Cricket News

Mohammad Amir, Pakistan's left-arm quick, has signed as overseas player for Essex for the first half of the 2017 season

Sri Lankan legspinning allrounder Jeevan Mendis has signed for Derbyshire for the first half of the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo has been named Online Publication for the fifth year running in the ECB's County Journalism awards

Imran Tahir will equal Marcus North's record of playing for six different counties after signing for Derbyshire

Tim Bresnan, whose valiant batting narrowly failed to bring Yorkshire a third Championship title, has undergone a third elbow operation to try to restore some of the nip that made him an England allrounder

Lancashire have signed South Africa allrounder Ryan McLaren as their overseas player for 2017

Essex have turned to South African Simon Harmer to answer their spin weakness

Leicestershire have turned to South Africa to bolster their batting strength, signing batsman Colin Ackermann on a two-year contract

he ECB's proposal for a new city-based T20 competition, which had originally be slated for a launch season in 2018, may now be postponed until 2020

Jimmy Adams is standing down as Kent's head coach after five years to return to Jamaica

The ECB have contacted Durham's creditors to try to negotiate a part writing-off of debts to put the county on a firmer financial footing