Chester-Le-Street:Vikram Solanki will captain England Lions, the new name for the England A side, against West Indies in a one-day tour match next week, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced.
Manchester:Former England fast bowler Darren Gough had his best first-class figures for nine years Friday but suffered a broken bone in his bowling hand, which could keep him out for up to a month, during Yorkshire's First Division County Championship match against Kent.
London:Troubled opener Marcus Trescothick's international career appears bleak after he was left out of England's 30-man provisional squad for the forthcoming World Cup.
Mumbai:The pace trio of Ajit Agarkar, Swapnil Hazare and Abhishek Nair ripped through the Rajasthan batting line-up, dismissing them for a paltry 155 in their first innings to put Mumbai in command in the Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'B' match at the Wankhede stadium here today.
London:Wicketkeeper Steven Davies dropped Darren Gough as left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan fell tantalisingly short of a perfect 10 in the County Championship Division Two match against Essex at Chelmsford.
New Delhi:Worcestershire players Vikram Solanki and Kabir Ali reach here today to play for Rajasthan in the upcoming Ranji Trophy matches.
London: English international and Worcestershire captain Vikram Solanki has signed a two-year extension to his contract, which would run through 2009.
London:Anil Kumble picked up two wickets in his eight-over spell as Surrey inflicted an innings and 107-run defeat on Worcestershire on the third day of A Division Two County Championship match at Grace Road.
New Delhi:Veteran spinner Anil Kumble emerged as the wrecker-in-chief, claiming five wickets while Ian Salisbury, another exponent of the art of leg spin, claimed four to bowl out Worcestershire for 304 on day one of the Division Two game at New Road.
London:Worcestershire batsman Vikram Solanki has been called up to England's One-day squad for the fourth international against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford tomorrow.
