Cricket News

England duo Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Caddick will return for Somerset tomorrow in their C&G semi-final against Warwickshire at Taunton

Sussex Police were called to a burglary at the pavilion at the Hove County Cricket Ground

Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting both scored centuries as Australia warmed up for next week's Fourth Test with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Sussex in the final match of their tour against county opposition

Ben Smith and Aftab Habib produced a triple century stand for the third wicket as Leicestershire comfortably batted out for a draw at Taunton

Needing 321 to win Worcs ended the third day on 9-0 from four overs

Warwickshire County Cricket Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Newman as Director of the new Warwickshire Cricket Academy from September 1

Jason Gallian feared the worst as soon as the Vasbert Drakes delivery thudded into his hand

Australian pair Michael Slater and Mark Waugh made up for lost time with an entertaining, unbroken partnership of 70 in the 55 minutes of play that was possible on the second day of the rain affected tour match against Sussex at Hove

First division leaders Yorkshire took huge strides towards completing a Roses double by making Lancashire follow on at Old Trafford

Only 40 overs were possible due to frequent squally showers as Worcestershire maintained their grip over the side immediately above them in the Division Two table

West Indies left-arm seamer Kenroy Peters was the tourists' hero as he picked up five wickets in the second innings to help his side to 75-run victory in the First Under-19 Test at Leicester

Sussex County Cricket Club have confirmed their reluctance to release Matthew Prior for the second Under-19 Test which will clash with our CricInfo Championship match against Derbyshire

Alec Stewart looks set to drop down the order at Headingley as England revert to their policy of fielding seven batsmen and four bowlers

They say artists have to be dead before they receive the public recognition they deserve

Derbyshire's Graeme Welch and Durham's James Brinkley both improved their career-best figures for the second time this season as 24 wickets fell in the day at Chester-le-Street

Nasser Hussain feels he is ready to resume the England captaincy after coming through a second XI innings for Essex today

Rain allowed only 55 minutes' play on the second day of the Division One contest between Northamptonshire and Kent at Wantage Road

A rather exclusive little club seems to have been unofficially created amid the English counties

Sussex batsman Richard Montgomerie is being recommended for an England call-up - by his opening partner Murray Goodwin

Yorkshire stalwart Geoff Boycott could switch his allegiance to Lancashire as the Red Rose county seeks to find a replacement for coach Bobby Simpson