Just under an hour's play was lost at the start of the second morning of the third npower Test at Headingley, but the Indian batsmen more than made up for lost time with a spectacular display of batting skills while the England bowlers laboured in

India batted with great discipline throughout the first day of the third npower Test at Headingley, accepting the challenge presented to them by their captain, Sourav Ganguly

An unknown England line-up, and unknown Indian frame of mind and an unknown pitch quality make just a little difficult to predict the outcome of the third npower Test starting in Leeds tomorrow

It might just be that cricket is a sport unlike any other when it comes to generating passionate opinion

Darren Gough's knee injury has already ruled him out of England's plans for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament in Sri Lanka next month, and Andrew Flintoff's hernia has left him as only doubtful of being fit to go to Colombo

Runs were not easy to come by under the Hove lights as Sussex Sharks and Lancashire Lightning played out a tense Norwich Union Division Two League match

Leicestershire Foxes banished lingering relegation fears with a convincing five-wicket victory over Yorkshire Phoenix while among those looking likely candidates for the drop, Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Somerset Sabres by 69 runs

The record-breaking Frizzell County Championship match at Bristol ended as a draw when Gloucestershire extended their second innings to 446 for seven when the captains shook hands

Command performances from Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag have put India into an unassailable position going into the final day of their tour match at Chelmsford

There is another week of Norwich Union League action all the way with this round of matches taking place on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Glamorgan Dragons have moved closer to the top of Division One of the Norwich Union League by virtue of a three-wicket win over Durham Dynamos at Chester-le-Street

An innings of 112 not out at a run a ball with four fours and seven sixes from Matt Windows helped Gloucestershire Gladiators to an imposing 274 for six in their forty-five overs

After a further examination of his injured right knee, Darren Gough has been ruled out of all cricket for the rest of the summer

Most of the Norwich Union League action is concentrated on Sunday this week, but there are a couple of floodlit games during the week to which spectators can look forward - especially if they can get to Bristol or Chester-le-Street

Whisper it quietly, but reigning champions Yorkshire have got themselves into a good position in search of their first championship win of this season against Warwickshire at Headingley

Worcestershire Royals extended their lead at the top of Division One of the Norwich Union League, but only by two points when they could reasonably have expected that their total of 230 for eight from 45 overs might have been enough to give them four

There is a busy time ahead in the Norwich Union League, with matches coming up on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when the lights will be burning brightly

England captain Nasser Hussain praised his team for bowling India out twice to defeat the visitors by 170 runs in the first Test at Lord's

England had to work hard - rather harder than might have been expected - to secure their victory, but at half past two on a hot and sultry afternoon, Craig White bowled a ball to Ashish Nehra who pushed forward to give a catch to Graham Thorpe at

Only some stalwart batting from VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar who compiled a fifty partnership for the seventh wicket as the shadows lengthened denied England a win within four days