Australia all-rounder Shane Watson says he is ‘blown away’ that Kevin Pietersen has been dropped by England for their Twenty20 and five-match one-day series against Pakistan and feels there are ‘underlying issues’ in the team ahead of the Ashes (Australia 8/15, England 12/5, Draw 5/1 – The Ashes 2011 Outright).

Newcastle defender Sol Campbell admits he still feels he is capable of featuring for England during the qualification campaign for Euro 2012 which starts on Friday night against Bulgaria (England 3/10, draw 4/1, Bulgaria 10/1 – 90 Minutes).

Rio Ferdinand has been declared fit to return to the Manchester United first-team (11/5 – Premiership Outright) after he came through 45 minutes of the reserve-team’s 2-1 win against Oldham in the Manchester Senior Cup tie at Stalybridge on Wednesday.

Gareth Barry insists the England players (1/12 to qualify for Euro 2012) still believe in Fabio Capello, as the squad go into their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Theo Walcott believes he is ready for the challenge of playing for England and is confident of answering his critics when he takes to the field on Friday night for the Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria (8/1 to beat the Three Lions).

Kevin Pietersen has been dropped by England for the T20 and one-day squads and will play for Surrey as he looks to rediscover his form for the Ashes (England 12/5 – to win Ashes).

Australia batsman Mike Hussey does not believe the outcome of the second Test of last winter’s Australia versus Pakistan series was tainted by match-fixing (Australia 8/15 to win Ashes outright).

Stuart Broad insists England’s 3-1 Test series win against Pakistan has not been tarnished by the allegations of match-fixing levelled towards the tourists as they now look ahead to the Ashes this winter (England 12/5, Australia 8/15, Draw 5/1 Ashes Winner).

Fabio Capello is already facing an injury crisis ahead of England’s two Euro 2012 qualifiers after John Terry and Frank Lampard were both ruled out, while Peter Crouch and Bobby Zamora are also doubtful for next week’s games (England 2/7 Group G winners).

England star Stuart Broad was delighted to record his first Test century at Lord’s against Pakistan on Friday but feels there is more work to be done on day three (Eng – evens to win 4th Test).