India will host three major international series from August 2012 to March 2013, involving ten Tests, five ODIs and four T20 Internationals. The fixtures and venues for the first two series have been finalised by the BCCI's Tour, Programme and Fixtures Committees.

The England cricket team will visit India in October-November for four Tests, five One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals.

Brearley was a touch disappointed with MS Dhoni's decision to bring himself on to bowl during the Lord's Test earlier this year.

England cricket coach says his side's behaviour during the recent tour of India was not "up to scratch" as it overdid the aggression which was against team policy.

England pacer Tim Bresnan feels the 0-5 ODI series whitewash at the hands of India cannot take the sheen off his team's spectacular rise in an "unbelievable" year.

Taking an apparent dig at England stand-in twenty20 skipper Graeme Swann, batsman Kevin Pietersen on Saturday said it was improper for a professional to write a book in the middle of his career.

England's star performer in their only win in the lone T20 match against India, Kevin Pietersen on Saturday revealed that he had to beg the coach for a berth in the playing eleven at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Stand-in T20 captain Graeme Swann on Saturday admitted that England played some "abjectly horrible" cricket during the just-concluded ODI series against India and the consolation win in Saturday's one-off Twenty20 match was not enough to heal their wounds.

England lifted the gloom after their crushing ODI series defeat against India by registering a six-wicket win over the hosts in the one-off Twenty20 match in Kolkata on Saturday and the English skipper Graeme Swann said the victory couldn't have come at a better time.

After tasting defeat at the hands of England in the lone Twenty-20 international cricket match, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed the pitch at Eden Gardens as "slow" and "difficult".