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England piled on the pressure in the first Test at Lord’s ending the day on 528-9 declared and dismissing Pakistan’s first three batsman for just 66 runs.
The Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell was one of the stars of the second day’s play, making an unbeaten 100 before acting skipper Andrew Strauss called a halt to England’s […]

Both Paul Collingwood and Alastair Cook made centuries in an unbroken stand of 221 as England reached 309-3 on the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s.
It was a fine effort after they had been 88-3 but the tourists did not help themselves by dropping five catches.
“We have to be as ruthless as […]

Muttiah Muralitharan had England in a spin as he took 8 wickets for 70 runs to help Sri Lanka beat England at Trent Bridge and draw the three-Test series 1-1.
A ragged England were bowled out for just 190 runs on only the fourth day, losing the match by 134 runs.
It was only […]

Andrew Flintoff will have to guide England to their highest ever score to win a Test at Trent Bridge if England are to win the third Test against Sri Lanka.
In 2004, England successfully chased 284 to set a new record chasing at the Nottingham venue.
But that was against a New Zealand bowling attack lacking […]

Sri Lanka put the Third Test at Trent Bridge back in the balance, recovering from 321 all out to have England 53-2 by the end of play.
Having elected to bat the tourists were all at sea with the bat and might easily have lost more than the one wicket to the new ball.
England debutant […]

Kevin Pietersen scored his third successive century in Test cricket to put England firmly in charge of the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Egdbaston.
The tourists were reduced to 86-4 in their second innings and are still 68 runs away from making England bat again.
Matthew Hoggard and Monty Panesar did the damage in […]

England took control on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
They dismissed the tourists for 143, and at the end of play were 138-3 with Kevin Pietersen on 30 not out.
Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene’s decision to bat first backfired spectacularly as they collapsed to 82-8 before producing a stubborn ninth-wicket stand. […]

Roger Federer has been named Sportsman Of The Year at the laureus World Sports awards.
24-year-old Federer, who won the prize last year, was honoured for winning both the US Open and Wimbledon in 2005.
The world number one heads to the French Open next week, hoping to become the first man to hold all four Grand […]

England captain Andrew Flintoff says he is still confident that his team will win the three match series against Sri Lanka despite their frustrating first Test draw at Lord’s.
The 27-year-old cited the showing of his batsmen in the first innings as the first reason for optimism.
He mentioned Marcus Trescothick’s century on his […]

It only took four overs for new boy Sajid Mahmood to grab three wickets against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Lords.
England had declared on a massive 551-6 with Kevin Pietersen hitting 158.
Matthew Hoggard struck twice early on as Sri Lanka began their reply but the sheer pace of Lancashire star Mahmood rattled […]