Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood bounced back from early onslaught from Avishka Gunawardene to rip through Sri Lanka's top order and tighten England A's grip on a match that they've controlled ever since Ian Bell walked to the crease in the first hour

Michael Vaughan has insisted that the spirit in the England camp is still high as they approach their crunch game against West Indies at Lord's tomorrow

Chris Read has been dropped from England's one-day squad to make way for Geraint Jones, while there is a first call-up for Lancashire's fast bowler Sajid Mahmood, who impressed on the England A tour to India and Malaysia earlier this year

This mouth-watering game between last year's champions and this year's favourites ended in a booming win for the new pretenders

This mouth-watering game between last year's champions and this year's favourites ended in a booming win for the new pretenders

England A were set a daunting target of 367 on the third day of their Duleep Trophy match against East Zone in Amritsar, after a day of hard toil for their bowlers

England A were set a daunting target of 367 on the third day of their Duleep Trophy match against East Zone in Amritsar, after a day of hard toil for their bowlers

Sridharan Sriram scored an unbeaten 105, adding 155 for the fifth wicket with Venugopal Rao, as India A eased past England A's substandard target of 211 to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in Chennai

England A suffered a heavy defeat in their warm-up game against Karnataka at Bangalore, going by eight wickets

The England selectors have named a 15-man squad for England A's forthcoming tour of Malaysia and India

Essex's Will Jefferson and the Worcestershire batsman Kadeer Ali are among 15 players, named today by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), who will be considered for the 2003-04 National Academy intake