England learning to win without Flintoff,KP, says Stu Broad

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad has urged upon the importance of getting stuck into the Aussies and putting pressure on them from the first ball of the Ashes series in Cardiff to have a vital impact. Broad highlighted the example of Steve Harmisson, who got stuck into the Aussies from the first ball of the 2005 series, following which England won the series 2-1, the News of the World reports.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian batting great Mark Waugh has warned England that only Andrew Flintoff can prevent them from an embarrassing Ashes thumping. All-rounder Freddie was inspirational as Michael Vaughan's men won the old urn back in 2005.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuard Broad aims to join James Anderson and fire England to Ashes glory this summer. Pace ace Broad is determined to make the most of being handed the new ball in Test cricket.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - At 22, Stuart Broad has become one of the daddies of England bowling attack. Notts star Broad and Lancashire swinger Jimmy Anderson will take the new ball in the First Test against West Indies at Lord's on Wednesday.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Vaughan is unlikely to make it to the England team that is to play the West Indies when the squad is named on Wednesday morning. According to The Telegraph, the selectors have looked to reward form rather than past records, and this should be good news for Ian Bell, who is averaging 75 this season, and Ravi Bopara, who last week became the first Englishman to win a man-of-the-match award at the Indian Premier League.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Hampshire all-rounder and captain Dimitri Mascarenhas has said he would love to lead England in the ICC World Twenty20, especially after learning so much about captaincy from Shane Warne. Mascarenhas, 31, who is in South Africa to play under Warne for the Rajasthan Royals in the relocated Indian Premier League, was quoted by The Telegraph as saying that he felt he could do a good job especially after a year in charge of Hampshire, after Warne left the county.

April 16th, 2009 LONDON - Former England batsman Ian Bell has said that it hurts that he is not in the national squad, and has answered his critics by smashing an unbeaten 84 for Warwickshire yesterday. According to The Sun, the batsman had not played competitively for two months after losing his England place to Middlesex's Owais Shah.

March 12th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam Wednesday asked International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad to apologise to his country and team over his 'appalling' allegations after a terror-attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers and match officials in Lahore earlier this month. 'The attack on the cricketers in Lahore was a highly unfortunate incident,' Intikhab told IANS.

January 22nd, 2009 LONDON - England cricketers rejoiced after their cricket board gave them the go-ahead to take three weeks off for the Indian Premier League (IPL), ending a months-old standoff between players and the game's administrators. Allrounders Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are expected to lead the way for English cricketers headed for the IPL auction after having to sit out the opening Twenty20 championship on account of a clash in dates and an abortive bid by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to set up a rival tournament.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - Despite losing the two-match Test series 1-0, England skipper, Kevin Pietersen feels that it was a great learning experience to play in India. 'A lot of positives have been come out in the last two weeks from the current Test-series in India.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - India drew the second cricket Test against England here Tuesday and won the two-match RBS Cup 1-0. Chasing a victory target of 403, England were 64 for one in the second innings after India declared their second essay at 251 for seven at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - Scoreboard at lunch on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here Tuesday. India 1st innings:453 England 1st innings:302 India 2nd innings: (134/4 overnight) Gautam Gambhir not out 80 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S Laxman run out (Flintoff/Prior) 15 Yuvraj Singh not out 79 Extras (b 10, lb 3, w 5, nb 2) 20 Total (for 4 wickets in 63 overs) 216 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sehwag, 5.5 overs), 2-36 (Dravid, 11.6 ), 3-44 (Tendulkar, 19.4), 4-80 (Laxman, 38.1 ) Bowling: James Anderson 19 8 51 1 Stuart Broad 14 2 50 1 (3w) Andrew Flintoff 11 1 30 0 (2nb, 1w) Graeme Swann 12 2 35 0 Monty Panesar 7 0 37 0 Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Daryl Harper (Australia) TV umpire: Suresh Shastri (India) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - The following is the scoreboard at tea on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Tuesday. SCOREBOARD: India 1st innings:453 England 1st innings:302 India 2nd innings (Overnight 134/4) Gautam Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - The following is the final scoreboard on the fifth and the last day of the second cricket Test between India and England at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Tuesday. SCOREBOARD: India 1st innings: 453 England 1st innings: 302 India 2nd innings (Overnight 134/4) Gautam Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97 Virender Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 Rahul Dravid b Broad 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 V.V.S.

December 22nd, 2008 CHANDIGARH - The England Test squad left here Tuesday night on a chartered plane for Dubai from where the team will board a direct flight to England. 'The England team has boarded a chartered flight.