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Saker warns England after 'complacent' display

England's bowling coach, David Saker, has criticised his charges for a "complacent" performance on the third afternoon of the second Test at Edgbaston

10-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller

Pakistan cricket heading towards disaster - Zaheer Abbas

Zaheer Abbas, the former Pakistan captain, has said he fears for the future of Pakistan cricket due to what he feels is its poor administration

10-Aug-2010•Cricinfo staff

Strauss demands improvement despite six in a row

Not since 1887 has a side made as little as 72 in their first innings and still gone on to win a Test, so it was no real surprise that history was averted at Edgbaston today

09-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Strauss and Trott secure nine-wicket victory

Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott hit unbeaten half centuries to guide England to an emphatic nine-wicket win in the second Test at Edgbaston to give them a 2-0 lead in the series

09-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Broad fined for throw at Haider

England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the Edgbaston Test

09-Aug-2010•Cricinfo staff

England encounter some timely defiance

Pakistan located the cornered-tiger spirit that has long been their tactic of last resort, and conjured up a batting display that started out with dedication and erupted into delight

08-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Broad charged for 'inappropriate' throw

Stuart Broad has been charged by ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle with throwing the ball "inappropriately" at Pakistan's wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, as England were frustrated in their push for victory on the third day of the second Test at Edgbasto

08-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Haider's fine review and Broad's brattish streak

Plays of the Day from the third day of the second Test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston

08-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller and Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston

Haider gives Pakistan hope as Swann takes six

Against all expectation Pakistan carried the second Test into the fourth day against an increasingly agitated England team as Zulqarnain Haider played the innings of his life

08-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Butt plays down dead-ball row

Pakistan's problems were compounded on the second afternoon at Edgbaston as Umar Gul was sent for an MRI scan on a hamstring injury, and was ruled out of contention for the rest of the match

07-Aug-2010•Cricinfo staff

KP rides his luck in fight for form

Kevin Pietersen outscored the entire Pakistan team in his first-innings knock of 80 today, but it'll take a few layers of dust on the scorebook before that stat manages to outshine its mitigating circumstances

07-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

KP's travails, Amin's golden arm

Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston

07-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Gul sent for scan on hamstring

Pakistan's problems were compounded on the second afternoon at Edgbaston as Umar Gul was sent for an MRI scan on a hamstring injury, and was ruled out of contention for the rest of the match

07-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Battling Pietersen gives England control

Pakistan's tortured top order will have to find new levels of resolve if they want to extend this Test beyond the third day after England built a lead of 179 at Edgbaston despite a late collapse

07-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Pakistan perform like the Bangladesh of old

Anyone who witnessed that execrable contest at the SSC last week will agree that Test cricket is at its best when bowlers are backed by conditions that act as bait, and batsmen are forced to battle like salmon on the end of a hook

06-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Battered Pakistan fold on day one

Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston

06-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Sorry Pakistan crumble for new low

Pakistan were poor in the first Test, but were even worse at Edgbaston as they crashed for 72 on the opening day

06-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Strauss backs batsmen to come good

England's 354-run victory in the first Test at Trent Bridge disguised the poor form of Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook, who contributed just 51 runs between them in four innings

05-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

Kamran dropped for second Test

Kamran Akmal has paid the price for his poor performance in the first Test against England at Trent Bridge, and has been dropped from Pakistan's team for the second game at Edgbaston

05-Aug-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi in Birmingham

Strauss wary of volatile Pakistan threat

When preparing for every new Test, England's mantra is invariably one of "controlling the controllables" - and against a team as volatile as Pakistan, that's generally a wise approach

05-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

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