County previews: Division Two

Notts, Sussex among leading contenders

Durham penalty leaves mountainous task

County previews: Division One

Can Middlesex hold off chasing pack?

Yorkshire, Surrey pose major threat

All eyes on Livingstone

Lancashire's Liam Livingstone has confounded the sceptics and naysayers to emerge as an exciting middle-order batting option for England. By David Hopps

County ins and outs

Keep up to date with all the player movements ahead of the 2017 season

A Chateau Lafite cricketer in a wine-box world

Lancashire batsman Haseeb Hameed has a style that's both simple and cultivated. What stands out, though, is his calmness

One of Lancashire's finest

David Hopps: With remorseless accuracy and an ability to find swing and cut, Ken Higgs might have won more than 15 Test caps for England

'A good spinner needs to attack and hold at the same time'

Ashley Giles on developing young slow bowlers, and intervention v self-learning

County news

ESPNcricinfo panel backs professional revamp

Agreement that changes are for betterment of game

Quit griping and get on board in fight to save game

Ambitious ECB plans to grow engagement and inspire a new generation need cricket lovers to start working together, says David Hopps

County news

County ins and outs 2016

Keep up to date with all the player movements ahead of the 2016 season

England news

Rashid battles to prove his worth

One-day stage has Test debut as the prize | Lyth bares his soul on Facebook

English cricket should bemoan Hales' IPL jaunt

George Dobell: Lack of faith in England's T20 tournament is perverse

NatWest T20 Blast

Blast promises to break 1m barrier

Expectations high for crowd surge

Lancashire 2015 preview

Giles must negotiate tricky transformation

Pace bowling is Lancashire's great unknown

County news

County ins and outs 2015

Keep up with all the latest news from your county

Tim Wigmore

Franchises are not the answer

Tim Wigmore: England needs to learn the right lessons from the BBL and not turn to a franchise system that would freeze thousands of committed fans

Paul Edwards

Ashley Giles takes it slow at Lancashire

The side's new coach is taking his time with the major decisions as he seeks to bring the team back to winning ways

England news

Morgan's warning must be heeded

Standards of England's T20 under scrutiny

Ashwell Prince

'You can't survive 66 Tests on the basis of a quota'

Ashwell Prince talks about proving critics wrong, scoring hundreds against Australia, and that unending partnership in Colombo

Sidharth Monga

The two faces of James Anderson

Sidharth Monga: Why does the man who is possibly England's greatest fast bowler occasionally turn into Mr Hyde on the field?

Cricket Brain

Which England captain was born in Peru?

Cricket Brain 2014: Can Lancashire's Simon Kerrigan dislodge Rob Key and Jack Shantry from the top spot?

Northamptonshire v Lancashire, Wantage Road, 2nd day

Buttler shows his first-class mettle

Wicketkeeper helps bail out Lancashire

Tanya Aldred

Chapple goes once more into the breach

More than two decades into his Lancashire career, Glen Chapple is skilled, motivated, and on top of his game. By Tanya Aldred

Peter Lever

'If I could do it all again, I'd gamble more'

Peter Lever talks about facing Thommo, nearly killing Chatfield, and the time he refused to bowl upwind

Chris Stonor

Invaluable council

As counties struggle to adapt to changing economic times, their local councils have become important allies. By Chris Stonor

Rewind

The fastest hundred that never was

Rewind: How Steve O'Shaughnessy's whirlwind knock managed to upset purists and stir up controversy

Paul Edwards

Old Trafford's long road back

Lancashire bet their house on a redevelopment that would return Test cricket to Old Trafford; with the arrival of Australia, that dream has been realised

County Cricket 2013

County cricket's commercial crusade for the 21st century

Every club is trying its best to stay afloat, selling real estate, borrowing heavily, but is the model sustainable? By Chris Stonor

Shahzad aims to put regrets behind him

Ajmal Shahzad, looking to reawaken his career with Notts, admits he was 'stubborn' in the stand-off that resulted in him leaving Yorkshire. By Jon Culley

County news

The party is over for Lancashire

The reasons behind their rapid decline

'I was born to be a one-day player'

Farokh Engineer was a Twenty20 cricketer years before his time. He looks back at life with India and Lancashire

Lanc v Leics, FLt20 North Group, Old Trafford

Lancashire pull off record chase

Scorecard | Gloom deepens for defending champions

Ajmal Shahzad

'When I was younger I used to bowl like Shoaib'

Quick Singles: Grilled-chicken fiend Ajmal Shahzad is quite the mimic when it comes to other bowlers

What makes Moores tick

The Championship-winning Lancashire coach is full of ideas, forever analysing, in love with the nitty gritty of his job. By Tanya Aldred