Cricket News

Pair Andrew Symonds with a decent batting pitch at Northampton and the end result is fairly predictable

In the only tie of the latest round to start today, Graeme Hick and Ben Smith both scored centuries as Worcestershire piled up the runs against Gloucestershire

Robert Key's second hundred of the match guided Kent to an easy nine-wicket win over the New Zealanders at Canterbury, and handed England's selectors a reminder than he remains a genuine contender for a place in the Test side

A century from Geraint Jones, along with 4 for 50 by Amjad Khan on the third day of the tour match gave Kent a realistic chance of victory against the New Zealanders

Robert Key reminded the England selectors of his worth by scoring 114 against the New Zealanders on the second day of the tour match at Canterbury

A report in today's Times claims that the Professional Cricketers' Association is so angry with the decision to allow two overseas players per county in 2005 that its members are considering strike action

Michael Papps did his chances of playing in next week's opening Test at Lord's no harm by scoring an impressive 126 against Kent at Canterbury

The ongoing battle over the way English domestic cricket should be run shifted back towards the counties and away from the England & Wales Cricket Board with the announcement that a county-dominated review group would look at the way ahead

There were draws across the board on the final day of the latest round of county matches, although some were more exciting than others

For the latest round of County Championship matches, many counties should be strengthened by the return of their members of England's one-day squad, who fly home from the Caribbean tonight.

A round-up of matches in the second round of the C&G Trophy

In the latest round of totesport League matches, Shane Warne was in winning form with the ball for Hampshire, while Stuart MacGill wrapped up Nottinghamshire's rout of Yorkshire

A wretched 24 hours for the England & Wales Cricket Board which started with the resignation of Des Wilson, ended with the news that its plans for the reform of domestic cricket being rejected by the county chairmen

On the final day of a rain-blighted round of County Championship matches, Hampshire pulled off an astonishing two-day innings victory over Leicestershire, thanks to a five-wicket haul for Dmitri Mascarenhas

In the opening round of totesport League matches, Mohammad Sami took 6 for 20 as Kent stcck past Gloucestershire by one run, while the defending champions, Surrey, were routed by Glamorgan at The Oval

Matthew Walker top-scored with an unbeaten 151, and the nightwatchman Martin Saggers scored his second first-class century, as an inspired Kent chased 429 to overwhelm Worcestershire at Canterbury

On the fourth day of the latest round of Championship matches, Kent successfully chased 429 for victory over Worcestershire, while Middlesex beat Surrey by six wickets

Frizzell County Championship scorecards

The majority of county chiefs are in favour of making changes to the current promotion and relegation system, according to a poll in the latest edition of The Wisden Cricketer magazine

The ECB has cleared the fast bowler Robbie Joseph to play for Kent with immediate effect