2 https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb Former England batsman Usman Afzaal has been released by Surrey leaving him searching for a new county https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/118000/118015.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476101.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/476101.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-476101 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moments after celebrating an apparent century, Mark Ramprakash found himself walking back to the pavilion after being dismissed for 99. The scoreboard operators had incorrectly attributed three of Stewart Walters' runs to Ramprakash so, a couple of balls https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/118700/118747.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/465046.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/465046.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-465046 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:19 GMT The opening game of the Bangladeshi tour of England petered out into a chilly and predictable draw in SE11 where helicopter traffic over No10 Downing Street captured the attention as much as the cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-bangladesh-2010/content/story/459336.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-bangladesh-2010/content/story/459336.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-459336 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steve Davies came back to haunt Worcestershire yet again as Surrey chalked up their second Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season by 30 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method at New Roa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/458311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/458311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-458311 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's new era under Rory Hamilton-Brown didn't all go to plan as Chris Rogers, given a life on 46, dominated the opening day at The Oval with an unbeaten 178 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/115900/115988.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/455379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/455379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-455379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT All the action from the first day of the last round of Championship action as Northamptonshire boost their promotion hopes and Lancashire ease some relegation concerns https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/426197.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/426197.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-426197 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:19 GMT A round-up of the latest matches in the County Championship as Robert Key hits a double hundred and Surrey's Stewart Walters makes the first ton of his career https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106100/106129.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/414867.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/414867.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414867 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:19 GMT A round-up from the latest matches in the Twenty20 Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105200/105218.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/410362.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/410362.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-410362 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches, as Steve Harmison inspired Durham to a win, while Piyush Chawla cracked his maiden first-class hundred https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408826.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408826.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408826 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the second day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408702.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408702.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408702 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There were no dancing girls, no fireworks and no tight finish as Middlesex began the defence of their Twenty20 title with a heavy 57-run defeat at the hands of local rivals Surrey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103900/103903.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/406007.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/406007.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-406007 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's top four batsmen made it look like hard work, but their lower order came to the team's rescue on the second day at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/360854.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/360854.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-360854 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A dazzling 66 from Mark Pettini guided Essex to a comfortably seven-wicket victory against Surrey at The Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354399.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354399.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-354399 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After a seismic six months, in which Twenty20 cricket has taken over as the driving force of the world game, the 2008 tournament could quite possibly turn out to be the most important competition in England this summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354251.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/354251.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-354251 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A magnificent unbeaten 126 from Usman Afzaal powered Surrey to a convincing 67-run win over Sussex at Hove https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350410.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/350410.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-350410 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey have never been on the back foot in this match and it was the weather that stopped them making further inroads on the third day at The Oval. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/346897.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/346897.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-346897 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT April is meant to be a month of swing bowlers, green seamers and low scores, but Surrey went on an early-season run-spree at The Oval as they racked up 537 for 5 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/346800.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/346800.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-346800 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey have signed Usman Afzaal on a three-year contract. Ufzaal, 30, left Northamptonshire by mutual consent last week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/311606.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/311606.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-311606 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Usman Afzaal, the former England Test player, has left Northamptonshire by mutual consent https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/310622.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/310622.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-310622 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the opening day of the latest County Championship matches as they resume following the Twenty20 break https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/301304.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/301304.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-301304 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Twenty20 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/299436.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/299436.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-299436 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The final group-stage matches in the Friends Provident resulted in Durham, already confirmed as semi-finalists after winning on Sunday, finishing top of the North Conference to be at home to Essex while Hampshire secured home advantage against Warwickshir https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297881.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/297881.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297881 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Warne led from the front for Hampshire in England's Pro40 competition, picking up 4 for 14 to edge past Kent by 18 runs at Canterbury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255789.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255789.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255789 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255785.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255785.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255785 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of of the latest action from the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255683 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of of the latest action from the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255612.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255612.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255612 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255132.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/255132.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255132 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Usman Afzaal, the Northamptonshire batsman, believes he has a shot at making a return to the England side following two strong county seasons https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/231630.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/231630.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-231630 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/219297.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/219297.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-219297 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The County Championship continues with Essex beating Northants https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/213361.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/213361.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-213361 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the four Twenty20 matches played today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212129.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212129.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-212129 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the four Twenty20 matches played today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212001.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212001.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-212001 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire have announced that they have signed Usman Afzaal on a three-year deal, and said that they are poised to unveil another "big-name signing https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/northamptonshire/content/story/132846.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/northamptonshire/content/story/132846.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132846 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire made their way into the last eight of the C&G Trophy with a 19-run win over Middlesex at a cold Lord's. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/209510.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/209510.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-209510 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Usman Afzaal has been released by Nottinghamshire at the end of a season in which he played only seven Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133908.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133908.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133908 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rohan Gavaskar scored a majestic century as India A cruised to a seven-wicket victory against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128641.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128641.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128641 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The second day of India A's tour game against Nottinghamshire has been rained off https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128626.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128626.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128626 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Showers and Usman Afzaal combined to frustrate India A who endured a relatively unproductive day in the field at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/128581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Usman Afzaal's elevation to the England Test squad for the First Test against Australia has seen his rise to the very top levels of the game continue https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/101148.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/101148.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-101148 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England have confirmed that Mark Butcher, Usman Afzaal and Robert Croft have been called into the squad prior to Thursday's First Test against Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/101131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/101131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-101131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/99106.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/99106.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-99106 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Usman Afzaal impressed many observers with his new found determination this season, accumulating over 1000 runs at an average of nearly 45 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94495.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94495.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94495 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94456.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94456.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94456 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 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