Andrew Miller

England's selectors are ready to put faith in the men they put forward for the fateful fourth Test at Headingley, and are believed to have overlooked the claims of Mark Ramprakash and Robert Key

Thorpe steers the ship home in the gloom

Mike Hussey has warned Jonathan Trott that the step-up in class that he faces at The Oval on Thursday after the ECB dropped a massive hint about Trott's impending selection

Australia's batsmen were pegged back after a rampant start to their two-day tour game against England Lions at Canterbury

England's selectors are ready to put faith in the men they put forward for the fateful fourth Test at Headingley, and are believed to have overlooked the claims of Mark Ramprakash and Robert Key

Mark Butcher, the recently retired former captain of Surrey, has dismissed as 'madness' the speculation surrounding a possible recall for his county team-mate Mark Ramprakash

England's national selector, Geoff Miller, has ruled out the possibility of a shock comeback for Marcus Trescothick, but has admitted that Mark Ramprakash is being seriously considered

Kevin Pietersen will spend a second night in hospital after suffering a setback in his recovery from Achilles surgery. He was admitted to a central London hospital on Monday for treatment on an infection in the stitching of his scar tissue

Is competence sufficient, or should only the very best catcher make the grade?

England's coach, Andy Flower, has accused his players of failing to heed the lessons of past performances, and has described the performances of his batsmen as 'simply not good enough'

The England & Wales Cricket Board is understood to have received a positive diagnosis of Andrew Flintoff's knee condition this evening

Change for change's sake is something that the England management rarely sees fit to sanction, even when the cosiness on display becomes so self-serving that it is ridiculed in pre-series dossiers by high-profile former opponents

This was no throttling. It was a heart-attack of a performance and England need a defibrillator if they're to regain the Ashes

Stuart Board lived up to his promise to provide late-innings resistance for England's beleaguered cricketers, as he and Graeme Swann compiled a spirited and thrilling eighth-wicket stand of 108 in just 12.3 overs

Outplayed from the first ball, the home side are lurching towards one of the worst defeats in their history

Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus claimed five England wickets for 20 runs in the space of 44 balls in a thrilling final hour of the second day at Headingley

Headingley and the Ashes will forever be synonymous with remarkable turnarounds, but England will require a comeback to rival that of Ian Botham and pals in 1981

Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson compiled more in a single second-wicket stand of 119 than England's entire line-up managed in 33.5 overs

No dressing room can be big enough for more than one of these three allrounders - all flash, all action