England held off a spirited Wales 23-19 at Twickenham here on Saturday to win their opening World Cup warm-up match.
India’s crushing 319-run second Test defeat by England has again raised questions about players’ workloads.
James Anderson took five wickets as England thrashed India by 196 runs at Lord’s to win the first Test in a four-match series.
Paul Collingwood has been dropped from both the England Twenty20 and one-day squads announced for the upcoming fixtures against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has called on his side to find "new ways of winning Tests" after a 1-0 series loss to England.
Soon after Tillakaratne Dilshan been named man of the match in the drawn second Test against England he was doubting his prospects of playing in th
Hamsphire Cricket urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to reverse its ban on Shahid Afridi playing abroad as they began to defend their Twenty20 title.
Wayne Rooney scored the goal that gave Manchester United a record 19th English title in a 1-1 draw away to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday.
Disciplined bowling by India saw them beat Pakistan by 29 runs on Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday.
Security was ramped up at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium on Sunday ahead of India’s high-profile World Cup semifinal against Pakistan