Australia opener Phil Jaques is hoping to be back at the crease next month after recent surgery to remove a bulging disc in his back.

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In latest in the series of classic England photo stories, ecb.co.uk looks back at the 2005-06 Test series against India when England secured a 1-1 series draw with victory in the final Test at Mumbai.

Cricket Australia have dismissed media speculation that Ricky Ponting's career is under threat due to a chronic wrist injury.

The West Indies Cricket Board has confirmed to the ECB that West Indies will tour in April and May 2009 to replace the tour scheduled by Zimbabwe.

After spending the last 72 hours consulting security advisers and Government agencies at the highest level, the ECB has determined that England will leave for Abu Dhabi to resume their two Test tour of India.

Parts of Wales are likely to see up to 2in of snow, but it is likely to avoid the heaviest falls affecting other parts of the UK.

Nato reiterates Ukraine and Georgia will eventually join the bloc, but does not offer them formal roadmaps.

The Government's plans for new laws will do little to help hard-pressed families in Edinburgh South, claims a leading local Liberal Democrat.

A Money Programme on BBC2 in January will explore the state of the publishing industry.

In a sign of further setbacks at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which represents authors like Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer and Günter Grass, the publisher of the company's adult trade division has resigned.

Amazon has completed its previously announced acquisition of AbeBooks, the British Columbia-based online marketplace for books.

The prospects of a bleak Christmas on the high street are rising sharply as a survey out today shows a big fall in consumer spending in spite of lower interest rates and petrol prices.

JK Rowling's new Harry Potter spin-off - a collection of short stories mentioned in the final book of the boy wizard series - goes on sale on Thursday with retailers expecting a rush of pre-Christmas buyers.

If a publishing house isn't buying books, decried many, then what is its purpose? If a publishing house isn't buying books, how much longer will it need editors? Even those of us heartened by the new appreciation that backlist will

Woolworths' move into administration has forced fellow retailer Zavvi to stop taking new orders for CDs, DVDs and computer games via its website.

Teenagers largely bought their books at the national bookstore chains in 2007, while their grandparents shopped for books from a variety of outlets. That was one of the findings drawn from PubTrack Consumer, the R.R. Bowker service that uses a

Total sales for the USA's three largest bookstore chains fell 6.3% for the quarter ended November 1, with revenue falling to $1.93 billion. For the first nine months of the year, total sales were down 3.6%, and there is a

The entire Woolworths empire, including its stake in 2Entertain, the BBC joint venture, is likely to be in administration by the end of the week, with its 10,000 pensioners at the back of a queue of creditors hoping to get