When England’s Joe Root and Australia’s Tim Paine walk out for the toss prior to the first Ashes opener at Edgbaston starting Thursday they will have taken very different routes to get there. read more

Since their shock group-stage exit from the 2015 World Cup, England have been particularly strong at home, winning 30 of their 42 ODIs while losing only nine. read more

Cook is the second cricketer since Ian Botham to receive this honour. He retired from the game after England’s series win against India. He bowed out after scoring a century against India in England’s 3-1 Test series win. read more

England have never won the men’s World Cup, but with 100 days to go until the start of the latest edition, a team captained by Eoin Morgan are top of the 50-over world rankings. read more

Left-hander Jennings, who averages 25.86 in 16 Tests, lost his place in the team after scores of 17 and 14 in England’s defeat by 381 runs in the first Test in Barbados. read more

Foakes replaced injured wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow for the first two tests in Sri Lanka last November and scored a century on debut. read more

The 34-year-old opening batsman finished his Test career in the best possible manner with a century against India at The Oval despite having declared there “was nothing left in the tank”. read more

Sri Lanka face the daunting task of batting out two days to save the first test against England after being set an improbable target of 462 and finishing day three on 15 without loss on Thursday. read more

Sri Lanka, who went down to the tourists 3-1 in the five one-day internationals and also lost a one-off Twenty20 match, are looking for redemption in the three-Test series starting Tuesday. read more

Brendon McCullum, former New Zealand captain and a close friend of Eoin Morgan was the master of ceremonies at the event which was also attended by England cricketers Jason Roy, Steve Finn and recently retired Alastair Cook. read more

With Alastair Cook hanging up his boots and Keaton Jennings struggling for form, Joe Root’s England remain keen to freshen up the top order heading into the three-match series starting in Galle on Nov. 6. read more

Burns has been the leading run-scorer in the English top flight this season, scoring 1,319 Championship runs at an average of over 69. read more

Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a hundred in England during the Oval Test but was shoddy behind the stumps in the three Tests he played. read more

Keaton Jennings averaged just over 18 in England’s recent 4-1 series victory over India and has not scored a Test century since his debut knock in Mumbai in 2016. read more

Following the end of the Oval Test, Alastair Cook’s teammate James Anderson struggled to hold back tears when asked about the retirement of the opener. read more