London: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has insisted that his lucrative involvement in the Indian Premier League can do him a power of good — on and off the field.Flintoff, signed for 1.5 million dollars by the IPL’s Chennai Super Kings franchise,
London:Essex all-rounder Ravinder Bopara has signed a one-year contract extension with Essex, according to the club sources.
London:England today named uncapped Ed Joyce as opener Marcus Trescothick's replacement for the Ashes series starting Nov 23.
More imagesCanterbury:Pakistan's final first-class match before next week's first Test against England petered out into a ludicrous draw with England 'A' on the final day.
More imagesEngland:Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer confirmed that pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan will not feature in next week's first Test against England at Lord's.
England:England 'A' captain Robert Key won the toss and elected to bat at the St Lawrence Ground here in a four-day match against Pakistan, the tourists' final encounter before next week's first Test with England at Lord's.
More imagesCanternury:Robert Key gave the England selectors a timely reminder of his ability by scoring an unbeaten century against Pakistan for England 'A'.
Canterbury:Pakistan finally saw the back of Robert Key but still encountered some late order resistance from England 'A' here.
London:Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne has been named the leading cricketer in the world, succeeding his Australian captain Ricky Ponting who won Wisden's inaugural honour last year.
Randjesfontein:Stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick and the hard-hitting Robert Key took England to a comfortable win in the opening match of their South African tour against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI at the NFO private ground north of Johannesburg on Wednesday.
