Gloucestershire have named Alan Haines as their new chairman following John Higson's decision to stand down from the post at Tuesday's annual meeting.Haines acted as vice-chairman to Higson during his six years in charge and is delighted to have been

Gloucestershire have given their squad a major boost with the signing of New Zealand opening batsman Craig Spearman on a two-year contract

Surrey's Gareth Batty produced a fine all-round performance to send Gloucestershire into the Norwich Union League second division

Northamptonshire were relegated to the Second Division of the CricInfo Championship but they went down fighting at Taunton

Michael Hussey and Russell Warren shared a third-wicket stand of 287 as relegation-threatened Northants reached 382-5 on the opening day of the CricInfo Championship match with Somerset at Taunton

Martyn Ball's fine all-round performance put promotion hopefuls Gloucestershire into a powerful position in the CricInfo Championship Division Two match with Derbyshire at Bristol

Leicestershire's NUL title hopes suffered a blow as they went down by 28 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method to Gloucestershire at Bristol

Peter Bowler and Mike Burns inspired Somerset to a four-wicket victory over Surrey in the floodlit NUL relegation tussle at Taunton

Gloucestershire had to suffer an anxious wait before they secured an innings and 120-run victory over Nottinghamshire in the CricInfo Championship Division Two match at Bristol

Gloucestershire's excellent Championship form continued as Mark Alleyne's side put themselves into a commanding position against Nottinghamshire

Paul Johnson hit a fine 149 to steer Nottinghamshire to 322 on the first day of their CricInfo Championship Division Two match with Gloucestershire at Bristol

Leicestershire lost their unbeaten record in the Norwich Union League when they fell one run short of Somerset's 263-7 at Taunton

Rob Turner and Richard Johnson rescued title-challenging Somerset with an eighth-wicket stand of 109 on an action-packed second day of the CricInfo Championsip match with Leicestershire at Taunton

Rain washed away any hopes of a positive finish to the CricInfo Championship second division match between Gloucestershire and Hampshire at Cheltenham

Alastair Bressington more than justified his promotion to the first team by bowling Gloucestershire into a position of strength on the third day of the CricInfo Championship match against Hampshire at Cheltenham

Gloucestershire batsman Matt Windows and Hampshire spinner Shaun Udal took the honours on an intriguing first day of the CricInfo Championship second division match at Cheltenham

Champions Gloucestershire showed they are not ready to give up on their Norwich Union League crown just yet as Nottinghamshire's title aspirations were dealt a blow with a 116-run defeat at Cheltenham

Gloucestershire needed just 90 minutes on the final day at Cheltenham to wrap up victory over Sussex by ten wickets

Australian all-rounder Ian Harvey bowled Gloucestershire to the brink of victory over Sussex on day three of the CricInfo Championship second division match at Cheltenham

Hundreds from Chris Taylor and Jeremy Snape, plus a half-century from Kim Barnett, powered Gloucestershire to 415-5 on the opening day of the CricInfo Championship second division match with leaders Sussex at Cheltenham