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Tremlett Undergoes Back Surgery

Chris Tremlett has been forced to have surgery on the injury that forced him to return home from the recent Test series against Pakistan.    The England fast bowler was taken into a London hospital on Wednesday to undergo the operation after a scan had earlier revealed that he had a bulging disc i...
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England Brushed Aside as Pakistan Complete Series Whitewash

Pakistan have won the third Test by 71 runs as England slipped to a 3-0 series defeat, losing ten wickets on day four of the Test match in Dubai.    England began the day on 36-0 chasing 324 for victory, however, it looked an increasingly difficult task as the batsman have struggled throughout the...
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Michael Vaughan Urges England to be Aggressive

Michael Vaughan has called for England’s batsman to approach the final Test against Pakistan in a positive frame of mind despite the two comprehensive defeats they have already suffered on the tour so far.  Having been utterly outplayed by the hosts’ spin-bowling attack, Andrew Strauss’ charg...
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Pakistan Hold Off England Charge on Pulsating Day

Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq put on a crucial unbeaten partnership of 71 to bring their side to 125-4, a slender lead of 55, in their second innings at the close of play on the third day of the second Test against England in Abu Dhabi.   Earlier in the day, Stuart Broad had propelled the tourists in f...
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Awesome Australia On Brink of Clean Sweep

  Australia tormented India further on the penultimate day of the final Test of the series at Adelaide, reducing the tourists to 166-6 in pursuit  of an impossible victory target of 500. Though Virender Sehwag briefly sparkled, carving a typically swashbuckling 62, wickets fell at regular interva...
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Pakistan Fightback Mars Strong Day for England

Saeed Ajmal undid the good work of Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott by taking three wickets late on a topsy-turvy second day of the second Test between the Pakistan and England at Abu Dhabi. The off-spinner’s trio of scalps left the tourists on 207-5, still 50 adrift of their opponents’ first in...
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Australia Continue March to Whitewash

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke both hit double centuries as Australia exerted their dominance over India on the second day of the fourth and final Test at Adelaide. Taking advantage of the benign wicket and a bowling attack that wilted in the scorching sun, the pair extended their partnership to 3...
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Tremlett Withdraws from Pakistan Series

Chris Tremlett has been ruled out for the rest of England's Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates due to a back injury. Concerns were raised over the pace bowler's fitness ahead of the second Test with captain Andrew Strauss revealing he was in some discomfort."He had a sore back ...
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Ponting and Clarke Flay Feeble India Again

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke continued their excellent form with unbeaten centuries to put Australia in total control of the fourth and final Test against India at Adelaide.   The pair put on an authoritative partnership of 251 to haul their side away from the relative peril of 84-3 and reach s...
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Prior: First Test Defeat was a Wake-Up Call

  England wicketkeeper Matthew Prior has vowed that his side will improve after receiving a “real good slap around the face” last week in Dubai.   Prior was the top-scorer in England’s first innings with 70 not out but was ultimately powerless to prevent a crushing 10-wicket loss.   Speakin...
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