Ravi Bopara will have every right to curse his misfortune if the thigh problem he picked up against Kent in the County Championship halts his chances of a Test recall. The signs were not promising on Saturday as he emerged at No. 8 with a runner, with Essex confirming he had a "slight tear to his right quad" after scans Friday evening.

England displayed their batting prowess ahead of next week's Test series in Sri Lanka by winning the final practice match with an astonishing run chase on Thursday.

Samit Patel said on Monday he was hopeful that his all-round talents would help him win a Test cap for England during the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.

England dropped Eoin Morgan from their Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka following the former Ireland batsman's dismal series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Kevin Pietersen, has admitted he is facing the toughest challenge of his career as he adapts his game to cope with the Decision Review System.

England pacer Steven Finn produced a sensational hattrick to help England register a 56-run victory over Hyderabad XI in their first warm-up game here on Saturday, ahead of their five-match ODI series against India.

England batsmen failed to get their acts together in the first warm-up game as Hyderabad XI bowled them out for 219 in only 47.2 overs on a low and slow Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium track here on Saturday.

Jade Dernbach, Craig Kieswetter and Ravi Bopara have been given 12-month contracts by England after playing key roles in the one-day series victories against India and Sri Lanka this summer.

Ravi Bopara is confident his medium-pace bowling will be a potent weapon in next year's Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

Ravi Bopara produced England's best ever Twenty20 bowling performance to set up a crushing 10-wicket win over the West Indies in the first game of a two-match series at the Oval on Friday.