The ECB has confirmed that Niall O'Brien, the Kent wicketkeeper, has received a reprimand under the ECB's discipline code following an incident during Kent's County Championship match against Durham on 19-23 April.

Charlie Shreck ripped through Durham University to take finish with the extraordinary figures of 5 for 6

Gloucestershire have begun searching for a replacement overseas player after Shane Bond was withdrawn from his season with the club

Somerset have been docked half a point for their slow over rate during their Championship match against Gloucestershire at Bristol

Mark Cosgrove was meant to be preparing for a season of county cricket with Glamorgan, but that has been put on hold after his call-up to Australia's one-day squad in Bangladesh

Chris Silverwood is raring to get bowling for Middlesex after his move from Yorkshire

Chris Taylor marked his Derbyshire debut with a century against Oxford University at The Parks

The honour of the opening first-class century for the 2006 season went to Ian Westwood, the 23-year-old Warwickshire batsman, who struck 124 against Cambridge University at Fenner's

Dominic Cork has extended his contract with Lancashire and is now set to stay at Old Trafford until the end of the 2007 season

Thursday marked four years since the death of Ben Hollioake, when his car crashed in Perth

It is often said that the future stars of English cricket are hidden away in the strong leagues which are filled with talented Asian players

Simon Barnes told the readers of The Times not to pick up the paper this morning

It may be hard to believe, with temperatures in the UK barely breaking freezing point, but the new season is just around the corner

Sarfraz Ahmed slept with the World Cup last night and you can hardly blame him considering it looked to have slipped away from him yesterday

What an extraordinary match; 180 runs, 20 wickets, 60 overs

This evening was the closing dinner for the World Cup, an event attended by the two main finalists and the two teams who contested the Plate final – New Zealand and Nepal

Was that the Aussies choking that I watched today

It wasn’t the worst of days for Sameera de Zoysa, Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain, against Zimbabwe

What a way to go – 58 all out and in front of the TV cameras to boot

The crowds for this tournament have been non-existent, even for Sri Lanka’s matches, but at least the semi-finals and final should have a few more people taking notice of the action as the games are being beamed around the world