Chris Schofield

Chris Schofield will have to wait until at least April 22 to discover whether his claim for unfair dismissal against Lancashire has been successful

Chris Schofield, the former England and Lancashire legspinner, began his claim for unfair dismissal against his former club today, at an industrial tribunal in Manchester

Neil Fairbrother and Chris Schofield set up a comfortable Lancashire victory which left Derbyshire at the bottom of the National League Second Division at Old Trafford last night

Lancashire seamer Glen Chapple took 6-46 as Somerset were skittled for 204 at Taunton in the CricInfo Championship

England A collected more bonus points today after skipper Mark Alleyne made his first half-century in the Busta Cup against Windward Islands in St Lucia

With the A team party to tour West Indies announced at midday, speculation is growing as to the make up of the squad, and the identity of the captain in particular

MW Alleyne (Gloucestershire, capt), JP Crawley (Lancashire, vice-capt), IJ Ward (Surrey), VS Solanki (Worcestershire), U Afzaal (Nottinghamshire), A Habib (Leicestershire), DJG Sales (Northamptonshire), CMW Read (Nottinghamshire, wkt), JS Foster

SURREY seemed to be suffering from a Championship hangover at Old Trafford today

Nominations are coming in for this annual Award, which has been presented since 1950

Vodafone has given awards to three players for outstanding performances on England A's recent tour to Bangladesh and New Zealand

CHRIS SCHOFIELD (Littleborough C.C., Lancashire C.C.C