Tourists face tricky task to find top-class opponents for warm-up matches that precede Test series against Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi next year
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Steve Kirby makes statement to national selectors after being given a wake-up call by skipper Alastair Cook during the England Lions match against Bangladesh... more
Monty Panesar is hoping to showcase improvements to his all-round game during England Lions' tour match against Bangladesh, which gets under way today in Derby... more
Kent seamer Amjad Khan has been told he is still in the England frame after being included in the top category of players in their latest performance squad... more
Cricket: Brett Lee has been ruled out of the first two Ashes Tests with a side strain - handing England a huge boost ahead of the opening clash... more
Cricket: Steve Harmison struck two big psychological blows for England at Worcester today, bouncing out Phillip Hughes for a second time in the Lions match against Australia and then condemning Ricky Ponting to another failure... more
Cricket: Brett Lee believes Australia will be the real deal when they go into next week's First Test, thanks to a little bit of help from an old friend... more
Cricket: Openers Joe Denly and Stephen Moore prospered in the Worcester sunshine putting together a 172-run partnership and making Australia sweat for hours without success before Brett Lee struck with two wickets in two balls... more
Cricket: Axed Test batsman Ian Bell wants his England Lions team to give Australia a taste of the tough cricket they can expect when the Ashes battle begins... more
Cricket: Surrey and Middlesex square up in the LV County Championship at The Brit Oval, each desperate for their first win of the season before a month-long break for one-day action... more
Cricket: Former England captain Michael Vaughan suffered a twisted left knee warming up for the fourth day of Yorkshire’s game with Worcestershire at Headingley ... more
Cricket: Ian Bell is using Andrew Strauss as his inspiration in an attempt to recover from the lowest point of his career and win back a place in the England team for the First Test against West Indies... more
Cricket: Samit Patel has been dropped from England's Twenty20 and oneday leg of the Caribbean tour after ignoring "repeated warnings" over his fitness... more
Kevin Pietersen's England have been warned they will have to make the most of any chances that come their way if South Africa are not to make it a Test and one-day double this summer... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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