London, July 26 (IANS) Andrew Flintoff has been retained while Ian Bell replaces Kevin Pietersen in the England squad for the third Ashes Test against Australia starting Thursday at Edgbaston.Flintoff, who will retire after the series, is battling a knee injury while Pietersen has been ruled out of the series after he underwent a surgery on his Achilles tendon. Bell's inclusion in the eleven is likely to be the only change in the team that is 1-0 up in the series.

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Wellington, July 26 (IANS) Captain Daniel Vettori has said that New Zealand cricketers may not choose country over cash in the future if they are forced to chose between national team and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20.

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Johannesburg, Jul 26 (IANS) There is no onus on the Indian Premier League (IPL) to take responsibility for the possible decline in more traditional forms of the game in the wake of the Twenty20 success, according to Sunder Raman, chief executive officer of the IPL.

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Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) The row between Cricket South Africa (CSA) and its provincial affiliate Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) over the national body's contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken a new turn with local Indian, black and coloured clubs reportedly threatening to form a breakaway body.

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Discarded by the England set up more than two years ago, Irish-born Ed Joyce, who now plays for Sussex, is one of a select group of England batsmen to have scored a century against the Australians.And now, he is keen to resurrect his international career by taking another crack at the Kangaroos.

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With just four days to go for the third Test at Edgbaston, Australia’s cricket selectors have been placed in a quandry over what to do with their struggling left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson.On Saturday, Northamptonshire batters carted Johnson for 42 runs in seven overs. To add insult to injury, Stuart Clark and Peter Siddle out bowled Johnson.

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Mohammad Ashraful top-scored with 57 and Shakib Al Hasan stroked 54 as Bangladesh made 246 for nine from their 50 overs in the first one-day international against West Indies on Sunday.

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Australia wrapped-up a morale-boosting 135-run win over Northamptonshire on Sunday, but their worries over the form of Ashes spearhead Mitchell Johnson increased.

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen described Sunday his mental torture at missing the final three Ashes Tests.

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