Cricket News

Owais Shah was unbeaten on 86, his highest championship score for two years, when heavy rain arrived at Chester-le-Street with Middlesex on 182 for two after 62 overs

Jamie Grove and Peter Bowler come into the Somerset squad in place of England Test players Andy Caddick and Marcus Trescothick for tomorrow's CricInfo Championship clash against Kent

Stephen Fleming produced an innings of international class to lead Middlesex to a five-wicket win at Bristol after Gloucestershire had set a target of 293 in 82 overs

Matt Windows emerged from a worrying sequence of three successive ducks to bat Gloucestershire into a strong position at Bristol

Stephen Fleming rescued Middlesex from a precarious 5-2 with his first CricInfo Championship half-century on an attritional second day at Bristol

Kim Barnett's unbeaten 92 led Gloucestershire to 247-7 on the first day of the Cricinfo Championship Division Two match with Middlesex at Bristol

A new round of CricInfo Championship games sees several fascinating clashes in both divisions

Despite a determined innings of 73 from captain Stephen Fleming, Middlesex were beaten by 71-runs to end their interest in this year's competition

Hampshire's batting, lacking the substance which was so prevalent in the Middlesex middle order earlier in the day, gradually crumbled as they chased 226 for victory

A century from Murray Goodwin and some disciplined bowling swept Sussex to a convincing 61-run over Middlesex in their Benson & Hedges South Group match at Hove

An enthralling finish at Lord's saw Middlesex scramble home by one run in their reduced-overs Benson & Hedges match against Kent who seemed to be progressing comfortably at one stage on 102 for 3 after 24 overs, chasing 147 for victory

As in all competitions in this early season, the rain has had its say in the first round of the Benson & Hedges matches

The championship match at Derby was washed out shortly after tea on the final day, but the game was a significant one for Dominic Cork

Richard Illingworth returned his best championship figures since 1997 on another day dominated by the bowlers at Derby

The Middlesex bowlers spoiled Dominic Cork's comeback as Derbyshire struggled on a slow Derby pitch

Heavy overnight rain prevented any play on the final day of the CricInfo Championship Second Division match between Middlesex and Worcestershire at Lord's

An attritional day of cricket at Lord's on the third day of the rain affected CricInfo Championship match took Middlesex, with five wickets standing, into a one run lead over Worcestershire

Thanks to David Leatherdale, who fell seven short of what would have been a well-deserved century, Worcestershire recovered strongly enough from their afternoon's collapse to declare at 301 for eight, having got their third batting point

On a day curtailed by rain, Graeme Hick hit an unbeaten 37 as Worcestershire stood at 73 for one at the close against Middlesex at Lord's in the CricInfo Championship.

The CricInfo Championship starts today with Surrey launching their bid to be the first team since the 1960s to win the title in three successive years