Cricket News

A round-up from the opening day of the County Championship season

Cricinfo previews the counties in Division One of the County Championship for 2008

A number of counties are waiting anxiously for the outcome of the ECB meeting on Wednesday that will determine the fate of player registrations which have been affected by the Indian Cricket League

Two of England's leading international grounds, Lord's and The Oval, are considering making an offer to stage exhibition games involving sides from the IPL

Lawyers working for the Indian Cricket League are preparing the ground to file lawsuits against the ECB, following yesterday's news that five ICL players have been refused registration by the England board

Five foreign players, each of whom applied to join counties as Kolpaks, have been refused registration by the ECB

Kent have signed Yasir Arafat as their overseas player for the 2008 season

Andrew McGlashan reviews the current positions regarding players who have signed with the ICL and who are hoping to play in England this summer

The ECB is reviewing options for changing the structure of the Twenty20 Cup including allowing extra overseas players and expanding the tournament

Paul Millman, Kent's chief executive, has appealed to players' associations across the world to hold talks with India's Twenty20 leagues as well as the ECB to avoid a possible legal showdown over the status of players in county cricket.

Amjad Khan, Kent's quick bowler, can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel as he gets closer to a comeback following the knee surgery which kept him out for the entire 2007 season

Confusion continues to surround county players who have signed with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League

English counties are expected to introduce 12-month contracts as soon as possible as a result of the emergence of the Indian Cricket League and the Indian Premier League

A number of counties face starting the 2008 season without their high-profile overseas players

The ECB has taken a hard line against unofficial tournaments with a clear message that anyone participating in or hosting them will in effect be ostracised

Min Patel, the former England left-arm spinner, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket after an 19-year career with Kent

Justin Kemp, the South Africa allrounder, has signed a two-year Kolpak deal with Kent after retiring from international cricket

English cricket will receive around £30 million from the ECB over the next five years to help improve facilities and boost club cricket

Not only is there a divide between the haves and have-not counties, if Leicestershire chairman Neil Davidson is to be believed, but there is also disagreement between the chairmen themselves

The chairman of Leicestershire, Neil Davidson, has hit out at the financial inequality affecting the future of English county cricket after compiling a damning report which highlights the massive divide within the game