Root and Buttler will both play the first half of the BBL season for the Sydney Thunder.

England were reduced to 62 for four at one stage but not only did Buttler and Stokes held the crease until lunch, they batted out the next session without losing any wickets.

The English batsman said that they didn't rule out India from the series after taking a 2-0 lead and will fight hard on day three to make a comeback in this Test.

With Stokes back and his replacement at Lord's, Woakes, grabbing the opportunity with a maiden hundred, England could face a selection dilemma ahead of the third Test.

Virat Kohli may have compiled a fine century in the series opener but ahead of the Lord's Test, Buttler also took solace from the way the Indian captain was made to work for his runs.

Rashid, who last played a Test in December 2016, has been preferred over all-rounder Moeen Ali in the XI whereas Sam Curran will feature alongside Broad and Anderson in the pace unit.

Buttler played for the Rajasthan Royals during this year's IPL scoring 548 runs at an average of 54.80 with the help of five half-centuries including two unbeaten 90s.

A dumbfounded England team have now turned their focus to counter Kuldeep by using a spin-bowling machine, known as Merlyn, which will help mimic the chinaman's unique variations and skills.

There was nothing in my head. I never bowl looking at who the batsman is. I always try to do what I can do - Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep's scalps included three wickets in his third over when he had Morgan caught in the deep and Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root stumped by MS Dhoni for golden ducks.

Buttler's 21-ball half-century was the fastest by an England player in this format of cricket.

Bairstow moved up four spots to No.11, Buttler went up to No.16 while Roy entered the top 20.

Buttler played a pivotal role in England's 5-0 series win and scored 275 runs in the series with three not-outs including scores of 91*, 54* and 110*.

England reached 208/9 in 48.3 overs at Old Trafford in reply to Australia's 205 all out.

Buttler, who followed his 67 in the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's with an unbeaten 80 in Leeds, was a surprise selection for the series against Pakistan, having not made a first-class century since January 2014.

Nightwatchman Dominic Bess (49) missed out on his second straight Test half-century as England, chasing a series-levelling victory, progressed to 302/7 at stumps on day 2 against Pakistan.

With KL Rahul smashing the fastest-ever fifty and Rishabh Pant registering the highest-ever individual score by an Indian, we take a look at the list of records broken in the 2018 edition of Indian Premier League.

Trailing by 179 runs after the first innings, England slumped to 110/6 and Pakistan had a session to finish off the home side with two days to spare.

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.