County Championship Division One, 2006 news from Cricinfo.com

Clearing the decks

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricinfo's guide to the end-of-season county clearouts ... who won't be returning next summer

Warne's frustrations boil over

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The season ended with frustration and a few tantrums at The Rose Bowl after Shane Warne made clear his anger at Lancashire's refusal to declare and set Hampshire a target to chase

White steps down at Yorkshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Craig White has stepped down as Yorkshire captain following their survival in the first division

Durham complete a great escape

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the last day of the final round of County Championship matches

Durham on verge of great escape

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the third day of the final round of County Championship matches

Cork haul overshadows Anderson

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT

The sight of James Anderson bowling was overshadowed on the second day at The Rose Bowl by Dominic Cork's four wickets and events at Trent Bridge

Mushtaq leads Sussex to glory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sussex surged to their second Championship title before lunch on the third day at Trent Bridge, led by Mushtaq Ahmed's magic career-best haul of 9 for 48 which carried him past the 100-wicket mark

Lehmann triple ton increases Durham woe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the second day of the final round of County Championship matches

Wasteful Lancashire left battling

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT

Following a late wobble against the second new ball, Lancashire's Championship dream is hanging by a thread at The Rose Bowl

Lehmann makes Durham suffer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the first day of the final round of County Championship matches

Sussex edge closer to title

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sussex's batsman took a firm grip on the Championship trophy at Trent Bridge today as they finished the first day of their title decider on 420 for 5, claiming all four bonus points

Championship race enters final stretch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Championship season enters its final round on Wednesday with Sussex and Lancashire chasing the main prize.

Cork special boosts Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Late wobble hurts Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Weather frustrates Yorkshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Harmison out of county action

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Harmison has been ruled out of Durham's final Championship fixture of the season against Yorkshire

Hoggard injury scare

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hoggard is set to undergo an MRI scan on a side strain after pulling out of Yorkshire's County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at the last minute

Lancashire frustrated by plodding Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Warne spins Hampshire home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Middlesex struggle despite Smith

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Mushtaq edges nervy Sussex home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Mushtaq takes Sussex ever closer to the title

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Mushtaq tears through Kent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest Championship matches

Notts release three players

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nottinghamshire have released three players - Anurag Singh, Russell Warren and Greg Smith. The trio have only had rare outings in the first team this season and, as the director of cricket explained, they will be making way for new talent

Pothas and Ervine deny Sussex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Rain hampers Sussex's title bid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Surrey clinch promotion at The Oval

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT

Surrey have bounced right back into Division One after riding roughshod over Glamorgan to complete a thumping 218-run victory inside three days and with it secure their return to the top flight after just one season

Goodwin blasts century for Sussex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Rain frustrates Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Sutcliffe ton leads Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Championship race hots up

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

This week signals the start to the run in of the County Championship. In the first division Sussex and Lancashire are tied at the top on 189 points

Durham and Notts race home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Ealham fifty puts Kent on back foot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Hussey continues English run spree

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Groenewald opens his shoulders

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Lancashire level at top of table

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Warwickshire edge a thriller

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Sussex storm to the top

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Sussex power towards vital win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Lehmann saves Yorkshire with another hundred

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A superb 172 from Darren Lehmann took Yorkshire to the heights of 302 on the opening day of their encounter against Kent at Headingley

Wagh weighs in after Tremlett's six-wicket burst

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Lancashire sound out Murali

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Championship season could be set for a grandstand finale between the world's two best spinners after Lancashire hinted that they are sounding out Muttiah Muralitharan for a short end-of-season stint.

Warne's gamble nearly pays off

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

White holds Somerset's hopes with unbeaten 197

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

Surrey course to crushing victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

Rogers on fire with triple-century

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

Sutton and Loye strike centuries

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

Lehmann strikes Roses ton

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship action

Surrey win after eight from Kumble

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of of the latest action from the County Championship

Fleming guides Nottinghamshire home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of of the latest action from the County Championship

Mushtaq injury scare for Sussex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sussex have been given an injury scare during their crucial Championship match against Lancashire at Hove with Mushtaq Ahmed picking up a groin strain

Law keeps Lancashire in touch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of Thursday's matches in the Championship

Sussex fight back against Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest matches in the Championship

Mustard revives Durham after Shreck show

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Phil Mustard and Callum Thorp led a brace Durham fightback against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street after an early blitz from Charlie Shreck had left them in tatters at 37 for 6

Law handed testimonial

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stuart Law has been granted a testimonial by Lancashire for 2007

