England have fallen to eighth place in the latest ICC one-day official rankings after losing their past three ODI series.

Pakistan beat Leicestershire in their tour opener, with Shoaib Malik seeing the visitors home with an unbeaten 110.

The inclusions of Farhad Reza, Saqibul Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim give a youthful look for Bangladesh’s tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Andrew Strauss is to be confirmed as England’s captain for the series against Pakistan to try to steady the rocky England ship.

A stunning innings from wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin could not save the West Indies, as they slumped to a 1-0 series defeat against India

Michael Vaughan is less than 24 hours away from his fourth session under the surgeon’s knife. Do any of the candidates measure up?

An excellent 81 by Imran Farhat coupled with a solid 68 from Salman Butt put the Pakistanis in control at stumps on the second day.

India A have disposed of a fighting Northern Territory XI in their match up in Darwin.

231 runs were scored on the second day of the fourth test whilst 16 wickets fell. Harbhajan took 5/13, and Dravid stood tall, making 62

Sri Lanka chased down 322 in under 38 overs to clinch a whitewash, and humiliate England.