James Foster

England's selectors are having a busy time of it and two days after naming a new-look Test squad the ICC World Twenty20 party will be unveiled at Lord's on Friday with all eyes on who will take the captaincy

James Foster has learnt to be patient. It is more than six years since he last played for England so he isn't getting too carried away after enjoying a good week

Essex wicketkeeper James Foster and Sajid Mahmood, the Lancashire fast bowler, have been given further hope of international recalls after being named in the ECB's 25-man performance squad

Essex's wicketkeeper, James Foster, has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2011 season

Martin van Jaarsveld was named the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year at a glitzy dinner in London

Owais Shah has been preferred to Ravi Bopara for a place in England's squad to tour India for two Tests during December

A round-up of the second day in the final round of matches in County Championship's second division

A round-up of the latest County Championship action as rain hits division two

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

For two sides possessing such hulking heavyweights as Graham Napier and Justin Kemp, the final of the Friends Provident Trophy appeared destined to offer big runs and lavish hundreds. And yet for all the power contained Essex's lineup, it was left to Gran

Since Alec Stewart retired five years ago England have dropped keepers almost as often as the keepers have dropped catches or flopped with the bat

A round-up from the latest matches in the Twenty20 Cup

Young English talent overcame imported South Africans as Ravi Bopara etched his name in the record books at Grace Road, with a breathtaking 201 off 138 balls, to guide Essex into the Friends Provident semi-finals

Tim Phillips, the Essex left-arm spinner, will be out of action until June after undergoing knee surgery. He picked up the injury during a second team match against Surrey last week

The MCC squad for the English season's traditional curtain raiser against the County Champions, Sussex, has been announced. Captained by Ed Joyce, the squad features a number of fringe England players as well as young up-and-comers. There was no place, ho

The England selectors have named three replacements for the Lions tour of India with James Foster, Charlie Shreck and Steve Kirby being called up after injuries to Worcestershire pair Steven Davies and Kabir Ali

A round-up from the first day of the final round of matches in the County Championship's Division Two

A round-up from the second day of the latest County Championship matches