Cricket News

Mick Newell has urged the English game to resist the temptation to restructure the County Championship into conferences.

Eoin Morgan, England's limited-overs captain, has thrown his weight behind the ECB's 100-ball concept, describing himself as a "big fan"

On Wednesday they revealed widespread misgivings about the "future of the game", ahead of the meeting with the ECB on May 8 to discuss the new 100-ball tournament

Somerset fast bowler could miss a month with a muscle tear, while Leicestershire's Zak Chappell has been subject to an approach from Warwickshire

Joe Root, England's Test captain, has welcomed ECB plans for a new-team competition in 2020, suggesting it will appeal to a "completely new audience"

Luke Wells scored an unbeaten century as Sussex batted out for a draw against Leicestershire

Leicestershire faced a formidable Sussex total but Colin Ackermann looked it in the eye to bring hopes of a solid start to the season

Michael Burgess made a century against his former club and Ishant Sharma was able to raise his bat for the first time in his career

Luke Wright and Ben Brown had put Sussex in a solid position but their hard work was undone

The ECB took the game by surprise when it announced that the new city-based tournament to be launched in 2020 will be based around a 100-ball concept rather than T20

The return of an FA Cup-style knockout competition and the restructuring of the County Championship into a conference system will be on the agenda when an ECB working party meets in the coming days

The India quick was picked as the Pakistan duo of Mohammad Abbas and Sohail Abbas are unavailable due to international commitments and an injury, respectively

Medical professionals will judge whether a player is unfit to continue as the ECB takes on the thorny challenge of like-for-like replacements

Former board member warns that key principles of county game are at stake as he elaborates on stinging criticism of ECB

ECB's standards of corporate governance 'fall well short of what's acceptable', says former Somerset chairman

Veteran batsman takes charge at Grace Road, with Tom Smith joining as second XI coach

Leicestershire have swooped to grab Matt Mason as their new bowling coach as Worcestershire's reshuffle plans run into trouble

Leicestershire have made a double Pakistan pace bowler signing for the 2018 season, with Paul Nixon beginning his tenure as head coach by bringing in Mohammad Abbas and Sohail Khan to share overseas player duties

Nixon, twice the winning coach with Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League, enjoyed a long and successful playing career with the club