Matt Prior

Questions are always raised whenever Piyush Chawla gets selected in the Indian team.At 23, he has more than 300 First Class wickets under his belt, but somehow he is always at the receiving end.

At 139-5, England's best batsman back in the pavilion; a debutant on the crease, things couldn't have been more perfect for India to wrap up the innings quickly.

England players Matt Prior and Stuart Broad were involved in a dramatic rescue of a man preparing to jump off a bridge near the team hotel in Sydney.

Ahead of the four-match Test series, former England cricketer Matt Prior has said playing in India and that too in the longest format of the game can be mentally draining for the wicket-keepers.

The best way to play short-pitched bowling is not to play it. England batsmen, instead of being smart and cautious, chose to flaunt their bravado against India.

England have often looked a haunted side during their ongoing run of nine Tests without a win. And according to Broad, they have a particular reason to be spooked.

Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni is poised to run up a hefty score with his new bat sponsorship deals. He stands to make a record Rs 25 crore a year in separate pacts with Australian sports goods manufacturer Spartan Sports and Amity University.

The straight-talking MS Dhoni maintains that Ravindra Jadeja had been wronged not only by James Anderson but also by the ICC Match Referee Aussie David Boon.

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.

Matt Prior criticizes England’s lackluster performance in their defeat against India, especially highlighting their ineffective bowling against Rohit Sharma’s impressive knock. He acknowledges some positives but insists the team appears disjointed and failed to put significant pressure on the Indian side.

Kerala pacer S Sreesanth and TN batsmen S Badrinath and Abhinav Mukund are some of the notable absentees from the South Zone squad picked for the Deodhar Trophy tournament to be held later this month.

England were the last team to beat India at home, back in 2012, and Alastair Cook feels the difference is that India's 'Class of 2012' comprised "ageing players" while England's 'Batch of 2016' is full of rookies with little experience of playing in the sub-continent.

Allen Stanford has apologised to England cricketers after pictures of him putting wicketkeeper Matt Prior's wife on his lap during the Twenty20 Super Series.

Graeme Swann considers his teammates Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott 'ugliest' top-three in the world and he wouldn't pay to watch them.

All-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been withdrawn from England's squad for the One-day series against Australia and next month's Champions Trophy.

Rahul Dravid was the only Indian to find a place in Cricinfo's Test XI of 2011 while five of his teammates, including MS Dhoni, were chosen for the ODI XI.

After Bell and Cook helped England to put 288 runs on the board, Anderson picked four-wicket haul against India as the hosts won the first ODI of NatWest series.

The England cricket team arrived at the Mumbai International airport to play seven ODIs and two Test matches matches.

The Duleep Trophy in India has hosted many international cricketers over the years. This includes notable names like Brendan Taylor, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Mohammad Ashraful, Matt Prior, Rangana Herath, Monty Panesar, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett. Their participation has raised the tournament's standards and offered Indian players exposure to diverse playing styles.

With the jelly bean prank on Indian pacer Zaheer Khan snowballing into a major embarrassment for the England cricket team, wicket-keeper Matt Prior feels the hosts may not be offered any sweets during drinks breaks again.

Virender Sehwag became 'Wisden Cricketer of the Year' for the second time in a row, beating off competition from Andrew Strauss and Dilshan.

According to a report, Monty Panesar and Ian Bell, could be taken off England's centrally-contracted players' list when the new deals are announced.

New Zealand's Devon Conway joined a select group of cricketers on Wednesday by marking his Test debut with a hundred at Lord's.

Anderson dismissed Petersen early as South Africa were 25 for 1 at tea in the first Test at The Oval after having dismissed England for 385 on day two.

An unbeaten 99-run Bopara-Stuart partnership helped England to beat India by 3 wickets in the fourth ODI at Old Trafford. England gained 3-1 lead in the seven-match NatWest series.

The loss of two wickets in successive balls, followed by another caused by an umpiring howler left India on 169/4 at close on Day 3 of the Lord's Test match.

Allen Stanford, who is bankrolling the Twenty20 Super Series featuring English cricketers, has publicly apologised for having stumper Matt Prior's wife sit on his lap.

England struggled to beat Middlesex by 12 runs in their opening warm-up match ahead of the $20 million Stanford 20/20 showpiece next weekend.

India won the three Test series 1-0 after 21 years in England even as Kevin Pietersen scored 101 to help the hosts draw the third Test at The Oval.

England skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and chose to bowl against Australia A in their four-day tour match at Hobart's Bellerive Oval on Wednesday.