Andrew Flintoff established himself as England's greatest allround cricketer since the days of Ian Botham, producing a succession of wholehearted and inspirational performances to reap 402 runs and 24 wickets in five Tests, and carry his team to Ashes glory in arguably the greatest Test series of all time....More

On May 21, 2004, playing against New Zealand, Andrew Strauss wrote his name into the record-books when he became only the fourth batsman to score a century at Lord's on his Test debut. . As a fluid and attractive left-hand opener, Strauss knew all about pressure and how to handle it. After cementing his place with a pair of attractive sixties against West Indies, he confirmed his star quality - and his affinity for Lord's - with a hundred against the same opposition on his first one-day appearance in front of his home crowd....More

Ian Bell had been earmarked for greatness long before he was drafted onto the England tour of New Zealand in 2001-02, as cover for the injured Mark Butcher. A former England U19 captain, Bell had played just 13 first-class games when called into the England squad, though in 2001 he scored 836 runs for Warwickshire at an average of over 64, including three centuries....More

Pietersen, an enthusiastic, bold-minded and big-hitting No 5, first ruffled feathers by shunning South Africa - he was disenchanted with the quota system - in favour of England; his eligibility coming courtesy of an English mother. He never doubted he would play for England: he has self-confidence in spades but, fortunately, he has sackfuls of talent....More

Paul Collingwood is perhaps the first specialist fielder to earn regular selection for a Test squad. He made England's one-day team in 2001, but four years and numerous tours later, he had played in just three Tests. In Australia in 2002-03 he started the VB Series as 12th man, but was soon spanking a memorable maiden international century against Sri Lanka at Perth - a round 100 that confirmed his place in the 2003 World Cup squad....More

A strapping, genuinely quick fast bowler, James Anderson had played only three one-day games for Lancashire in the 2002 season - he'd played more for his club Burnley - before being called into England's VB Series squad the following winter as cover for Andy Caddick, following an impressive stint at the Academy in Adelaide....More

Mudhsuden Singh Panesar is known in the game as Monty, and has quickly established himself as one of the next generation of spinners in English cricket. He made the well-trodden path from Bedfordshire, where he was born, to Northamptonshire, progressing through the youth teams until he was chosen to play for England Under-19s....More

Michael Vaughan is a captain of England Cricket Team. He is a stylish batsman and occasional off spinner, began playing professional cricket aged 17, and captained the England Under-19 cricket team on tour against Sri Lanka in 1993/4 and at home against India in 1994....More

Ed Joyce is a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce made his Middlesex debut in 1999 and won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000....More

Paul Nixon is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman. He made his first class debut in 1989 with Leicestershire and with them he won two Championship titles in 1996 and 1998. He played for the club until 2000 when he decided to move to Kent....More

Ravinder Bopara is originally a specialist batsman, he is now improving his medium-pace bowling and developing into an all-rounder. He is the second Sikh to play cricket for England, after Monty Panesar....More

Jamie Dalrymple is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler. In June 2006 he made his One-Day International debut against Ireland at Stormont, Belfast, scoring 17 off as many balls and taking 1-51 from nine overs. He also made his Twenty20 International debut against Sri Lanka later that month, taking 1-17 from two overs and scoring 1....More

Jon Lewis has played for the English cricket team in Twenty20, One-Day International and Test matches. He was selected in a number of Test squads during the summer of 2006, but only played in one Test against SL, coming to be regarded as something of a perennial 12th man....More

Liam Plunkett is a leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire....More

Sajid Mahmood is a right-arm fast bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire. He is the cousin of the boxer Amir Khan....More