Cricket News

England have named an unchanged side for the third Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford starting on Thursday

Runako Morton gave West Indies' batting a timely boost with a maiden double century on the second day against MCC

Jerome Taylor bagged a five-wicket haul but West Indies were forced to labour on the opening day of their match against an MCC side consisting largely of university players

The England & Wales Cricket Board remains hopeful that Andrew Flintoff will return to international cricket before the end of the summer, after he today underwent surgery on the troublesome left ankle

Teams will be allowed an additional fielder outside the 30-yard circle during the second or third Powerplay, the International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee has recommended after their two-day meeting in Dubai

Ramnaresh Sarwan described West Indies' mammoth loss at Headingley as "really sad" and said the players needed to be in a better frame of mind to challenge England at Old Trafford next week

The newly constituted ICC Cricket Committee concluded its meeting in Dubai with recommendations on issues including ball-tampering, ODI regulations, glue on pitches, volume of cricket, international umpiring and role of television umpire

The Jamaican batsman, Marlon Samuels, has been drafted into the West Indian squad as a replacement for their injured captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was forced out of the tour after damaging his shoulder in a fielding accident at Headingley last week

Kevin Pietersen insists he is quite happy just being one of the troops in England's one-day side, despite suggestions from some high-profile pundits, including Graham Thorpe and David Lloyd, that he should be offered the one-day captaincy in place of Mich

Matthew Hoggard looks set to miss the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford, starting on June 7, after aggravating his groin injury in the nets ahead of Yorkshire's one-day fixture against Derbyshire at Headingley

Graham Thorpe feels Michael Vaughan should retire from one-day cricket to make way for Kevin Pietersen as the next captain

Andrew Flintoff will be ruled out of the remainder of England's Test series against West Indies, and possibly for the rest of the summer, after the ECB confirmed that he would be undergoing a third bout of surgery on the troublesome left ankle that has do

England have a glimmer of hope that Andrew Flintoff will be able to play in the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford next week after all

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies captain, has been ruled out of the rest of the England tour with the shoulder injury sustained last week

Extremely disappointing. That was the general consensus from three former regional players after West Indies' humiliating defeat at Headingley

England completed their first Test victory of 2007, dodging the showers on the fourth day at Headingley, sending West Indies to their heaviest defeat by an innings and 283 runs

Ramnaresh Sarwan said it was still unclear how long he would be out of action with his injured right shoulder. West Indies will wait until after the Headingley Test to fully assess Sarwan's chances of playing the remaining Test matches in the series

Andrew Flintoff's hopes of playing in the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford, starting on June 7, have suffered a setback after he was ruled out - on the advice of the ECB and county medical staff - of both of Lancashire's bank holiday one-day

England's march towards victory was brought to a shuddering halt as rain prevented any play on the third day at Headingley

In the absence of both Shivnarine Chanderpaul and now Ramnaresh Sarwan, there seems no earthly prospect of England being denied their first Test victory of 2007