Ian Bell, England's designated No. 3 batsman, is expected to be passed fit for the first Test at Brisbane tomorrow, after coming through a practice session 24 hours after being struck a painful blow on the left wrist. An ECB statement said that a final de

Shane Warne has hit out at England's decision to recall Geraint Jones behind the stumps in place of Chris Read, and believes that Australia will be handed a huge advantage if Ashley Giles is also named in the side that takes the field at Brisbane on Thurs

Once again, England have begun an Ashes tour in shambolic fashion, with a heavy defeat against the President's XI followed by Marcus Trescothick's sudden departure. It might be an omen, but equally it might not be. Here, Cricinfo examines 11 of the most e

A career in cricket is the ultimate life in a goldfish bowl. For six or seven hours a day, your soul is bared to all and sundry, scrutinised and analysed to an extent that is matched by no other sport

Marcus Trescothick has flown home from Australia with a reoccurrence of his "stress-related illness" and will play no part in the Ashes

Andrew Flintoff had waited seven years and 48 Tests for his first slice of Ashes action, and when it came it was all too brief. Scores of 0 and 3 in the 2005 series opener at Lord's were the prelude to a thumping 239-run defeat, and suddenly all of Englan

Former Zimbabwe batsman Mark Vermeulen's appearance in court in Harare charged with arson is not the first time that cricketers have found themselves in trouble with the law

Damien Martyn hardly ever looks ruffled. Not when arching his back leg to dissect two gullies or when sipping a freshly ordered coffee. Not even when answering his thousandth question about the 1993-94 SCG Test

A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it has been sourced and selected as exquisitely as those in Boria Majumdar's superb 256-page magnum opus, The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket.

While England's one-day cricketers were being tonked all around the subcontinent in the ICC Champions Trophy, one key member of the Ashes squad that departs for Australia tonight was enjoying a well-earned break from the grind. In three weeks' time, Matth

Matthew Hayden was recently bitten by a dog while out jogging, which got us thinking about animals that have been associated with cricket, in one way or another

On Friday, England's Test squad sets off on the journey of a lifetime, from London to Sydney via Hong Kong, to begin their defence of the Ashes. This morning, Monty Panesar made a journey of a much more prosaic nature - from Luton to a park in Denmark Hil

A look at the week that was

Kevin Pietersen's brutal 10th one-day fifty handed England a consolation win in their final group match of a disappointing ICC Champions Trophy, after beating the West Indies by three wickets at Ahmedabad

The tensions that currently exist between the Indian board and other members of the cricket-playing world have been laid bare by IS Bindra, the former President of the BCCI, who has issued a scathing response to an article by the veteran Australian journa

Andrew Flintoff had waited seven years and 48 Tests for his first slice of Ashes action, and when it came it was all too brief. Scores of 0 and 3 in the 2005 series opener at Lord's were the prelude to a thumping 239-run defeat, and suddenly all of Englan

Andrew Flintoff has unsurprisingly brushed off suggestions England will now be under more pressure going into next month's Ashes series after losing to Australia in the Champions Trophy on Saturday opening stand from Ian Bell and Andrew Strauss to st

The pundits had been anticipating a firecracker of a contest to celebrate Diwali, but England's batsmen contrived instead to produce another damp squib, as the middle-order squandered a hugely promising opening stand from Ian Bell and Andrew Strauss to st

Andrew Miller follows Ian Botham on the final leg of his 11th charity walk for battle against child cancer

Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson on players who have taken one-day hat-tricks