Kim Barnett, Derbyshire's new director of cricket, has big ambitions for the county, and he wants to create an environment where players take more responsibility

Andrew Strauss, the director of England Cricket, has defended the decision to refuse Nottinghamshire's request to adjust Stuart Broad's centrally-enforced rest schedule to allow him to play in the Specsavers Championship against Durham at Chester-le-Stree

Such was Hampshire's composure in outlasting Yorkshire in a four-wicket win at Headingley, they are clearly not suffering from feelings of inadequacy after their relegation reprieve

Two days into Gary Ballance's reign as Yorkshire captain and a sense of bonhomie has pervaded Headingley

Gary Ballance and Ben Coad starred during an action-packed opening day of the Specsavers County Championship season between Yorkshire and Hampshire at Headingley

Captaining Yorkshire is not a task for the faint-hearted. That honour has now been passed to Gary Ballance, a very different character to his predecessor

A club cricketer will have his sentence for assault reviewed after Leicestershire intervened to stress that he was not negotiating a contract with the county

ESPNcricinfo previews Yorkshire's prospects for the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo previews Middlesex's prospects for the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo previews Lancashire's prospects for the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo previews Gloucestershire's prospects for the 2017 season

Fabian Cowdrey has called time on his Kent career at 24 and, for the moment at least, a famous Kent dynasty has come to an end

ESPNcricinfo previews Glamorgan's prospects for the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo previews Durham's prospects for the 2017 season

ESPNcricinfo previews Derbyshire's prospects for the 2017 season

The proudest of English cricket's counties is looking at dark days ahead, as its creaking home ground and financial difficulties paint a worrying picture

Jason Gillespie will join Kent as coach on a short-term basis while Allan Donald continues to gen up on a requisite coaching qualification

Opposition to the proposed eight-team Twenty20 competition looks to be weakening after Sussex signalled that they were ready to abandon their resistance to the plans

All Stars Cricket, a major grassroots initiative for children aged between five and eight, has gone live today

Lancashire's Liam Livingstone has confounded the sceptics and naysayers to emerge as an exciting middle-order batting option for the national team