England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

In Test cricket, injured batters are not permitted to have another player as a runner. The rule is stated in condition 25.5 of the International Cricket Council's Men's Test Playing Conditions. A batter is permitted to retire as not out due to injury, illness or any other unavoidable cause and is allowed to resume their innings.

(Reuters) -England will host New Zealand and Pakistan in test series next year, and India and Sri Lanka will visit for white-ball tours, the country's cricket governing body (ECB) said on Thursday. England will play three tests against New Zealand in June,

Rahul, who had looked more secure than Jaiswal, nevertheless departed before him, caught by Zak Crawley at slip. Instead, Jaiswal was the opener who made the half-century, passing 1,000 Test runs against England in the process. Joe Root has the record number of runs between these countries but Jaiswal looks the young pretender.

Should artificial lighting at the ground not work, rules on natural lighting and weather will apply. For day/night Test matches, the home cricket board will decide the latest times at which the floodlights are to be switched on prior to the start of a day's play, and must inform the match referee.

Tensions are rising ahead of the fourth test between England and India at Old Trafford. India captain Shubman Gill says England acted against the “spirit of the game” by delaying play in last week’s heated third Test at Lord’s.

Joe Root and Ollie Pope stayed unbeaten as England reached 332 for 2 at Lunch against India in their first innings at Old Trafford Ma

England spinner Liam Dawson admits he did not think he would play Test cricket for England again after he made his return against India after a seven-year absence.