Cricket News

Sussex skipper Chris Adams is certain the new Twenty20 Cup will prove to be "no-holds-barred cricket" and can't wait to get the competition rolling in the big launch-night match with local rivals Hampshire

The former Derbyshire captain, Guy Willatt, died today at the age of 85 after a long illness

The New Zealand pair of Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori have secured short-term contracts in English county cricket with Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire

Wales have taken a further step towards being recognised as an international side in their own right

Hampshire Cricket manager Paul Terry choses from 13 players, the same eleven that defeated Durham in the National League last Sunday, plus James Hamblin and Lawrence Prittipaul.

The inaugural Twenty20 Cup match will be played at Hampshire's Rose Bowl on Friday 13th June between Hampshire Hawks and Sussex Sharks.

The former Nottinghamshire offspinner, Richard Bates, has been named as the new coach of the England Women's team

Graeme Hick will be out of action for up to six weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while batting for Worcestershire against Glamorgan last Sunday

Kevin Dean celebrates dismissing Mark Ramprakash during Derbyshire's defeat of Surrey Derbyshire 271 (Kaif 81) beat Surrey 134 (Welch 4-26) by 137 runs at Derby Scorecard Surrey's proud unbeaten record in all competitions came to a

Robin Smith has said that he is reconsidering plans to retire at the end of the summer following his good form so far this season

Anurag Singh: important 74, despite hamstring injury After enjoying the upper hand for much of yesterday's play, Leicestershire were caught cold on the resumption of their rain-interrupted quarter-final at Grace Road, as Mark Harrity and

Chris Cairns will be out for six weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand during the final day of Nottinghamshire's Frizzell County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Saturday

West Country boys were weaned on the romance of Harold Gimblett's debut hundred for Somerset

England's easy win at Riverside has presented the selectors with an unfamiliar problem

Andy Flower scored a magnificent unbeaten 115, his first century of the season, as Essex overwhelmed Pakistan by 50 runs at Chelmsford

Zimbabwe's opening batsman, Mark Vermeulen, has been sent home from the tour of England for persistent misconduct

Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Swansea Scorecard Glamorgan are doing their damnedest to retain their National League title - today they made it five wins out of five with a 31-run victory over Worcestershire

James Anderson and Steve Harmison picked up four wickets apiece, as England completed their second consecutive innings victory over Zimbabwe shortly before 4.45pm on the third day of the second npower Test at Chester-le-Street

And so ends one of the more pointless Test series of recent times

Congratulations to Riverside for its maiden Test match