Christopher Graham tells Leveson Inquiry that tackling case of private eye Whittamore is 'impractical'

View From The Middle: Dubai was a reminder to us all that we're going to have to work very hard to win Tests

England 269-9 dec Pakistan Cricket Board XI 23-0

When an institution gains a gleaming new wing, we should ask what abasements have occurred

The Oval is the place to be, it would appear, if you want to see a Test team hit rock bottom. England managed it 12 years ago when losing to New Zealand and, for a couple of hours yesterday, India's attack set a new low in terms of scraping the barrel.

The run machine is back in business. But, like England in general, Alastair Cook wants more success and to be part of a team that not only completes the journey to No 1 but also then achieves even greater things.

England need to maintain their focus to ensure they emerge from the final Ashes Test in Sydney as series victors, Angus Fraser said today.

England coach happy to put focus back on Ashes after health scare during first Test

The Brian Viner Interview: He has long dined out on being the last England captain to lift the urn Down Under and knows all too well the importance of a good start in Brisbane

My Ashes: During that 1982 match that England won by three runs I was living in a filthy squat. We huddled around the radio amid the mould

Ian Bell once again repaid the faith of England's selectors with a deeply impressive hundred against Australia A at the Bellerive Oval today.

For Graham Gooch it all started in the Ashes 35 years ago. He went out at Edgbaston as the rough-round-the-edges kid who had been blazing a trail down Essex way and made a pair. And now here he is as England's batting coach on this tour.

Broad stakes claim to move back up order for Ashes this winter

Stuart Broad last night had 101 good reasons to celebrate his maiden Test century at the home of cricket – a hundred chanceless runs plus one entry on the batting honours board which his father, Chris, will now view with a lot of pride and a little bit of envy.