Cricket News

Graham Rose and Mike Burns ensured that Somerset took greater satisfaction from the final day of the rain-ruined County Championship first division match at Taunton

Lancashire were on course for a vital win at Old Trafford today in their bid to stay in touch with championship leaders Surrey

Gloucestershire took revenge against Essex for the 109 run defeat they were handed out at Bristol earlier this summer

Darren Lehmann's 115 against Leicestershire at Grace Road made him the leading run scorer in the country

Mark Ramprakash continued to distance himself from a disappointing experiment as a Test opener by becoming the first English player to reach 1,000 first-class runs this summer

Mark Ramprakash became the first English player to 1,000 runs this season after a delayed start on the third day at Edgbaston

Middlesex captain Justin Langer attempted to reawaken a rain-curtailed game at Edgbaston with a lunchtime declaration at 380 for eight on the third day

England compled a convincing win over Sri Lanka in the Under-19 `Test' at Trent Bridge with a day and an innings to spare thanks in the main to Kabir Ali's accurate seam bowling

Northamptonshire edged closer to promotion from the second division after completing a 162 run win over Sussex at Eastbourne today

This was as euphoric a day for England cricketers as they could have dreamed of

England swept into what could be a very useful lead over the West Indies on the second morning of the Fourth Test at Headingley, thanks to an intense, determined seventh-wicket partnership between Michael Vaughan and Graeme Hick that added 98 runs

England sensationally tightened their grip on the second day of the Fourth Test against West Indies at Headingley

John Crawley made two inspired bowling changes to keep Lancashire on top of their Championship match against Kent today

Unexpected rain at Edgbaston held up Mark Ramprakash's bid to reach 1,000 first-class runs for the season

David Masters and Martin McCague hit back for Kent after Peter Martin grabbed a five-wicket haul for Lancashire as wickets continued to tumble at Old Trafford today

Warwickshire's hopes of bouncing into the promotion frame in the County Championship were dealt a blow by rain at Edgbaston

Wickets continued to tumble on the second day at Old Trafford with some precious late runs from Neil Fairbrother and Chris Schofield just about keeping Lancashire in the box seat

Heavy rain frustrated Durham's hopes of forcing the victory they need to ease First Division relegation fears

England U19s continued their superiority over Sri Lanka U19s with an emphatic victory at Trent Bridge in the first NatWest Test Match

Derbyshire began the second morning better than they had the first with Tim Munton taking the wicket of the dangerous Nadeem Shahid almost immediately after the start, Hollioake and Salisbury though built a useful partnership of 54 with Salisbury