Harris bags five in nailbiting win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Warwickshire pulled off a nailbiting 13-run victory against Sussex at Edgbaston to rein back the visitors' title hopes. Paul Harris took 5 for 73 to help the home side to the win

County journeymen reap the rewards

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve James, the former Glamorgan and England opener, has revealed that the average salary for a county player is around £40,000

Mushtaq's five puts Sussex in control

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Yorkshire show little resistance to Hampshire's fire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Middlesex routed by Onions

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Hussey run spree suits Notts

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Mascarenhas runs through Yorkshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Sussex thwarted by the weather

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship matches

Debutant Rashid spins Yorkshire fine victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship matches

Middlesex prosper in the heat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Two crisp fifties from Ed Joyce and Owais Shah, and a belligerent unbeaten 54 from Scott Styris in the dying overs of the day led a confident Middlesex reply to Sussex's 507 on the second day at picturesque Southgate

Gale blows hot for Yorkshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship matches

County attendances continue to slip

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A report in Sports Marketing Bulletin claims that while the ECB might be quick to herald the large crowds attending Twenty20 matches, that competition masks the underlying decline of people attending other forms of county cricket

Walker makes Flintoff sweat for wickets

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest County Championship matches

Flintoff on track in fitness battle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Flintoff showed that he is ready to return as England captain with an impressive spell of bowling during his first-class comeback against Kent, at Canterbury

Hussey century defies Hampshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A magnificent, unbeaten 150 from David Hussey guided Nottinghamshire to an impressive draw against Hampshire

Gillespie moves into top gear for Yorkshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jason Gillespie finally showed his true colours with the ball as Yorkshire completed a 145-run win against Durham

Essex pull off unlikely win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest round of County Championship matches

Goodwin flays Kent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest round of County Championship matches

Joyce hundred powers Middlesex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the first day of the latest round of County Championship matches as it returns following the Twenty20

Yardy holds Sussex together

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the first day of the latest round of County Championship matches as it returns following the Twenty20

Paul Harris joins Warwickshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Warwickshire have offered a contract to the 27-year-old South African Paul Harris. The club has agreed a deal for the remainder of this season and for 2007

Chilton and Sutcliffe complete win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire completed the formalities of a convincing victory at Lord's in little over an hour on the final morning, jumping back to the top of the Championship table

Sussex go top for a night

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

Smith and Styris delay defeat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ed Smith and Scott Styris hit defiant centuries as Middlesex took their game with Lancashire into a fourth day at Lord's, making 426 in their second innings

Yorkshire set for crisis meeting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stewart Regan, Yorkshire's chief executive, has decided to meet players and management next week to get to the bottom of the county's poor start to the season

Vaughan could face more surgery

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Vaughan is set to find out whether he needs more surgery on his injured knee on Monday after a meeting between England and Yorkshire physios

Thorp crushes Hampshire in style

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

More misery for Middlesex

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Middlesex were bowled out for 161 and followed-on against Lancashire at Lord's on another tough day for the struggling county

Hodge makes a strong point

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brad Hodge hits 161 as Lancashire enjoy a strong opening day against Middlesex at Lord's

Jaques double ton gives Worcestershire upperhand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

Birt blasts third century for Derbyshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from day one of this week's County Championship matches

Hampshire take control against Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from day one of this week's County Championship matches

Bravo set to represent Kent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Talented West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo will play for Kent in the English County Championship at the end of June

Keedy forgetting about England

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Gary Keedy has stopped thinking about his chances of an England call-up despite another impressive show in a domestic season

Brown and Clarke star in Surrey show

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Keedy sends Warwickshire spinning

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire jumped to the summit of the Championship table with a seven-wicket victory at Edgbaston

Shreck and Zaheer cause havoc

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Law proves a class above

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stuart Law's 121 has put Lancashire firmly in control at Edgbaston

Jaques double sets up Worcestershire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Phil Jaques cracked a blistering career-best 244 as Worcestershire hammered the Essex attack to all parts of Chelmsford in the County Championship

Kemp and Jaques flay bowlers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round up from the latest round of Championship matches

Cork swings it Lancashire's way

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dominic Cork rolled back the years with a menacing display of seam and swing bowling on the first day at Edgbaston as Lancashire took a grip against Warwickshire

Out of town but not out of favour

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT

Ed Craig enjoys a day off the beaten track at Stockton

Compton and Shah star for Middlesex

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT

A round-up from the first day between Nottinghamshire and Middlesex at Trent Bridge

Three fall foul of ECB Disciplinary Code

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Three players - Mark Cosgrove, Anurag Singh and Dominic Thornely - have been penalised under the ECB's discipline code

Daggett destroys Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The latest from the County Championship