The addition of a separate coach for limited-overs cricket will instil the England squad with new energy according to Alastair Cook.

There has been a quiet confidence around the England team in the build-up to the Kolkata Test and a sense that history is within their grasp

The ECB has issued an apology to the BCCI following its failure to gain all the necessary clearances for the England Performance Programme's (EPP) tour of India

Dave Nosworthy, the former Highveld Lions coach, has emerged as a leading candidate for the vacant role of director of cricket at Somerset

Steven Finn has declared himself fit for selection for the third Test and looks set to displace Stuart Broad in England's team

Ian Bell has returned to India determined to put right what he believes is the one glaring omission in his record as an international batsman.

Having drifted into the cricketing wilderness, Monty Panesar looked to Neil Burns to help transform his career and return his focus to being his own bowler

England will be confronted by another used wicket when the third Test against India starts on Wednesday, according to the Eden Gardens curator, Prabir Mukherjee.

Joe Root may not get his England chance on the tour of India but the experience will stand him in good stead for the future

An interest in film-making has seen James Anderson get involved with a Massai warriors team, hoping cricket can improve their lives

James Anderson has said a desire to prove their critics wrong was at the heart of England's improved performance in the second Test in Mumbai

James Trewell, the Kent offspinner, will fly out to India and join up with the England Test squad on December 1.

Andy Flower, who has relinquished his day-to-day involvement with England's one-day side, has admitted that he found the conflicting demands of his coaching role "unsustainable"

England have lost the full-time services of the best coach they have ever had through an unsustainable fixture calender. Andy Flower may not be the last casualty

David Saker, England's bowling coach, provided the biggest hint yet that Stuart Broad will struggle to keep his place in the team for the third Test in Kolkata.

Steven Finn has boosted his chances of playing in the third Test against India with an impressive display on the first day of the England Performance Programme's game against the D Y Patil Academy XI

Battling alien conditions, poor form and a disastrous record, England produced a performance to rank alongside their greatest of recent times

When others experience problems and he finds a point to prove, Kevin Pietersen flourishes

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the third day in Mumbai

By demonstrating talents that none of his colleagues posses, Kevin Pietersen proved why his return to the England team was necessary