Cricket News

Bottom placed Northants host top of the table Yorkshire as the latest round of CricInfo Championship games gets under way

Kent and Lancashire matched each other blow for blow on an eventful opening day of this sun-kissed CricInfo Championship clash in Canterbury

John Crawley produced a captain's knock to see Lancashire to a comfortable draw in their CricInfo Championship match against Surrey at the Oval

Adam Hollioake hauled Surrey into a commanding position in their CricInfo championship game with second-placed Lancashire at The AMP Oval today

A fluctuating day's cricket left the crucial CricInfo Championship game between Surrey and Lancashire at The AMP Oval evenly-poised at stumps on the second day

Surrey fought back defiantly in their CricInfo Championship game at The Oval today, frustrating second-placed Lancashire with valuable eighth and ninth-wicket stands

Chesterfield: Durham 2nd XI 322-6 (GJ Muchall 123no) Derbyshire 2nd XI 255 (SP Titchard 83) Durham won by 4 wickets

The draw for the fourth round of the C&G Trophy, with matches to be played on Wednesday 11 July, is as follows

Yorkshire have been given permission to play fast bowler Matthew Hoggard in the CricInfo Championship game against a confident Leicestershire side at Headingley tomorrow

Jamie Haynes marked his debut as a Lancashire opener with an unbeaten half-century in the seven-wicket win over Warwickshire Cricket Board at Blackpool today

Stuart Law struck his third century in as many days for Essex at Old Trafford - and again finished on the losing side

Muttiah Muralitharan earned match figures of ten for 123 as Lancashire crushed Essex by nine wickets to claim their third consecutive Championship win despite a century in each innings from Stuart Law

Stuart Law has scored 176 runs without being dismissed in Essex's Cricinfo Championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford - but still looks like ending on the losing side

Essex have a tough battle to avoid the follow-on in their CricInfo Championship match against Lancashire after centuries from Warren Hegg and Mike Atherton put the home side in a formidable position

Mike Atherton hit a superb unbeaten century to put Lancashire in a strong position after the first day of their Championship match against Essex at Old Trafford

Nasser Hussain will not return for Essex who start a new CricInfo Championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford

Lancashire, champions of the one-day league two years ago, continued to struggle in Division Two as they slumped to a ten-run defeat by last season's relegation partners

Lancashire Lightning finally broke their duck in the Norwich Union League with a comprehensive victory over the Middlesex Crusaders at Old Trafford

Lancashire completed their second consecutive Championship victory to climb to third in the First Division table and leave Leicestershire in the relegation zone

Jon Dakin was Leicestershire's all-round star on a third day of twists and turns at Old Trafford