Cricket News

Mark Ramprakash has hit back at criticism of him by former England all-rounder Ian Botham

A half-century by Australian Adam Loader and three-wicket hauls by Kevin Nash and Neil Taylor swept Bashley (Rydal) to a 77-run victory over Southern Electric ECB Premier League rivals Bournemouth

BAT Sports, requiring a boundary off the last ball, finished three runs short after a furious run chase at Lower Bemerton, where Southern Electric ECB Premier Division One rivals South Wilts just hung on

Lymington's Ben Craft and Charles Forward, the hard-hitting Old Tauntonians & Romsey left-hander, made hay in the sunshine, cracking big centuries in the respective Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 victories

Ryan Sidebottom and Ian Ward are the new names in the 13-man England squad to take on Pakistan in the First Test against Pakistan at Lord's starting on Thursday

A stunning double century by Saeed Anwar lit up the second day of Pakistan's three-day Vodafone Challenge match against Kent in Canterbury

Yorkshire Phoenix gained an easy five-wicket win with ten overs to spare in their first Norwich Union National League Division One match of the season against Somerset Sabres at Headingley

Veteran Kim Barnett created history by becoming the leading run-scorer in the one-day league as Gloucestershire Gladiators saw off Northamptonshire Steelbacks by 20 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method at Wantage Road

Tom Lungley returned his best figures as Derbyshire easily beat Essex by 67 runs with 9.4 overs to spare at Derby

Surrey's batsmen rarely looked like settling in for a substantial innings against an attack which looked disciplined enough for most of the time to stick mainly to the basics of line and length

Glamorgan could have two representatives at the first Test against Pakistan, starting at Lord`s next Thursday - spinner Robert Croft and scorer Byron Denning

The Australians visited England nine-times during the pre-WW II period, 1900 - 1938 in 1902 , 1905 , 1909 , 1912 , 1921 , 1926 , 1930 , 1934 and 1938

Zac Morris, Hampshire's 22 year old left-arm pace bowler will not forget his National League debut in a hurry: three wickets including that of Graeme Hick and then the winning runs with just two balls remaining

Andy Hooper's decision to drop down to 3rd XI cricket could have a significant impact on Andover's ability to emulate last season's fourth place

Bowling 5-22 Matt Smith (Cove) 5-44 Glyn Treagus (Lymington) 5-59 Mark Andrews (Old Basing)

Darren Gough has revealed that he once took to the field in a Test Match suffering from a severe hangover

Havant are hot favourites to retain the Southern Electric ECB Premier League title they won so convincingly last summer

Hampshire chose a young side for Norwich Union League match

Pakistan were given a stiff work-out ahead of Thursday's First Test at Lord's as Kent dominated day one of this Vodafone Challenge clash in Canterbury

Yorkshire collapsed against the pace of Andy Caddick and Steffan Jones at Headingley today as Somerset stormed to victory by 161-runs in the CricInfo Championship match