-day series against England after the thumping defeat in the Test series

Owais Shah still doesn't believe he has had a fair chance to prove himself at Test level after losing his place following the tour of West Indies

With 50 days to go before the Ashes, England coach Andy Flower has said that he believes his team has what it takes to win back the urn following their 2-0 series win over West Indies

After wrapping up the Test series 2-0, England now switch their focus to the one-day contests against West Indies

James Anderson has admitted he would like the Ashes to start right away so that he could continue his match-winning Test form

This series hasn't been Chris Gayle's finest hour. He turned up 48 hours before the first Test, spent a lot of time complaining about the cold and, to cap it all, said he wouldn't mind if Test cricket didn't exist. So, in many respects, he got what he des

The next time Andrew Strauss dons the whites for England will be when he walks out to toss alongside Ricky Ponting at Cardiff. After England's crushing innings victory today, he was at pains to point out "there is plenty of cricket to be played" before th

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the final day of the second Test between England and West Indies

Sometimes runs and wickets can come a little too easily. It has been the occasional passages of play that have pushed England which have had the most value

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the day from Chester-le-Street

Matt Prior didn't take the field on the final day against West Indies at Chester-le-Street due to the finger injury he picked up on the fourth afternoon