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After Jonny Bairstow played a fluent 86, Chris Woakes stayed unbeaten on 47 to see England through in a tense chase of 234 with two wickets in hand in the tour game against West Indies Cricket Board XI in St Kitts.

Former captain Michael Vaughan believes Alastair Cook can go on to surpass Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar's world record of most Test runs provided the Essex star adapts to the new culture of England dressing room.

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been omitted in the 15-man squad that will take on England in a three-match One-Day International series.

England have announced Joe Root as the new Test captain following Alastair Cook's decision to step down from the role last week.

Alastair Cook is confident that handing over the responsibility of captaining the England Test team can help Joe Root reach new heights in his career.

England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Monday that Alastair Cook has stepped down from his role as Test skipper with immediate effect.

The International Cricket Council had agreed in principle to rollback the 'Big Three' domination in the game's finances and administration process which was decided in 2014.

England vice-captain Joe Root has climbed two places and has entered the top five position in the International Cricket Council rankings for Twenty20 Internationals after emerging as the leading run-scorer in the recent series against India.

Yuzvendra Chahal registered the best figures for an Indian bowler in the Twenty20 International format as India wrapped up a 75-run win in the third game against England in Bangalore to seal the series 2-1.

The much maligned Eoin Morgan had chosen not to travel to Bangladesh for safety reasons and Jos Buttler stood in, doing a fine job as replacement, resulting in a lot of media discussion as to whether Morgan was committed to the cause.

Jasprit Bumrah picked two wickets in the final over and conceded just two runs as India successfully defended 144 runs to win the second Twenty20 International in Nagpur by five runs to level the series 1-1.

England selectors have named an unchanged squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International series against West Indies.

After a tight bowling from England restricted India to 147 for seven, Eoin Morgan and Joe Root shared 97 runs between them as the visitors chased down the target in 18.1 overs with seven wickets in hand in the first Twenty20 International in Kanpur.

Indian captain Virat Kohli has come in support of the under-firing openers after they failed to make an impression in the recently concluded One-Day International series against England.

India have made two changes to their announced Twenty20 International squad against England that kicks-off on Thursday with leg spinner Amit Mishra and off-spinner Parveez Rasool getting an inclusion.

Kedar Jadhav scored a brilliant 90 but fell in the penultimate delivery as England managed to defend a total of 322 by five runs and secure their first win in the tour in the third and final One-Day International in Kolkata.

England opening batsman Alex Hales has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of India after he sustained a fractured hand during the second One-Day International in Cuttack.

After a record stand of 256 runs between MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh powered India to 381 for six in their innings, the bowlers managed to held their nerve following a blistering century from Eoin Morgan to win the second One-Day International in Cuttack by just 15 runs, thereby claiming the series 2-0.

England vice-captain Joe Root has made himself unavailable for the upcoming Indian Premier League 2017 tournament to spend time with his newborn son.

Cricket Australia has roped in England left-arm-spinner Monty Panesar as the spin consultant for Australia's upcoming Test tour to India which begins next month.