England dressing room is still in a "state of shock" after the spot-fixing allegations surfaced against Pakistani cricketers but young fast bowler Stuart Board says the upcoming one-day series should go ahead as scheduled.

Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad hit centuries at Lord's on Friday to rescue England with a record eighth-wicket stand after Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir had blown away the top order in the fourth and final Test.

London: Fighting centuries by Jonathan Trott (149 n.o.) and Stuart Broad (125 n.o.) helped England make a dramatic comeback in the fourth and final Test match against Pakistan at Lord's on Friday.

London: Stuart Broad is adamant the England attack are sufficiently versatile to take wickets in Australian conditions when they defend the Ashes 'Down Under' later this year.

The fast bowler cracked under frustration, not pressure, when he threw the ball at Pakistan's Zulqarnain Haider at Edgbaston

England fast bowler Stuart Broad was on Monday fined 50 per cent of his match fee for throwing the

Edgbaston is the closest English cricket has come to producing a war zone. The ground has seen pitch invasions, riots, incidents of drunken abuse, racism and even a fight, in 1987, which ended with a spectator having his throat cut, although the second world war bomb rumoured to be buried in front of the old scoreboard never actually exploded.

Ball dominated the bat on day two of the first Test between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge with Pakistan fighting to avoid the follow-on. After England lost six wickets for 23 runs to be bowled out for 354, Pakistan lurched to 47 for six before a late rally hauled them up to 147 for nine at stumps.

Consistency of selection is killing punditry. Where are the rabbits plucked from the hat, the surprise choices emerging straight from the left-field mind of a selection committee?

England start their three-game NatWest Series against Bangladesh with a day-night match at Trent Bridge this afternoon, and the all-rounder Stuart Broad is expected to play despite the death of his stepmother yesterday.