Ian Bell and Alistair Cook, two players likely to feature for England on Thursday, both found form as England A drew with Pakistan.

Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell has earnt an England recall in place of Andrew Flintoff for the first Test against Pakistan.

Australia A won its first match in the Top End series by beating New Zealand A by 16 runs in the second match of the Twenty20 double header in Darwin.

Pakistan A completed a fairly easy win over New Zealand A, with Pakistani captain Misbah-uh-Haq giving us a glimpse of his skills.

It has been announced that India will host the final of the 2011 World Cup with Sri Lanka and Pakistan sharing a semi-final each.

On the penultimate day of Pakistan’s warm up game against England A, the English bowled the tourists out 353 runs short of their score.

Seam bowler Matthew Hoggard has joined England’s growing injury list after sustaining a hand injury whilst on England A duty.

India A got home with 8 balls to spare in their Top End Series match against Australia, thanks largely to a late Australian collapse.

At the end of May, Sri Lanka were one-nil down to England. Then came Trent Bridge, and the Murali show. Then there were the ODIs…

Chris Read crafted a high-class century on the second day and put England in the driving seat at 530/9 by stumps.