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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

Battered and bruised from Kevin Pietersen's career-best 226, West Indies' injury-hit brittle batting line-up collapsed to 146 against a fired-up England attack at Headingley

Sanath Jayasuriya will lead MCC in their three-day match against West Indies at the Racecourse Ground in Durham from June 1

The BBC has announced that it has commissioned a four-part series called The History of Cricket

They say the best things come to those who wait, and for Michael Vaughan his 16th Test century will be one of the sweetest as he returned to England's Test team after a gap of 18 months

Ramnaresh Sarwan has said West Indies would look to play positively against Monty Panesar in an attempt to counter the threat he posed

Ken Gordon, the chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board, has agreed to meet with the two sides battling for control of US cricket in a bid to find an end to the row which has seen the USA suspended from the ICC

A preview of the second Test between England and West Indies at Headingley

A preview of the second Test between England and West Indies at Headingley

Hope, albeit a glimmer, is in sight for West Indies women, according to the West Indies board

David Moore, the West Indies coach, has asked his players to keep up their hard work for the second Test against England at Headingley after a solid finish to the first Test at Lord's

Ryan Sidebottom is looking forward to getting one up on his father after being recalled to the England squad six years after playing his one-and-only Test

West Indies' fighting performance in the Lord's Test is a good sign for the remainder of the tour

The MCC's world cricket committee has said that the game's international calendar is far too cluttered, and wants to see less one-day cricket

A mere 20 overs were possible on the final day at Lord's as West Indies and England were frustrated by a depressing combination of drizzle and murky light, leaving the series wide open with three Tests to play

Kevin Pietersen won't have enjoyed missing England's first-innings century-spree, but joined the club on the fourth day at Lord's with a dazzling hundred as West Indies were set a last-day target of 401

For the first time this match represented an even contest, with West Indies battling hard throughout the third day of the first Test at Lord's. Their response to England's huge total was held together by Shivnarine Chanderpaul and rapid half-centuries fro

Matt Prior became the first English wicketkeeper to score a hundred on Test debut as West Indies were flayed on the second day of the first Test at Lord's. Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell also joined the three-figure club to make it four England century-mak

Michael Holding has joined the Stanford 20/20 board after initially refusing the posting due to his commentary obligations

The Lord's slope was not the only lop-sided aspect of the opening day of England's international season. Despite the alarming speed with which the summer has tagged along behind an interminable winter, the main man of the match so far has had a leisurely