Frizzell County Championship Division Two, 2004 news from Cricinfo.com

A tale of the unexpected

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jenny Thompson presents a review of the 2004 county season

Lancashire stare into the abyss

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire came within two wickets of defeating Worcestershire but the draw leaves them having to beat Gloucestershire in their final match - and they also need to get three more bonus points that their opponents

Warwickshire secure the Championship after Sussex lose

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Warwickshire have been crowned as the 2004 County Champions, after Sussex - the previous title-holders and the only team that could have caught them - slumped to defeat in a topsy-turvy encounter against Middlesex

A good day for Scotsmen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Scotland ended their second season of National League cricket with an emphatic victory over Derbyshire at the Grange

Glamorgan on the verge of promotion after stunning win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the first division, a hundred from Ed Smith on the third day at Canterbury put Kent in an excellent position against Northants

Draws all round as the rain comes out on top

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Six matches, six draws: the weather certainly came out on top in the latest round of matches in the Frizzell County Championship

Smith and Harris stun Derbyshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Championship leaders Warwickshire's match at Bristol ended in a tame draw, with Mark Wagh and Jonathan Trott's half-centuries taking Warwickshire to 308 for 8 after Gloucestershire had amassed 592 for 8 declared thanks to Craig Spearman's 237

Glamorgan secure draw despite Warne heroics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After Surrey and Sussex's wins yesterday, draws were the order of the day in Division One of the County Championship today, with Alex Loudon and Niall O'Brien guiding Kent to safety at Edgbaston as Kent were eventually bowled out for 420

Grant Flower to join his brother at Essex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwean batsman, has agreed to join Essex from next season

Bowler to bow out at end of season

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Somerset's Peter Bowler, the oldest player on the county circuit, has announced he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season

Sussex spin to defeat against Kent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kent eased to a comprehensive 236-run victory over Sussex on the fourth day at Canterbury, thanks to a penetrative spin assault from Min Patel and Alex Loudon

Grayson awarded benefit year

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Paul Grayson, the Essex allrounder, has been granted a benefit year by the club for next season

Northants notch up their first win of the season

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graeme Hick and Andy Bichel led Worcestershire to a five-wicket victory against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham

Hodge hammers a double as Durham toil away

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the only Championship game starting today, Leicestershire made amends for their recent defeat against Essex by posting a massive 403 for 4 against Durham at Grace Road

Mushtaq and Davis send Kent spinning

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the remaining two Championship matches, there was an early finish at Hove, where Sussex showed signs of last year's Championship winning form by polishing off Kent by an innings and 45 runs, while at Trent Bridge, Hampshire and Notts played out a

Middlesex scrape home despite Bichel's hundred

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Middlesex eased their Championship relegation worries with victory at New Road - but it was closer than they would have expected after reducing Worcester to 47 for 4 yesterday

Essex sign Adams as second overseas player

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Essex have signed Andre Adams, the New Zealand allrounder, as their second overseas player for the remainder of the season

Blignaut signs for Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andy Blignaut, the Zimbabwean bowling allrounder, has joined Durham on a short-term deal

Rogers to fly home with shoulder injury

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Derbyshire's long list of injuries lengthened again yesterday when Chris Rogers, one of their overseas players from Western Australia, was ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury

Rain wreaks havoc

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The rain came back to wreak havoc on the final day of play in the latest round of the County Championship

Notts wrap up victory despite Hassan's heroics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the latest round of the County Championship, rain had the final say in the majority of matches, although Derbyshire couldn't quite avoid an emphatic ten-wicket defeat at the hands of Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge

Spearman joins the elite

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

While his former New Zealand team-mates played for pride against England at Trent Bridge, Craig Spearman today broke the record for the highest first-class score by a Gloucestershire player

David Hussey reprimanded for dissent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Hussey, the Australian batsman and Nottinghamshire overseas player, became the fourth player this season to be wrapped on the knuckles by the ECB

Foster wins award for May

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Foster was voted Essex's player of the month after scoring 449 runs and taking 22 catches and five stumpings

Streak's allround talent seals Warwicks win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the latest round of Championship matches, a record-breaking 341 from Craig Spearman set up a 10-wicket win for Gloucestershire over Middlesex, while 13 wickets from Heath Streak for Warwickshire helped his side beat Northants at Edgbaston

Symonds swings Kent to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the final day of the latest round of Championship matches, there were wins for Kent, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, in Division One, while Yorkshire Glamorgan and Leicestershire also all recorded victories

Stephenson takes on new Lord's role

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

John Stephenson, the former Essex and Hampshire allrounder who played one Test for England in 1989, has joined MCC as their new Head of Cricket

Bowler denies Essex victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The nous and obduracy of Somerset's Peter Bowler, hitting his 45th first-class hundred, proved too much for a largely anodyne Essex attack, meaning that both these counties remained winless in the Championship

Akram, Nash and Adnan disciplined by the ECB

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ECB has thrown the book at David Nash, the Middlesex wicketkeeper, Sussex's Mohammad Akram, and Hasan Adnan, the Derbyshire batsman, for undisciplined behaviour

Essex declare their intent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Twelve days ago, Durham hit 453 to beat Somerset on this ground

Understudies enjoy their day in the sun

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For the second day on the trot it was the unfashionable that shone down at Taunton

