England

At least three managers are on England's shortlist and the Football Association could appoint Fabio Capello's successor to coach the national team as soon as next month.

Alastair Cook became the first England captain to score consecutive one-day centuries to set his side up for a 20-run victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took three late wickets to thrust his team back into contention at the close of the second day of the second test against England on Thursday.

England's Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann were the scourge of Pakistan as they picked up six wickets to reduce the hosts to 256 for seven on the first day of the second test on Wednesday.

Pakistan took full advantage of another brittle England batting performance to crush the world's top-ranked test team by 10 wickets and win the first test inside three days in Dubai.

Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal flummoxed England's batsmen with his off-spin for a career best haul of seven for 55 to dismiss the visitors for 192 on the first day of the opening test in Dubai.

England coach Fabio Capello picked under-pressure captain John Terry and omitted Wayne Rooney for friendly matches against Spain and Sweden at Wembley.

Steve Finn led England's pace attack to set up a six-wicket victory against India in the lone Twenty20 international at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Ravindra Jadeja and his spin colleagues bowled India to a 95-run victory over England in the fifth and final one-day international to complete a series sweep overnight.

India pulled off a thrilling five-wicket victory over England with four balls to spare in the third one-day international to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

England have completed a series victory over world champions India after the fourth one-day international at Lord's ended in a Duckworth/Lewis tie on Sunday when rain forced the players off the field with seven balls remaining.

England have piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford.

England's rise above India to the top of test cricket's world rankings was as remarkable as it was comprehensive.

Rahul Dravid carried his bat against England to drag India to its highest total of the series before the tourists finished day four of the final test still 162 runs behind after following on.

Despite having already wrapped up the series to become test cricket's No 1 side, England seems intent on fielding its strongest possible lineup for the fourth and final test against India.

Alastair Cook hit his 19th test century as England built a massive lead of 232 runs over India after the second day of the third test at Edgbaston.

England's bid to become the top test-ranked nation in the world received a boost on the opening day of the third test as they reached 84-0 at stumps after bowling India out for 224 at Edgbaston.