New Zealand domestic cricket

Ravi Bopara joins Auckland

Nov 2, 2009: Will be available for the first four matches of the four-day competition ahead of the 50-over and Twenty20 events

England in South Africa 2009-10

Harmison and Bopara miss out

Oct 8, 2009: Steve Harmison's international career appears over after he was omitted from England's Test squad for the tour of South Africa

ICC Champions Trophy

I wouldn't have recalled Mathews - Flower

Sep 26, 2009: England team director Andy Flower has said he would not have called back Angelo Mathews had be been in Andrew Strauss's position

England v Australia, 1st ODI, The Oval

Australia primed to end tour on a high

Sep 3, 2009: Andrew Miller previews the first ODI between England and Australia at The Oval

The Ashes 2009

Bopara vows to return stronger

Aug 23, 2009: Ravi Bopara has vowed to return to the England Test side a better player after being dropped for the Ashes decider following a torrid series

County Championship round-up

Rashid and Bopara in the runs

Aug 21, 2009: A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship

County Championship round-up

Lumb and Ervine dominate Nottinghamshire

Aug 20, 2009: A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval

Trott confirmed for Oval debut

Aug 16, 2009: England's selectors are ready to put faith in the men they put forward for the fateful fourth Test at Headingley, and are believed to have overlooked the claims of Mark Ramprakash and Robert Key

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval

Trott likely to replace Bopara

Aug 15, 2009: England's selectors are ready to put faith in the men they put forward for the fateful fourth Test at Headingley, and are believed to have overlooked the claims of Mark Ramprakash and Robert Key

County Championship round-up

Rashid five routs Hampshire

Aug 14, 2009: A round-up from the latest action in the County Championship

Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Lord's, 2nd day

Bopara's hopes fade as he fails again

Aug 12, 2009: Ravi Bopara's hopes of clinging to his Test place for the final Ashes encounter at The Oval faded further as he fell for 1 against Middlesex at Lord's

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval

Miller rules out Trescothick call

Aug 11, 2009: England's national selector, Geoff Miller, has ruled out the possibility of a shock comeback for Marcus Trescothick, but has admitted that Mark Ramprakash is being seriously considered

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval

All change for The Oval?

Aug 11, 2009:

The Ashes 2009

Ramprakash recall 'unlikely' - Surrey CEO

Aug 10, 2009: Paul Sheldon, the Surrey chief executive, has tempered speculation of a Mark Ramprakash recall and suggestions the ECB could influence the character of The Oval pitch for the Ashes decider

The Ashes 2009

Flower hits out at middle order

Aug 10, 2009: England's coach, Andy Flower, has accused his players of failing to heed the lessons of past performances, and has described the performances of his batsmen as 'simply not good enough'

The Ashes 2009

Adams calls for Ramprakash reselection

Aug 10, 2009: As England prepare for their must-win fifth and final Ashes Test, the clamour to recall Mark Ramprakash to stiffen a failing middle-order has increased, with Geoff Miller, the national selector, refusing to rule him out of contention, while Surrey's manag

England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley

Bopara feeling the pressure

Aug 9, 2009: Ravi Bopara has admitted that he is fighting to save his Test place after his poor form continued with a miserable match at Headingley

England v Australia, 3rd npower Test, Edgbaston, 5th day

A slip, a drop and a blinder

Aug 3, 2009: The plays of the day from the final day at Edgbaston as Australia easily secured a draw

England v Australia, 3rd Test, Edgbaston

Anderson backs Johnson to shine again

Jul 27, 2009: James Anderson, the spearhead of the England attack, expressed supreme confidence that Mitchell Johnson would not only play in the third Test, but emerge from his extended form slump to again trouble England's batsmen

England v Australia, 2nd npower Test, Lord's, 3rd day

KP and Bopara lose their strut

Jul 18, 2009: A peculiar thing happened on the way to England's declaration. With a lead of 210 and a licence to turn on the style, England's cockiest cricketers instead went into their shell