Cricket News

Callum Ferguson had a debut to remember for Worcestershire as he scored 192 in a record-breaking six-wicket over Leicestershire in the Royal London One-Day Cup

A fine unbeaten century from Adam Lyth saw Yorkshire through to a supremely comfortable nine-wicket victory over Leicestershire

Derbyshire survived a late assault from Tom Wells to go top of the Royal London One-Day Cup North Group with a five-run victory

Paul Horton has been named as his replacement across all formats

Samit Patel's 62-ball hundred heaped untold levels of suffering upon the Leicester crowd as Notts raced to new batting heights on the ground

The ECB's proposed 100-ball format has been cooked up to fit the TV schedules, according to former England spinner Graeme Swann

Mohammad Amir should be fir for the first Test and that was the most positive aspect that could be drawn from Pakistan's final workout against Leicestershire

There were half-centuries for Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman and Usman Salahuddin as Pakistan enjoyed a gentle workout in Leicester

Leicestershire's chief executive has provided the clearest hint yet that the days of promotion and relegation in the County Championship could be coming to an end

Northants' woeful batting form brought a dismal start in the Championship and a change of formats brought more of the same

Leicestershire won their first Championship match in 19 attempts and had to survive a tail-end battering from Marchant de Lange as they crept home by three runs

Paul Horton's aggressive fifty followed the excellent work of Leicestershire's bowlers to dismantle Glamorgan

An x-ray revealed that Lewis Hill's arm was not broken after he was struck by Marchant de Lange, but that was about as far as the good news went for Leicestershire

Daryl Mitchell, chairman of the Professional Cricketers Association, insisted that the 100-ball format is "not set in stone" after a meeting between the ECB and a players' delegation at Edgbaston

Durham defended 148 inside the final session and even overcame an injury to talisman Chris Rushworth

Durham's openers have given them a chance of avoiding defeat against Leicestershire with an opening stand of 152 in the follow-on

Aiden Markram was dismissed for a duck for the third time in three innings as Durham's batting woes at Emirates Riverside continued

Paul Collingwood's insertion looked straightforward enough, but it did not turn out as he planned as Leicestershire put up stiff resistance

Dieter Klein could have sacrificed his wicket when Ben Raine appeared at the same end, but he didn't and Leicestershire paid the penalty

Not much to tell at Grace Road. And that is a common theme of a Championship shoved to the margins of the season