England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, the swashbuckling hero of the cricket field and star of famous booze-fuelled escapades, has sobered up to enjoy time with his family and his new interest in horse racing in Dubai.
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Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he is missing playing Test cricket. Flintoff, who had an operation last August after England regained The Ashes, is not expected to play until July at the earliest after undergoing further surgery.
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England skipper Andrew Strauss has said that he was right to take a break from captaincy of the national team and rest himself for the tour to Bangladesh, but insisted that he will never do it again.
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England captain Andrew Strauss believes his side's chances of successfully defending the Ashes have been boosted by his decision to miss the recent tour of Bangladesh.
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England skipper Andrew Strauss has warned fast bowler Stuart Broad to keep his fiery temper under control in the pressure cooker of the Ashes later this year.
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Former skipper Michael Vaughan has said that he could never have taken a break from the England captaincy like Andrew Strauss.
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England coach Andy Flower has heaped praise on Tim Bresnan for his starring role in the one-day and Test series wins over Bangladesh, and said the Yorkshire all-rounder has what it takes to fill Andrew Flintoffs boots.
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England quick James Anderson is still baffled as to the cause of his long-standing knee injury but expects to be in action again next week.

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Adelaide, Mar.25 : The roll of cricket''s “Invincibles” has shrunk to three with the death of Australia''s oldest Test player Ron Hamence.Hamence, who toured England with Don Bradman''s legendary 1948 team without playing a Test, died at a nursing home in Adelaide on Wednesday night at the age of 94.

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Hamilton, Mar 25 : Australian opener Simon Katich and middle-order batsman Michael Hussey have revealed that they don’t plan to play until 2013, when Australia travels to England for an Ashes showdown.

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Dhaka, Mar.25 : England stand-in captain Alastair Cook believes the series win against Bangladesh could serve his team well next winter, when they defend the Ashes in Australia.

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Sydney, Mar 25 : David Saker, who as bowling coach has led Victoria to the past two Sheffield Shield titles, is in the running to be England’s next bowling coach, undermining Australia’s Ashes campaign later this year.The 43-year-old is the only Australian among the four candidates shortlisted by the England and Wales

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England were set a target of 209 to win the second and final Test after bowling Bangladesh out for 285 in their second innings after lunch on the fifth day.

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England pace bowler Graham Onions is set to miss the start of the new domestic season which also threatens his participation in next month's World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.

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Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons was on Tuesday fined 10 percent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire's decision during the ongoing second and final Test against England in Dhaka.

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England spinners Graeme Swann and James Tredwell shared two quick wickets to put Bangladesh under pressure in the second and final Test on Tuesday in Dhaka.
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Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has slammed his own board for investing in flowers rather than getting latest umpiring technology at their disposal.
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Tim Bresnan hit an impressive 91 as England extended their first-innings lead to 77 runs on the fourth day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday.
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Ian Bell cracked a superb 138 and Tim Bresnan an unbeaten 74 to lead England's recovery on the third day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Monday.
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Shakib Al Hasan grabbed two vital wickets to keep alive Bangladesh's hopes of gaining the first-innings lead in the second and final Test against England on Monday in Dhaka.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is opposing proposals to move the Ashes from Sky TV to BBC, saying the move would cost them 137.4 million pounds in broadcast revenues over a four-year period.
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England were on the back foot in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Sunday despite an unbeaten 64 from makeshift opener Jonathan Trott
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is opposing proposals to move the Ashes from Sky TV to BBC, saying the move would cost them 137.4 million pounds in broadcast revenues over a four-year period.
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Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott steadied England after the early dismissal of captain Alastair Cook in the second Test against Bangladesh on Sunday.
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Tail-enders Naeem Islam and Shafiul Islam frustrated England with maiden half-centuries as Bangladesh posted an impressive 419 in the second and final Test on Sunday.
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Alastair Cook''s success as stand-in England captain has paved the way for more players to be pulled out of tours.
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Eleven England Test stars, including the rested captain Andrew Strauss and fast bowler James Anderson, have refused to sign the central contracts offered to them last October, and it is not because of their participation in the Indian Premier League,
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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan elected to bat after winning the toss against England in the second and final Test on Saturday.
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Tamim Iqbal hammered a rapid fire 85 before England struck back with two quick wickets in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday
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England off-spinner Graeme Swann, whose 10-wicket haul in the first Test against Bangladesh lifted him to second place in the world bowling rankings, has said that he is proud to be first England bowler to have reached the spot in last six years
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England will be looking to maintain their supremacy over Bangladesh as they aim to sweep the Test series with victory in Dhaka in the second and final match starting on Saturday.
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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has defended his team-mates aggressive approach in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, by claiming that cricket is a mans game.
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Graeme Swann's maiden 10-wicket haul has made him the first England bowler in six years to rise to second position in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings for bowlers

