Cricket News

Northamptonshire prospered from some unconvincing Glamorgan batting and the accurate bowling of their own paceman Michael Strong and off-spinner Jason Brown to have the advantage of Glamorgan at Cardiff

Northants move ahead at Cardiff

Rahul Dravid kept his international rival Shane Warne at bay to keep Kent from serious trouble against Hampshire at Portsmouth

Kent duck into trouble

Essex struck back at Worcestershire after yielding a 109 runs first innings lead at Chelmsford

McGrath strikes for Worcs but Essex hit back

Nottinghamshire batted stubbornly in the sunshine at Hove to prevent Sussex from capitalising on their big 404-5 score on the first day

Morris picks up scoring tempo at Hove

John Crawley struck his second century in a week and Michael Gough took four wickets in innings for the first time in over a year in the Division One championship match between Lancashire and Durham at Manchester

Lancashire and Durham struggle for supremacy

England turned in a sound bowling and fielding performance in restricting the West Indies to 195 for nine wickets in their innings in the final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

England accuracy and discipline restricts West Indies on good batting pitch

Alec Stewart's gallant century was not enough to stop West Indies winning by three runs in a breathtaking finish to the last qualifying match before the final of the NatWest Series

Breathtaking finish - Stewart's gallant innings is not enough

20-Jul-2000•Andy Jalil

England warm up for final with thrilling contest

England warmed up for Saturday's NatWest Series final against Zimbabwe by narrowly losing a thrilling contest to the West Indies by just 3 runs - Alec Stewart remaining not out on exactly 100

20-Jul-2000•Dave Bracegirdle

Sunny sky, good pitch and West Indies batting

For once, sunny skies greeted the cricketers as England took on West Indies in the final group match of the NatWest Series

20-Jul-2000•john Ward

England pleased with progress

After 30 overs of the West Indian innings at Trent Bridge in the last of the group matches in the NatWest Series, England could be well pleased with their progress

West Indies, eliminated from the final, nevertheless finished with honour by recording a thrilling three-run victory over England at Trent Bridge

West Indies go out with honour, Stewart stranded

A superb West Indian fightback has brought to life this final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

West Indies fight-back

Paul Pollard and a determined innings by David Leatherdale took Second Division front-runners Worcestershire to 232-7 in their championship match against Essex at Chelmsford

Debutant McGarry worries Worcester

Leicestershire's score of 313-9 from 104 overs in their championship match against Surrey at Guildford was a considerable improvement on their performance when the two teams met previously just a few days ago, and would have been better still but for

Leicestershire start well but do not press the advantage

Simon Katich (129) scored his third championship century of the summer to help Durham hold back Lancashire's spinners at Manchester

Durham make Lancs spinners toil

Shane Warne enjoyed himself at Kent's expense to give Hampshire the best of their championship match at Portsmouth

Hampshire have the better of Kent

Michael Bevan (166) and Richard Montgomerie (133), hitting respectively their highest scores for the county, put Sussex in a strong position against Nottinghamshire at Hove

Sussex build strong position