Tag: England

England riot footage shows police shot at

British police released dramatic footage Saturday of rioters shooting at unarmed officers and a police helicopter during an outbreak of violence in Birmingham earlier...

Bell, Pietersen tons flatten India

Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen both scored hundreds to leave England in a position of utter dominance against India on the second day of...

England win toss and bat against India

England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fourth and final Test at The Oval here on...

Buoyant England seek India whitewash

England will look to cement their place as the world’s number one Test side by completing a whitewash of India when the fourth and...

Victorious England name unchanged squad for final test

England named an unchanged squad on Sunday for the fourth test against India starting on Thursday at The Oval. England became the top-ranked test...

England thrash India, roar to the top of the world

James Anderson took four wickets as England became the world’s number one Test side with a crushing innings and 242 run victory against India...

Cook steers England closer to No 1

Alastair Cook’s career-best 294 laid the platform for England to beat India at Edgbaston and so replace the tourists as the world’s best Test...

Rain delays England-India second day

Persistent overnight and early morning rain delayed the scheduled 11:00am local time (1000GMT) start of the second day's play in the third Test between...

England dominate ICC award nominees

Eight of England's Ashes winners were nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year award in a 'long list' of candidates...

Seamers, Strauss keep England on top

England enjoyed an excellent opening day in the third Test against India as they pursued a win that would see them replace the tourists...

England friendly against Netherlands cancelled

England’s friendly against the Netherlands was cancelled after officials ruled they were unable to guarantee the safety of teams and players in riot-hit London,...

England eye No 1 position

England are determined the prospect of becoming the world’s number-one ranked Test side will prove no distraction when they face India at Edgbaston. England...

Vaughan sees England making clean sweep

After Ian Botham had predicted a 4-0 whitewash of the India team in the ongoing four-match Test series, Michael Vaughan anticipated a similar scoreline....

Zaheer’s England tour comes to an end

India paceman Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of his side's tour of England after being told he requires ankle surgery,...

England’s embarrassment of riches

As had been discussed earlier in this column, India’s bowling attack relies too much on Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. With Zaheer injured and...

Trott out of England squad for third Test

Batsman Jonathan Trott has been left out of the England squad for the third Test against India after failing to recover from a shoulder...

Ex-England all-rounder Allan Watkins dies at 89

Former England all-rounder Allan Watkins has died aged 89, his former county Glamorgan confirmed Thursday. Watkins died on Wednesday following a short illness, having secured...