Ben Foakes

England have recalled fit-again wicketkeeper Ben Foakes for the first Test against South Africa at Lord's starting on Wednesday. Ben Stokes, the England captain, announced the return of Surrey wicketkeeper Foakes to the XI during a media conference on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, England announced their eleven players who will take field against India in the opening Test of the five-match series beginning on Thursday in Hyderabad. There are as many as four spinners in the line-up and one seamer, with Lancashire's Tom Hartley set to make his Test debut.

England have recalled fit again fast bowler Ollie Robinson for the first two Tests of their three-match series against South Africa that starts at Lord’s on Aug. 17 as a replacement for the injured Jamie Overton.

India opted to bat first against England in the second Test making three changes to their playing XI with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel making his Test debut.

Star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is currently grieving the loss of his father, and exhausted fast bowler Jofra Archer were left out of the 16-member England squad for the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka.

England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes will miss the remainder of the third Test against New Zealand at Headingley after testing positive for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday.

England named an unchanged 14-man squad Wednesday for next week's third and deciding Test against South Africa at the Oval.

England fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia on Tuesday, but a fit-again Jonny Bairstow returned to the Test squad for the one-off match against Ireland next month.

Ravichandran Ashwin, India's leading off-spinner, claimed nine wickets in the final Test against England, equaling Muttiah Muralitharan's record. Ashwin's bowling prowess began in the first innings, capturing four crucial wickets and restricting England to 218. Despite facing disappointment with the bat, Ashwin switched gears with the ball on the third day.

England's Ben Foakes on Sunday said he finds it challenging to concentrate while standing up to spinners on turning tracks in the sub-continent but it's something that he will be looking forward to during the four-Test series against India.

Kent wicket-keeper Sam Billings has been added to the England Men's Test squad for the rearranged fifth Test versus India starting on Friday at Edgbaston.

England might have lost the Test series but skipper Joe Root feels the tour of India is a building block for the visitors which has made them equipped to face similar extreme conditions in the future. India defeated England by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth and final Test to win the series 3-1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and batsman Liam Livingstone have been given annual central contracts while Dawid Malan and Jason Roy have dropped from full deals to increment ones, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

England's resistance on day two of the first Test lasted just over an hour on Wednesday after the West Indies bowled out the tourists for 311 in the first innings in North Sound on the island of Antigua.

England's Jonny Bairstow, who took on the primary wicket-keeping role in the 2023 Test home summer, is uncertain about his role in the upcoming five-match Test series against India. Despite his improved skills during the Ashes series, Bairstow has yet to receive clarity on his role, despite his improved performance in the Ashes series.

Ben Stokes hit his first century since being appointed England's full-time captain and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes also reached three figures as the hosts established a commanding lead over South Africa in the second Test in Manchester on Friday. Stokes made 103, with Foakes a Test-best 113 not out after completing his second century at this level when his skipper declared England's first innings on 415-9, a lead of 264 runs, after South Africa had been dismissed for a meagre 151.

Six Surrey players are self-isolating as a precautionary measure over coronavirus fears, the English county cricket club announced Monday.

Off-spinner R Ashwin returned yet another five-wicket haul as India bundled out England for 134 to take a huge first innings lead of 195 on the second day of the second Test on Sunday.

The England cricket team has arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad for their five-match Test series against India. The series, which will begin on January 25 and end on March 11 in Dharamshala, is significant for England as it marks their first Test in the long-format arena since the ODI World Cup 2023. Their last Test was against Australia in June 2023.

England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, who is set to don the big gloves in the second Test against India, feels the fresh Chepauk track will keep low and might start offering turn earlier compared to the series opener at the same venue.

Amid the debates over the nature of the pitch that was prepared for the pink-ball Test between India and England in Ahmedabad, England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes on Sunday said that his side knows that the pitch is going to turn from ball one as the hosts are pushing their conditions to the extremities.

England captain Joe Root opted to bat after winning the toss in the fourth and final Test against India here on Thursday.

England left out Jonny Bairstow from their squad announced Sunday for the first two Tests of next month's three-match series against the West Indies, with wicketkeeping duties set to be taken over by the uncapped Jamie Smith. There was no place in the squad either for Ben Foakes, the first-choice wicketkeeper in a Surrey team where the 23-year-old Smith is often deployed as a specialist batsman.

Social media was buzzing with Indian fans expressing skepticism about England's sportsmanship following an incident on Day 2 of the 4th Test in Ranchi. Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes was accused of pretending to have taken a clean catch to dismiss Yashasvi Jaiswal, prompting questions about the English team's sportsmanship.

Joe Root and Ben Foakes ensured a wicket-less second session for India with an unbeaten 86-run stand to take England to 198/5 at tea on the opening day of the 4th Test in Ranchi on Friday.

The square turner at the Chepauk for the second Test and the Ahmedabad dust bowl provided for the 'pink ball' game are the hardest surfaces that Ben Foakes has kept on in his nascent international career.

English wicketkeeper Ben Foakes has shifted his mindset towards a more positive approach for the second Test against India. He compared the pitch during the first Test against India as "horrific" and emphasized the need to put pressure on the Indian bowlers. England's mindset has moved away from the fear of getting out, with the English batters now focused on being more positive and looking for opportunities to dominate, even on challenging surfaces.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday became the first Indian cricketer to have picked 30 wickets or more in a Test series on two separate occasions.

Surrey accomplished a remarkable feat by completing the highest run chase in the English County Championship in nearly a century. In an extraordinary match against Kent at Canterbury on Wednesday, Surrey chased down a mammoth target of 501 runs, winning the match by five wickets.

After registering an emphatic 317-run win against England in the second Test, spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Tuesday revealed that he had discussions with Ravichandran Ashwin regarding bowling in the right areas. Kuldeep had not played a single Test against Australia in the 2020-21 series and he did not feature in the first Test against England as well.