Cricket News

Sussex's Monty Panesar claimed his first five-wicket haul of the season but Gary Ballance led a determined rearguard action to earn Yorkshire a draw in their Division One clash at Hove

Ballance defies Panesar to ensure draw

Geoff Cook, Durham's wily director of cricket, is canny as well as wise and there was never any danger of his sang-froid eluding him even though Durham had ended Lancashire's unbeaten run in emphatic fashion

Durham end Lancashire's run to go top

01-Jun-2011•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

Kent stumble to second win

A late four-wicket burst from Leicestershire's veteran left-arm spinner Claude Henderson could not prevent Kent from posting their first County Championship win of the second division campaign at Tunbridge Wells

Chris Dent and Jon Lewis put on an unbroken 101 for the ninth wicket to ensure a draw for Gloucestershire in their Division Two match with Essex at Bristol

Tailenders ensure draw for Gloucestershire

Mark Wagh has announced that he will retire from professional cricket at the conclusion of Nottinghamshire's ongoing Championship match against Worcestershire at New Road after five years with the county

Mark Wagh announces retirement

Durham allrounder Ben Stokes will be out of action for six to eight weeks after badly dislocating a finger during his team's innings-and-125-run thrashing of Lancashire on Tuesday

Ben Stokes faces injury lay-off

Leicestershire have agreed on terms to sign Abdul Razzaq, the Pakistan allrounder, for the Friends Life t20

Leicester to sign Razzaq

South Africa seamer Charl Langeveldt has been signed up by Kent County Cricket Club (KCCC) for the Friends Life t20 tournament that begins on June 1

Langeveldt signed up by Kent for Twenty20s

Andy Flower has admitted Kevin Pietersen has had problems against left-arm spinners but says he is "very excited" by what he is seeing of Pietersen in the nets

Pietersen on the verge of big runs - Flower

Jonathan Trott has been named England's cricketer of the year at the annual ECB awards function, held at Lord's on Wednesday

Trott named ECB's cricketer of the year

Had his day not ended with a trip to hospital for treatment to a dislocated finger, it would have been a particularly good one for Ben Stokes

Stokes builds on his growing reputation

31-May-2011•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

Taylor's class stands out in follow-on

Kent appear favourites to defeat fellow strugglers Leicestershire and chalk up their first County Championship win on home soil this season

Worcestershire should be able to secure their first Championship win of the season, but they have a habit of letting strong positions slip

Worcestershire face test of their belief

31-May-2011•George Dobell at New Road

Vaas shows Sri Lanka what they are missing

Chaminda Vaas took seven wickets as Division Two leaders Northamptonshire took total command at Wantage Road

Four of Surrey's top order hit half-centuries before rookie pace bowler Matthew Dunn had Derbyshire reeling on the third day

Dunn and Linley give Surrey late surge

Yorkshire are heading for a third successive defeat in the County Championship after they were forced to follow on by Sussex on the third day of the Division One match at Hove

Parnell makes early impression for Sussex

Half-centuries from Adam Wheater and Owais Shah and two late wickets from David Masters helped put Essex on top against Gloucestershire

Late strikes give Essex victory chance