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Mark Chilton and Glen Chapple took carried Lancashire to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Derbyshire in their third round tie in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Old Trafford.Meanwhile Nasser Hussain's excellent run of form continued as the

In an ironic twist, the next round of championship games, following on from the first Test, have prompted the England team management to show great kindness to the counties which have contracted England players

If Durham are to get their season going they must start soon

Sri Lanka's cricketers put a controversial team selection behind them to smash the Glamorgan bowling to the tune of 337 for seven on the opening day of their four-day tour at Sophia Gardens here today.

Alex Wharf took revenge after he was dispatched for 17 runs off his first five balls by Sanath Jayasuriya

England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that everyone had underestimated Sri Lanka and that there was a lot of hard work ahead of his team for the rest of the Test series

Looking back at the first Test at Lord's, England captain Nasser Hussain was realistic enough to know that the rearguard action his team had carried off with such effect to save the match did not hide the inadequacies of the first three days

So long as player power was confined to money matters, someone like me, a spectator who saw more of the game, supported it

Sri Lanka's world class spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's chances of playing against England in the second cricket Test commencing at Edgbaston 11 days from today was put down as 60 percent by team physio Alex Kountouri, who will begin a period of

As an event, Napoleon getting off Elba may have held rather more significance, but England's escape from the jam in which they found themselves here at Lord's on Saturday evening is an achievement in which they can take a fair measure of pride

Michael Vaughan made Sri Lanka pay for two missed catches as he made his second Test hundred, giving England a possible escape route in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's

A brilliant all-round performance by Shaun Pollock led Warwickshire Bears to a comfortable victory over Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge

Muttiah Muralitharan watched the fourth day's play of the first Teat at Lord's from the visitors' dressing room balcony

Warwickshire Bears remain top of the NUL after Shaun Pollock's all-round excellence secured an 85-run victory over Notts Outlaws

England face a Herculean task if they are to stave off defeat by Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series

Sri Lanka cantered towards yet another daunting first-innings total as England were condemned to a second day chasing leather at Lord's in the first Test

Sri Lanka confounded their detractors by establishing a commanding position at Lord's on the opening day of their three-match Test series against England

When England coach Duncan Fletcher and one of Sri Lanka's star batsmen, Mahela Jayawardene, faced the press at the end of the first day of the Lord's Test, it was not too difficult to discern who had enjoyed their day more

In the 14 months since the Colombo defeat which cost them their home series against England last year, Sri Lanka have carried virtually all before them

England have released left-arm spinner Ashley Giles from their 13-man squad, allowing him to travel to Edgbaston to play for Warwickshire in their Frizzell County Championship match against Hampshire.