Middlebrook stands tall as Caddick takes six

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was a day for tall stories

Ramprakash guides Surrey to their first win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the concluding day of the latest round of Championship matches, there were wins for Surrey, Notts and Glamorgan

Sami skittles Northants as other matches end in stalemate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the latest round of County Championship matches, Kent beat Northants by 145 runs after Mohammad Sami ripped through the home team with 6 for 99

Gough and Kaneria awarded county caps

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Essex have given their new signings, Darren Gough and Danish Kaneria, their county caps

Clive Leach appointed as Durham chairman

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Clive Leach, the former chief executive of Tyne Tees Television, has been appointed as Durham's new chairman

Hick and Smith punish Gloucestershire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the only tie of the latest round to start today, Graeme Hick and Ben Smith both scored centuries as Worcestershire piled up the runs against Gloucestershire

Players ready to revolt on overseas quotas

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A report in today's Times claims that the Professional Cricketers' Association is so angry with the decision to allow two overseas players per county in 2005 that its members are considering strike action

Michael Dighton to step in for Clarke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Dighton, the Australian first-class batsman, will join Hampshire as a temporary replacement for Michael Clarke

Breese's unbeaten ton takes Durham to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the final day of the latest round of Championship matches, there were wins for Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and Durham, while Northants batted out a draw with Gloucestershire

Gough prepares for Essex debut

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Darren Gough will make his debut for Essex, as the latest round of County Championship matches get underway

Counties reassert control in debate over the way ahead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ongoing battle over the way English domestic cricket should be run shifted back towards the counties and away from the England & Wales Cricket Board with the announcement that a county-dominated review group would look at the way ahead

Derbyshire cling on despite Mascarenhas blitz

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There were draws across the board on the final day of the latest round of county matches, although some were more exciting than others

Kent push for third win in a row

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For the latest round of County Championship matches, many counties should be strengthened by the return of their members of England's one-day squad, who fly home from the Caribbean tonight.

Headingley hoping to secure Test status

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Yorkshire are hoping to secure Headingley's future as a Test ground for the next 15 years by signing a deal towards the end of this month

Gibbs forced to miss season with Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Herschelle Gibbs will not be joining Durham this season after the South African board recommended that he should take a break from the game

Somerset take the plaudits after Dutch display

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Unless you happened to be a Leicestershire batsman, this week's round of county matches were draws from the moment they were conceived

Bowler and Burns boost Somerset

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With the likes of JK Lever, Neil Foster, John Childs and Peter Such helping out behind the scenes at Essex, you would have thought the bowling department was sorted, but, on today's evidence, that was far from the case

Hampshire dominate first day against Leicestershire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Warne may not be too special at winning the toss, he has lostthree out of three so far this season, but it has not stopped his teamfrom excelling for their new leader, taking a handsome advantage intothe second day of their Frizzell

Bowler denies Kaneria a dream start

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It is one of the never-ending frustrations of this game that even when the sun is shining there is no play

Leicestershire capitulate to Hampshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the final day of a rain-blighted round of County Championship matches, Hampshire pulled off an astonishing two-day innings victory over Leicestershire, thanks to a five-wicket haul for Dmitri Mascarenhas

Hampshire select 12 for Leicestershire, Crawley still unfit.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hampshire select from 12 for the upcoming Frizzell Championship match starting on Wedneday 28th April against Leicestershire.

Kent stun Worcestershire as Middlesex beat Surrey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the fourth day of the latest round of Championship matches, Kent successfully chased 429 for victory over Worcestershire, while Middlesex beat Surrey by six wickets

Leicestershire find short-term replacement for Kruger

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Leicestershire have signed Mark Cleary, an Australian fast bowler, as cover for Garnett Kruger

Kendall and Mascarenhas take Hampshire to victory.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hampshire had Will Kendall and Dimitri Mascarenhas to thank for the recovery that led them to a three wicket victory over Durham, in the opening Frizzell County Championship match of the season.

No play on 3rd day frustrates Hampshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heavy rain throughout the morning has held up any progress in the Frizzell Championship match against Durham at The Rose Bowl.

Hampshire require 95 runs with 8 wickets left

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hampshire appear to be in with a very good chance of winning their opening Frizzell Championship Division Two match of the season, but still have a job to do

Irani to miss season opener

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ronnie Irani will miss Essex's season opener against Yorkshire next week as he continues to recover from knee surgery

Hampshire in acendancy after day one.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As first days of the seasons go, Hampshire could not have asked for a much better one as they finished the day with a first innings lead of 67 with 5 wickets in hand.

County chiefs back change in structure

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The majority of county chiefs are in favour of making changes to the current promotion and relegation system, according to a poll in the latest edition of The Wisden Cricketer magazine

Hampshire edge out Durham in thriller

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Frizzell County Championship scorecards

Hendrick returns to Derbyshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mike Hendrick, the former England seam bowler, has signed a two-year contract to return to Derbyshire, his first county, as their bowling coach

Hampshire select from 13 for opening match

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hampshire Cricket will leave their final selection for the opening Frizzell Championship Division Two match until the morning of the game, starting on Friday (16th April) against Durham.

A promotion battle royal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Miller charts Division Two of the County Championship and picks his favourites for promotion