Andrew Miller

If Sunday's third match at Old Trafford follows the pattern of the series so far, then England will back themselves to claim an unassailable 3-0 lead with two games to come

Andrew Strauss was full of praise for his side as their winning momentum continue by taking a 2-0 lead against Australia

Cricinfo's plays of the day from the second ODI between England and Australia in Cardiff

Plays of the day from the 1st ODI between England and Australia at the Rose Bowl

Cricinfo previews the first ODI between Australia and England at Southampton

The Twenty20 win, and the fact that many of their limited-overs players won't be contesting the Ashes, means England will look at the 50-over World Cup as an end in itself

Bangladesh battled hard for long periods of their two-Test series against England, but were prone to dramatic collapses with both bat and ball. Cricinfo picks through the rubble to assess the 13 performers

Steven Finn bounced through Bangladesh to complete his second five-wicket of the series, after James Anderson had broken their resistance in an unplayable spell of new-ball swing bowling

England finished an incredible second day at Old Trafford in a commanding position, and could yet enforce the follow-on on Saturday morning after bundling Bangladesh out for 216, a deficit of 203

Bangladesh's bowlers followed the example of their batsman at Lord's last week, and rose to the occasion on the first day at Old Trafford with a disciplined and diligent performance, backed up by superb fielding

It was comfortable in the end, but for the first four days of the Lord's Test, England were made to graft for their rewards against a Bangladesh team that exceeded expectations

Angus Fraser, Middlesex's director of cricket, has backed his county colleague Steven Finn to live up to the hype and expectation that his impressive home Test debut against Bangladesh has generated

The Ashes may be six months away, but a solitary Test against an unexpectedly obdurate Bangladesh has already identified the man who will surely come to be recognised as England's new attack leader

For the third Test in a row, a comfortable margin of victory masked a match in which Bangladesh forced England to graft for their rewards, but the events of the final day were typical of the gulf that still exists in the mindsets of the two nations

Plays of the day from day five of the first Test between England and Bangladesh at at Lord's

England's coach, Andy Flower, admitted that his bowlers were finding it tough to readjust to the disciplines of five-day cricket after another chastising day in the field

The Bangladesh opener etched his name in Lord's folklore with a flamboyant innings

Andrew Miller presents the highlights from the fourth day at Lord's as Tamim Iqbal captivates the crowd with a brilliant hundred and Jonathan Trott claims a vital first Test wicket

In sunny conditions on Friday, England's bowlers toiled for the best part of two sessions and managed just one wicket between them; 24 hours later, with grey skies camped overhead, they slotted back into command with five for 65 in 28.5 overs