The England seamer Graham Onions will fly back to England after being ruled out of the two-Test series against Bangladesh due to a back injury

Chittagong: England will have to avoid complacency and master Bangladesh's spinners if they are to win the two-test series starting in Chittagong on Friday, captain Alastair Cook said.

Chittagong: Bangladesh have omitted veteran batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful from the 14-man squad named for the two-Test series against England starting in Chittagong on Friday

James Tredwell may have bowled himself into England's Test team after taking six wickets on day one of England's three-day match against Bangladesh A but Kevin Pietersen's form continues to be a serious problem for the tourists.

Andrew Flintoff has said Darren Gough should replace Ottis Gibson as England's bowling coach.

England would have been tempted to take a punt on Craig Kieswetter for the World Twenty20 even if he had failed in all three one-day internationals in Bangladesh.

Tim Bresnan has been called into the England Test squad in Bangladesh after the England coach, Andy Flower, confirmed that Ryan Sidebottom is to fly home from the tour due to side injury.

The England seamer Stuart Broad looks likely to miss tomorrow s third one-day international against Bangladesh after sitting out today s training session with a back complaint.

This may be an old chestnut but how many games does it take to make a fully fledged one-day player? Duncan Fletcher thought 30 should do it while Dean Jones the brilliant Australian whom I once asked this same question thought that while any player – he was talking of batsmen here

Eoin Morgan who saved England from a humiliating defeat against Bangladesh yesterday has been handed an incremental contract by the ECB. The left-handed batsman from Middlesex qualifies for the award by virtue of having played in six one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals during the current contract period.