India lifted the gloom after their crushing Test series defeat against England by warming up for the forthcoming one-day internationals with a six-wicket victory over Sussex at Hove on Thursday.

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England were 468 for three against India, a lead of 244 runs, when rain stopped play just 13 minutes into the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston here on Friday.

Alastair Cook was 188 not out an

India's famous batting lineup has flopped for a fifth successive innings as they are struggling to handle the swinging and seaming conditions in England, India coach Duncan Fletcher said on Wednesday.

Persistent overnight and early morning rain delayed the scheduled 11:00am local time (1000GMT) start of the second day's play in the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

England captain Andrew Strauss and India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni played down the significance of the world rankings for different reasons on Tuesday ahead of the third Test.

India are currently the nu

England head into the third Test against India at Edgbaston here on Wednesday knowing another victory will give then both an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the four-match series and see them replace their opp

The Decision Review System (DRS) has generated so much heat in the ongoing India-England series that former cricketers Ravi Shastri and Nasser Hussain were engaged in a war-of-words on air over its us

England's injured batsman Jonathan Trott's hopes of batting again in the ongoing second Test against India received a boost after the X-rays cleared him of any bone damage at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

India fast bowler Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the second Test against England at Trent Bridge with a hamstring injury, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Thursday.

Left-arm quick Zaheer broke

England lost in-form opener Alastair Cook as they were made to work hard by India on the first morning of the first Test at Lord's here on Thursday.

England, at lunch, were 43 for one off 21 overs wi