Matt Prior believes an “attritional day” awaits as England try to bowl India out to clinch the first Test.

Prior primed for attritional day

Matt Prior and Stuart Broad combined to keep England in charge on day four of the first npower Test at Lord’s, although a late fightback from India saw them reach 80 for one in pursuit of 458.

Prior and Broad pressurise India

Matt Prior is aware England still have plenty of work to do to win the first npower Test. “We’re probably just ahead,” said the wicketkeeper, who struck 103 not out on the fourth day at Lord’s.

Prior keeps feet on the ground

Matt Prior and Stuart Broad combined to keep England in charge on day four of the first npower Test at Lord’s, although a late fightback from India saw them reach 80 for one in pursuit of 458.

Prior and Broad propel England

Adult tickets for day five of the first npower Test between England and India at Lord’s are £20 for adults, £10 for over-65s and free for under-16s.

Ticket prices for final day at Lord’s

India reach 80-1 at the close in the Lord’s Test after Matt Prior’s unbeaten 103 enables England to set the tourists a target of 458.

England v India, day four as it happened

Matt Prior’s century leaves India with an uphill struggle on the final day of the first Test against England at Lord’s.

India face battle after Prior ton

England were be desperate to build upon their 193-run advantage on day four of the first npower Test at Lord’s. Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook resumed on three and nought respectively.

England aim to build on lead

England’s Stuart Broad attributed his excellent bowling performance against India on day three of the first npower Test to a change in approach.

Broad benefits from fresh plan

India batsman Rahul Dravid admits it “feels good” to get his name on the much-fabled Lord’s honours board 15 years after missing out on his Test debut.

Dravid revels in Lord’s hundred

Stuart Broad reveals his pride in taking the crucial wicket of Sachin Tendulkar after another positive day for England at Lord’s.

Broad proud after Tendulkar scalp

Stuart Broad led the charge as England cranked up the pressure on the third day of the first npower Test at Lord’s – despite veteran India batsman Rahul Dravid crafting a typically defiant century.

Broad makes timely return to form

Gihahn Cloete struck an impressive century as South Africa Under-19′s thrashed England by 150 runs in the fourth one-day international at Arundel to move 2-1 ahead in the seven-match series.

Cloete ton inspires South Africa

England open up a big lead over India despite a century from Rahul Dravid on the third day of the first Test at Lord’s.

England pacemen run through India

England’s bowlers will be desperate to follow up Kevin Pietersen’s brilliance on day three of the first npower Test at Lord’s. India will resume on 17 for none in reply to the hosts’ 474 for eight declared.

Bowlers aim to follow Pietersen’s lead

Kevin Pietersen says he has never worked harder for England after his unbeaten 202 puts the hosts in charge of the first Test against India.

Pietersen pleased with hard work

Kevin Pietersen made a sensational unbeaten 202 – his fourth fifty coming from 25 balls – as England declared on 474 for eight. Praveen Kumar picked up 5-106 for India, who closed on 17 without loss.

Peerless Pietersen powers England

Kevin Pietersen ranks his superb double hundred at Lord’s among the best innings of his England career. “It’s definitely something to be proud of,” he said after helping England to 474 for eight declared.

Pietersen delights in double ton

Kevin Pietersen made a sensational unbeaten 202 – his fourth fifty coming from 25 balls – as England declared on 474 for eight. Praveen Kumar picked up 5-106 for India, who closed on 17 without loss.

Pietersen doubles up at Lord’s

Kevin Pietersen hits an unbeaten 202 as England declare on 474-8 in the first Test against India, with the tourists 17-0 at the close.

Pietersen puts England in control

Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen prospered against an India attack minus the injured Zaheer Khan this morning until Praveen Kumar trapped Trott in front for 70, ending a 98-run alliance.

Praveen ends Trott stay

England batsman Jonathan Trott is preparing himself to face Zaheer Khan on day two of the first npower Test despite the left-arm seamer being forced to leave the field with an injury on Thursday.

Trott anticipates Zaheer return

Jonathan Trott’s unbeaten fifty led an England resurgence at Lord’s but an injury to Zaheer Khan was the paramount concern for India when bad light and rain ended play with the hosts 127 for two.

Trott shines as Zaheer exits

Jonathan Trott hits an unbeaten half century as England reach 127-2 on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test against India at Lord’s.

Trott frustrates India at Lord’s

Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook began confidently after England were put into bat by India in the first npower Test at Lord’s, reaching 18 for none after eight overs in difficult conditions.

Strauss and Cook make assured start

The ECB has announced that MCC had been awarded an England versus West Indies Test match at Lord’s in 2012 following a competitive tender process for bids by international venues.

Lord’s to host 2012 West Indies Test

Andrew Strauss compared the npower Test series against India with the Ashes on the eve of the contest. “It’s certainly as big a challenge,” he said.

Strauss likens India series to Ashes

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hailed Sachin Tendulkar as cricket’s ideal role model as the ‘Little Master’ attempts to bring up his 100th international hundred in the first Test at Lord’s.

Dhoni: Tendulkar the ideal role model

The ECB and BCCI have announced plans to celebrate the 100th Test match between England and India – Thursday’s first npower Test at Lord’s.

ECB and BCCI to mark 100th Test

The ECB and BCCI have agreed the protocols for the use of the Decision Review System, in consultation with the ICC, for the npower Test series, which begins at Lord’s on Thursday.

Boards reach DRS settlement

The NatWest International T20 between England and India at Old Trafford on August 31 has sold out, just as the NatWest Series decider there did.

Full house for Old Trafford T20

Graeme Swann feels like “summer’s finally arrived” with the npower Test series against India starting this week. “I’m looking forward to everything about it, it’s a huge game,” he said of the Lord’s Test.

Summer made for Swann

Rahul Dravid spoke of the “special memories” he has of Lord’s ahead of India’s first npower Test with England as he returned to the ground 15 years after his eye-catching debut at the home of cricket.

Dravid delights in Lord’s return

England hope that playing the npower Test series against India on quick pitches will give them the edge over the tourists, according to Hugh Morris.

England seek fast lane – Morris

National selector Geoff Miller is convinced England can usurp India as the best Test team in the world ahead of the two sides’ four-match npower series, which gets under way on Thursday at Lord’s.

Miller: England can go top

Aneesh Kapil returned 4-36 on debut and Daniel Bell-Drummond cracked 68 to help England Under-19s beat South Africa by four wickets. The seven-match youth ODI series is now level at 1-1.

England Under-19s level series