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) national selectors will meet in Mumbai on March 26 to pick up the squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 championship to be played the next month in the West Indies.

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Graeme Swann completed a maiden 10-wicket match-haul as England ended Bangladesh's resistance with a 181-run victory in the opening Test on Tuesday.

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Graeme Swann and debutant Steven Finn shared two early wickets as England tightened the screws on Bangladesh in the opening Test on Monday.

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Graeme Swann grabbed five wickets to bowl England into a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Sunday.

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England have put themselves in a winning position after declining to enforce the follow-on on day three of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

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Chittagong, Mar 14 : England all-rounder Paul Collingwood insists Bangladesh is not an easy opposition despite destroying them in the ongoing first Test being played in Chittagong.“Bangladesh are improving all the time and they can be a very awkward team to come across,” The News of The World quoted Collingwood, as saying.

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Alastair Cook hammered a career-best 173 to consolidate England's position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.

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England skipper Alastair Cook scored an unbeaten century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 to help England reach an imposing 374-3 at stumps on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

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Skipper Alastair Cook hit an impressive half-century to steer England to 104-1 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Friday.

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan elected to field after winning the toss against England in the opening Test on Friday.England paceman Steven Finn and batsman Michael Carberry made their Test debuts.

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Former skipper Steve Waugh has warned that Australia are not match-hardened heading into this year's home Ashes series because of a lack of competition from rival teams, reports said on Friday.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has asked out of form batsman Kevin Pietersen to clear his cluttered” mind and return to basics and his scoring ways.

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England go into the opening Test against Bangladesh on Friday hoping their depleted pace attack delivers and Kevin Pietersen ends his dismal run with the bat.

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In a shock move, Bangladesh's young middle order batsman Raqibul Hasan has retired from all forms of cricket ahead of the country's first Test match against England, an official said Wednesday.

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London, Mar 10 : England cricket coach Andy Flower has said that out of form batsman Kevin Pietersen is sure shot starter for the first Test against Bangladesh.Pietersen managed just 20 in Tuesday’s drawn warm-up match against Bangladesh A.

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English county side Surrey announced Tuesday they have signed Pakistani seam bowler Rao Iftikhar Anjum as early season cover for India leg-spinner Piyush Chawla.

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Bangladesh have axed experienced batsman Mohammad Ashraful for a two-Test series against England following his inconsistent form, selectors said Tuesday.

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Ace England batsman Kevin Pietersen failed to find form ahead of a two-Test series against Bangladesh, scoring just 20 in a drawn warm-up match on Tuesday.

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England's Jonathan Trott regained form ahead of a Test series against Bangladesh with an impressive century in a warm-up match on Monday.

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London, Mar.9 : The Hampshire Hawks, England’s current T20 champions, have inked a deal with veteran Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq as they prepare to defend their title in the Friends Provident Trophy in June.Razzaq would be joining his Pakistan teammate Shahid Afridi in the English county squad.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who retired from Test cricket last year and is currently recovering from surgery, will play again, according to Lancashire coach Peter Moores

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London, Mar. 8 : English county Essex is trying to find a world-class replacement for Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.While Kaneria would be available for the first three months of Essex’s season, he will be called to national duty when Pakistan faces Australia, The Dawn reports.

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London, Mar 8: England's reigning Twenty20 champions Hampshire Hawks have signed Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, who will be joining his national team-mate Shahid Afridi at the Rose Bowl.

