Flower feels the domestic programme has to improve if England were to produce players better prepared for international cricket.

With the Indian Premier League 2018 heading to its business end, we take a look at the batsmen with the most number of chances to take home the Orange Cap.

Jos Buttler has been recalled to England's Test squad after a 17-month absence for the first Test against Pakistan, despite having not played red-ball cricket since last year.

Buttler's unbeaten 94 helped Rajasthan defeat defending champions Mumbai Indians with two overs to spare keeping them firmly in contention of reaching the playoffs in the ongoing edition of IPL 2018.

In-form Jos Buttler (94) hit his fifth successive half-century as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in a key Indian Premier League (IPL) clash to stay alive in the playoffs race at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Butler's superb 60-ball 95 not out guided Rajasthan Royals to a thrilling 4-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL encounter.

Chasing a target of 177 against Chennai, Buttler struck his fourth successive half-century, a 60 ball 95 studded with 11 fours and two sixes as Rajasthan reached the target in 19.5 overs.

After being thumped 4-0 in the Ashes Test series, England's limited-overs players produced a stunning turnaround to beat the Australians three times in a week, outplaying the home team both when chasing and defending big totals.

Despite the fact that England team may not have won even a single match so far in their tour of India, their ODI team vice-captain Jos Buttler today admitted that the host country is a

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Southampton: India were staring at a crushing defeat after yet another miserable batting display gave England a complete stranglehold in the third cricket Test here today.     Chasing an improbable target of 445, India were tottering

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