Cricket News

Russell Warren hit 194 to allow his Northamptonshire captain David Ripley to make a challenging declaration on the third day at Old Trafford

Gloucestershire's excellent Championship form continued as Mark Alleyne's side put themselves into a commanding position against Nottinghamshire

England Under-19s amassed a record 620 for nine declared on the third day of the Second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge

The spirit of Geoffrey Boycott was alive and well at Headingley today as England adopted a watchful but slow approach in their first innings on the second day of the Fourth npower Test Match

The Bland Bankart plc 'Cricketer of the Month' Award for July 2001 has been awarded to Ben Smith

Warwickshire made the most of a potential stalemate at Edgbaston by claiming the maximum eight bonus points with a career-best 186 not out by David Hemp

Sussex ended another hard fought day marginally in front although they still have to lot to do against a Derbyshire side who have pushed them all the way

Kent posted a modest first innings lead of 43 after a hard-fought, cut-and-thrust second day of this CricInfo Championship clash with Surrey in Canterbury

The preparation for the Test here in Leeds has gone very smoothly

Mark Wagh and David Hemp gave Warwickshire hope of reaching a target of 375 to avoid following on after a mammoth total of 524 by Worcestershire at Edgbaston

Jimmy Maher scored his third century of the summer to put Glamorgan right back into their CricInfo Championship Division One clash with Essex at Sophia Gardens

Northants are facing a tough battle to avoid the follow-on in their CricInfo Championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford mainly because of John Crawley's 280

Matt Windows and Chris Taylor hit centuries to bat Gloucestershire into a strong position on the second day at Bristol

Leaders Yorkshire are on course for their eighth CricInfo Championship win of the season as they chase their first title for 33 years

Hampshire want to play in the Southern Electric ECB Premier League next year, with a team made up of young contracted players and academy students

Sussex pace duo Jason Lewry and James Kirtley claimed their 50th first-class wickets of the season but the Division Two leaders were frustrated by a battling century from Luke Sutton

Kent's bid to claim the CricInfo Championship runners-up slot moved a step closer as they dominated the opening day of their match with reigning champions Surrey in sunny Canterbury

England enjoyed probably their best day so far in the Under-19 Test series against the West Indies at Trent Bridge, finishing the day only 103 runs behind the tourists with seven wickets left

Sussex CCC are pleased to announce the appointment of 32-year-old Keith Greenfield as its inaugural ECB-linked Academy Director

Ricky Ponting shrugged off his Ashes blues to make a long overdue and superb century at Headingley to give Australia another sizzling success to celebrate in the Fourth npower Test Match