A simply marvellous third day of the second nPower Test Match ended with England tantalisingly close to squaring the series today.

We preview New Zealand’s tour of Zimbabwe with the New Zealand lineup for the first test being announced.

England have put in a strong bowling performance on the second day at Edgbaston to take control of the second test.

Glenn McGrath was ruled out of the second Ashes test after rolling his ankle during the early stages of training this morning.

Shane Bond has come through New Zealand’s two warm-up games in Namibia and is set to play in the 1st Test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.

England piled on the runs to make 407 on a comfortable batting pitch in a see-sawing first day at Edgbaston.

Sri Lanka have registered their 2nd win of the Indian Oil Cup, defeating the depleted West Indies by 50 runs, to stay undefeated.

The 14-man Zimbabwe squad to face New Zealand in the first of two tests has been named.

New Zealand began their tour of Southern Africa with two wins over Namibia at Windhoek over the weekend.

The official ICC Test Championship rankings have been updated as of 1 August 2005.