England get their summer of Test cricket underway next Thursday when they take on West Indies at Lords in the first of a three match series. Andrew Strauss and his side go into the series as clear favourites on home soil and they will be looking for a successful summer to keep their status as

The English summer is just round the corner and England start their home cricket season with three Test matches against West-Indies starting on the 17th May. England go into this series as the number one side in the world after a drawing 1-1 in their recent tour of Sri Lanka. It’s been a difficult winter

After their disappointing start to 2012, England will be looking to return to winning ways when they take on Sri Lanka this month. Andrew Strauss’ newly crowned No.1 Test team lost 3-0 to Pakistan at the start of the year. Even though this was followed up with success in the One Day International series, the

England will have the chance to wrap up an ODI series victory against Pakistan on Saturday after racing in to a 2-0 lead in the four game series. The form of Alastair Cook has been central to England’s resurgence in the shorter form of the game, with the Essex opener becoming the first England captain

England will look to go some way to gaining revenge for their 3-0 test series whitewash against Pakistan by claiming an ODI series win against the same opposition. Despite going into the test series as the number one ranked team in test cricket England demonstrated none of the ability that took them to series wins

Andy Flower will no doubt be looking for a big response from his England team as they go into their second test against Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan won the first game by ten wickets at a canter, with England’s top six batsmen putting on a paltry 143 runs between them across both innings. It was

Both Pakistan and England will look to put their contentious recent history behind them when the first test gets under way on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates. The last time the two teams met in the test arena it ended in disaster, with three Pakistani cricketers eventually ending up in Jail after being convicted

South Africa will look to make it back to back test wins and take a giant leap towards winning the four match test series when they take on Australia in the second test in Johannesburg on Thursday. The Proteas picked up a remarkable win over the baggy greens in the first test in Cape Town,