Tourists face bowling crisis for the Test series in Bangladesh with injury ending Sidebottom’s tour and Broad out of the one-day clash after missing the final training session
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Middlesex sneaked into the quarterfinals of the Friends Provident Trophy after rain meant rivals Warwickshire fell one run short of beating Kent at Edgbaston... more
Cricket: Ian Bell has found out he will get another chance to impress the England selectors after he was named in the Lions’ team to face West Indies next week ... more
Cricket: Steve Harmison's stuttering Test career is back at the crossroads after England refused to gamble on their fastest but most unreliable fast bowler in Barbados... more
Cricket: Tim Ambrose saved England a year ago but the wicketkeeper will be trying to revive his own international hopes, as well of those of his team, in Barbados... more
Cricket: Tim Ambrose will play in the Fourth Test against West Indies after England’s No 1 wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, flew home from Barbados this morning following the birth of his first son... more
Cricket: Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are still the centre of attention but it is England's foot soldiers, not their superstars, who Andrew Strauss needs to worry about ahead of tomorrow's Second Test... more
Cricket: Andrew Strauss will find out this week whether he has inherited a team ready to make a flying start to a huge year for English cricket or taken over one going backwards... more
Geoff Miller insists there is no friction between himself and Michael Vaughan over the captain's comments following England's Headingley hammering... more
England's cricketers are struggling to avoid a first defeat in seven Tests. But their selectors have already lost, or at least mislaid, the Midas touch with the recruitment of Darren Pattinson capping a bad few weeks... more
Recalling Andrew Flintoff for Friday's Second Test at Headingley should now be an easy decision for England. The tough bit is working out who makes way for him... more
Coach Peter Moores and England's other selectors will be under the spotlight this week after having an even poorer one-day series than the team ultimately trounced 3-1 by New Zealand.... more
Jimmy Anderson justified England's decision to stick with him by taking three wickets as New Zealand struggled to 109 for five by tea in bowler-friendly conditions... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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