England and India are placing their faith in security experts who have so far told them there is no reason to doubt the Edgbaston Test will go ahead tomorrow.

England seem to have been spared a delicate selection problem for the third Test tomorrow.

Ravi Bopara insists he is a different player now from the one he was when he won his last Test cap for England two years ago.

India continued to give the impression yesterday that their plans for the tour of England were written on the back of a fag packet. As Zaheer Khan, their leading fast bowler, was finally withdrawn from the squad because of injury, he was replaced by another left-arm swing bowler, RP Singh.

Jonathan Trott has failed to recover from his shoulder injury in time for the third npower Test at Edgbaston, and was therefore omitted from a 13-man squad announced this morning.

Say it ain't so, MS. Say this isn't the best India can do. Tell us that the arrival of Virender Sehwag and the probable return to fitness of both Zaheer Khan and Gautam Gambhir will have England running for cover come next week's third Test at Edgbaston.

As England hammer India again to go 2-0 up in the series, confident captain insists 'we can be an even better side'

England's leader can do little wrong in terms of captaincy but worrying trend continues with bat

A staggering 21 wickets fell at Lord's on day one as the County Championship returned, with first Kent being routed for just 87 – Tim Murtagh the star of the show, taking 5 for 27 – before Middlesex were skittled for 153, Azhar Mahmood taking 6 for 36.

The first exhibition to explore lawn tennis as a subject in art opens at Birmingham’s Barber Institute of Art tomorrow.

Worcestershire’s Steve Rhodes believes Warwickshire were lucky not to be punished more harshly after being docked eight points over the state of the pitch at Edgbaston, where they completed a 218-run victory over their neighbours soon after midday.