Gary Ballance

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and invited England to bat first in the fourth one-day International at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe and former England batsman Gary Ballance has withdrawn from the second T20 against Ireland in Harare on Saturday due to concussion.

Former England batsman Gary Ballance is set to make his Test debut for Zimbabwe on Saturday after being selected for the two-match series against West Indies in Bulawayo.

Former England batter Gary Ballance announced his retirement from cricket on Wednesday, four months after leaving Yorkshire following the racism scandal involving Azeem Rafiq.

Former England batsman Gary Ballance will be welcomed to play for Zimbabwe should he decide to return to the country of his birth, Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton said on Tuesday.

Ian Bell rediscovered his form with sparkling 167 as England piled up a mammoth first innings total of 569/7 to take control of the third Test.

Azeem Rafiq said former teammate Gary Ballance has done cricket and the fight against racism a "great service" by apologising in person to him for using racist language while the pair played for Yorkshire.

Former England batsman Gary Ballance is suffering with "anxiety and stress", his county, Yorkshire, said on Saturday.

Six former Yorkshire cricketers found guilty of racial abuse at the club were fined a total of £22,000 by the Cricket Discipline Commission on Friday. The punishments, which also include suspensions if they return to cricket, were reduced from the £37,000 fines that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had initially sought during a hearing on May 3.

Former England batsman Gary Ballance has agreed a two-year deal to play international cricket for Zimbabwe, the country's board said on Friday, a day after he was released from his contract with English county side Yorkshire.

Zimbabwe’s Gary Ballance achieved a rare feat on Tuesday as he became only the second Test batter after Kepler Wessels to score a century for two countries.

Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq fought back tears as he told a committee of British lawmakers on Tuesday he felt "isolated and humiliated" by the racist treatment he received while playing for the club.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl in the fifth and final one-dayer against England at Headingley in Leeds on Friday.

Chasing 319 to win, England reached 105 for four at stumps on day four of the second Test against India at Lord's on Sunday.

England captain Eoin Morgan on Friday backed his cricket board for taking stringent action against Yorkshire county and its batter Gary Ballance in the Azeem Rafiq racial allegations case, saying sensitive matters like these should be met "head on".

Gary Ballance struck a fine unbeaten half-century after Wessly Madhevere and Craig Ervine's solid opening stand as Zimbabwe registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Netherlands in Harare on Saturday. With the victory, the hosts clinched the three-match series 2-1. Ballance struck a responsible 72-ball 64 not out alongside Madhevere and Ervine's 96-run opening stand as Zimbabwe chased down a par 232 target with 50 balls to spare.

England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to bowl against India under overcast conditions in the fifth and final cricket Test at the Oval on Friday.

India have brought in debutant Pankaj after pacer Ishant was ruled out due to injury. Besides, Rohit has been drafted in to replace all-rounder Stuart Binny.

For England, Gary Ballance could not have happened at a better time. With Jonathan Trott out of the frame with depressions, England needed a replacement.

Teenager Haseeb Hameed will become England's youngest opening batsman when he makes his debut in the first Test against India at Rajkot on Wednesday with Gary Ballance axed for his lack of runs in Bangladesh.