Cricket News

Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the first npower Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's

Phil Tufnell has been given an extended role for BBC Radio Five Live this summer

Yorkshire and England pace bowler Matthew Hoggard underwent an ultra-sound scan on an abdominal injury today ahead of the 1st npower Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's starting on Thursday

Opponents of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's regime will stage a protest outside Lord's when the first npower Test between England and Zimbabwe starts on Thursday

England allrounder Andrew Flintoff's chances of playing in Thursday's first npower Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's have been described as "very doubtful" by the England & Wales Cricket Board's chief medical officer, Dr Peter Gregory

As widely expected, Lance Klusener has been left out of South Africa's squad to tour England this summer

The ECB Southern Electric Premier Cricket League has been sent reeling by a third successive weekend of wet weather

Warwickshire are reported to have Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis lined up as a replacement overseas player if it turns out that New Zealand's Shane Bond is unable to fulfil his obligations

Heavy showers throughout the morning and early afternoon delayed the start of this National League Division Two fixture between Lancashire and Hampshire at Old Trafford, and when umpires John Holder and Barrie Leadbeater finally pleased the crowd and

National Cricket League Division One Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets (D/L) Scorecard Glamorgan may be the Championship's whipping boys, but they stayed within touching distance of leaders Surrey with a 10-wicket demolition of

Alec Stewart, England's most-capped player, retained his place in England's 13-man squad for the first Test against Zimbabwe, which starts at Lord's on Thursday (May 22)

An appreciative Old Trafford crowd were treated to a cameo blast from the past today when Essex coach Graham Gooch was forced back into the fray as a substitute fielder

Another Ashes drubbing has been and gone, and several old hands in the England Test team will be nervously contemplating their futures ahead of Saturday's announcement of the Test squad to face Zimbabwe at Lord's next week

Frizzell County Championship Division One Kent 472 drew with Middlesex 221 and 249 for 4 Scorecard Andy Strauss (93) and Seven Koenig (96) both fell just short of their hundreds, but, with the help of the rain, they ensured the game headed

Brad Thompson, Bashley-Rydal's experienced Western Australian all-rounder, is set for a spell on the sidelines after breaking a finger in last week's ECB Southern Electric Premier League defeat at Havant

Andy Caddick has been ruled out of the Test series against Zimbabwe after sustaining ligament damage in his right foot

Arch rivals Easton & Martyr Worthy and St Cross Symondians go head to head in an all-Winchester Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 derby at Cockets Mead tomorrow (SAT), 1 o'clock.

Billed as `twice the action; half the time', the new Twenty20 Cup cricket competition being launched at The Rose Bowl appears to be an appealing concept as over one thousand tickets have already been booked within the first week of sales.

The Southern Electric Premier Cricket League is facing a shortage of qualified umpires barely a week into the new season

Clare Connor, the England women's cricket captain and Channel 4 cricket presenter, will lead her team The Braves in defence of their Super Fours title in Oxford on Saturday 17th May