Cricket News

Former Lancashire captain John Crawley is to join Hampshire after beingreleased from his contract at Old Trafford

New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will not be taking part in the Sharjah tournament or the tour of Pakistan next month

Yorkshire have signed the Australian batsman Simon Katich as cover for their captain, Darren Lehmann

Durham are hoping to persuade the West Indies superstar Brian Lara to play in two `exhibition' matches this summer to mark the club's 10th anniversary

Glamorgan look likely to sign Australian Michael Kasprowicz as their overseas player for next season

Somerset County Cricket Club captain Jamie Cox returns to England in April with his new wife and baby after a very successful season down under playing for Tasmania

Wellington's weather, wet and windy, will have both the New Zealand and England camps pondering their options before play starts in the second National Bank Series Test at the Basin Reserve

Marcus Trescothick has made his intentions clear ahead of the second Test match against New Zealand which starts in Wellington tomorrow

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is in agreement with trials to be done at the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka which could determine the future influence of technology in umpiring decisions

Ian Bell would have every reason for excusing himself and pinching himself hard today to actually realise that he was in New Zealand as a replacement player with the full England side

The BCCSL wishes to set the record straight with regard to the advertisement which was published on the 16th of December 2001, calling for applications for the post of Manager Sri Lanka Cricket Team

Head of injury prevention Darren Veness paid tribute to the dedication of the Somerset players after they all underwent rigorous fitness tests at the County Ground on Monday

New Zealand will leave a decision on whether they will field their left-arm spin bowler Daniel Vettori in the second National Bank Series Test against England, until the last moment on Thursday

Nearly 150 youngsters between the ages of 11 and 16 recently took part in the Norwich Union Inter Cricket Indoor Competition

Expect a better performance from New Zealand's batsmen in the second National Bank Test with England after the lift they got from Nathan Astle's display on the last day in Christchurch

Somerset County Cricket Club Chief Executive Peter Anderson, who is never one to fight shy of an issue, has written to all West Country Members of Parliament to draw their attention to the plight of voluntary sports clubs and their need for tax

Bowlers wanting to bowl into the teeth of Wellington's wind

Quick fire cricket that has seen teams chasing higher and higher totals in the fourth innings of Tests, more result matches and more phenomenal cricket was just a natural progression of the sport, England captain Nasser Hussain said today

Army physical training instructors at Colchester Garrison will today put the Essex County Cricket Club squad through its paces on a training day designed especially for the squad.

All 7,000 or so members of Somerset County Cricket Club have now received a copy of the Spring Newsletter, which was mailed out last week