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Off-spinner James Tredwell staked a claim for a place in the England Test squad after picking 6-95 in a three-day tour match against a Bangladesh A side on Sunday.

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Craig Kieswetter smashed a maiden century as England posted a comfortable 45-run win over Bangladesh in the third and final one-day international on Friday to clinch the series 3-0.

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Chittagong, Mar 5: England coach Andy Flower has defended his medical staff despite a growing injury crisis in the team’s fast bowling department.The England team is already without James Anderson, who was rested for the tour of Bangladesh after a knee problem. While, Stuart Broad and Graham Onions are undergoing MRI scans on lower back problems.

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan elected to field after winning the toss against England in the third and final one-day international on Friday.

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England wicketkeeper Matt Prior insists he is unfazed by reports that national selectors might be tempted to hand over the gloves to reserve wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter for Saturdays final ODI against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

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England all rounder Andrew Flintoff has admitted for the first time that he might have played his final game. The all-rounder is contemplating a future without cricket as he struggles to recover from a chronic knee injury.

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Eoin Morgan hammered a gutsy century under pressure to power England to a thrilling two-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second one-day international on Tuesday.

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Mushfiqur Rahim and Imrul Kayes cracked half-centuries to help Bangladesh post a competitive 260-6 against England in the second one-day international on Tuesday.

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England captain Alastair Cook elected to field after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the second one-day international on Tuesday.

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England stand-in skipper Alastair Cook has been dropped for the World Twenty20. According to The Sun, the Essex batsman failed to make a provisional 30-man squad for the tournament in the West Indies.

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been given the green light to return home to be with his wife Jessica Taylor, as both are expecting their first child during the Twenty20 World Cup, which runs from April 30 to May 16 in the Caribbean.

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England defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in the opening one-day international on Sunday to gain a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Tamim Iqbal cracked an impressive century to help Bangladesh post a competitive 228 against England in the opening one-day international on Sunday.

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England captain Alastair Cook elected to field after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the opening one-day international on Sunday.

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Big-hitting Craig Kieswetter will take international cricket by storm, believes stand-in England captain Alastair Cook. The South African-born wicketkeeper has been a revelation on England''s tour of Bangladesh and will open the batting in today''s f

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Former England cricket captain Mike Gatting is backing a 400,000 pound-play area project aimed at inspiring at least 30,000 children with learning disabilities and communication issues.

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England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is selling the luxury home he has never spent a night in for a whopping five million pounds.

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England coach Andy Flower has refused to back Matt Prior as his first-choice wicketkeeper for the team. Prior, who played as a specialist batsman, top scored with 64 not out as England beat a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI by seven wickets in their final warm-up before Sunday’s first one-dayer against their hosts.

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English cricket chiefs at the MCC confirmed on Thursday that they could join a consortium looking to buy an IPL franchise.

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Player unions from Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa are pressing for a more adequate outline of security at the Indian Premier League despite T20 tournament chiefs accusation that the players representatives were using a security thre

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Australian pace bowler Brett Lee knew that a part of his career was over last August as England paraded around The Oval with the Ashes.

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Former New Zealand cricket manager Lindsay Crocker is working on a contingency plan for staging the 2011 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand if it is shifted due to security concerns in the Indian subcontinent.

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Former England great Geoffrey Boycott has described swashbuckling Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi as the best bowling all-rounder in one-day cricket at present.

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The prime reason behind the sorry state of Pakistan cricket is that there are several cricket illiterate politicians who are at the helm of things, former England great Geoffrey Boycott has said.

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Former Australian fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz has reportedly put his hand up to be Englands next bowling coach, and is emerging as a frontrunner for the job.

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England cricketer Craig Kieswetter, who is a specialist wicketkeeper, is hoping to bring in a different dynamics to his talent during the three-game ODI series against Bangladesh.

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With Australian security expert Reg Dickason advising various player association bodies in England, Australia and New Zealand not to travel to India for sporting events in the wake of an Al Qaeda threat to attack these events, the possibility of next

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