If it starts to get ugly during the second Test, it is probable that the bloke with the baby face will be around. Stuart Broad always seems to be involved when it is all going off out there.

News comes just days from the start of the Ashes

Anderson joins elite England few and is backed by Botham to reach more milestones

Batsman of the day

Bowler showed signs of improvement in the first Test against New Zealand

Colombo 2001

After a week of will-they, won't-they, England's bowling stocks for the first Test against India became clearer yesterday. Steve Finn will miss the match which starts tomorrow, Stuart Broad looks certain to be available and therefore will play.

It will be the opinion of more than one judge on the first day of a West Indies Test series in England that Ramnaresh Sarwan is wasted playing in the Second Division for Leicestershire.

Wherever you go this year, make sure you get the best from your holiday. Chris Leadbeater has dozens of ideas

Lancashire fans have been known to have the odd grumble about the elements over the years – usually something along the lines of how rain has deprived them of winning the County Championship since they shared it in 1950 – but the weather gods smiled upon the Red Rose yesterday.

A masterclass of swing bowling takes Lancastrian above the great Bedser