Cricket News

Angus Fraser, Middlesex's new director of cricket, has admitted that the Indian Premier League has altered the way the county is planning for the new season

The reigning county champions, Durham, will begin their 2009 title defence against Yorkshire on April 22 with the traditional season-opener against the MCC, at Lord's, on April 9

Middlesex's members have welcomed plans to restructure the way the county is run.

Shaun Udal, the Middlesex captain, has said the decision to cancel the Champions Twenty20 League was a shock

The inaugural Champions Twenty20 League has been pushed back by a year and will now be held in India in October 2009, the window originally identified for the tournament's second edition

English counties who loose centrally contracted players to the IPL next year will seek compensation, which may have to come from the pockets of the players themselves

The organisers of the Champions Twenty20 League are gearing up for intense negotiations in the coming weeks to get the inaugural edition of the tournament back on the road

Owais Shah has been named in Middlesex's Champions League squad, but there is no place for Andrew Strauss which confirms he will be on England duty

Ed Smith has ended months of speculation by announcing his retirement from first-class cricket

Middlesex captain Shaun Udal has said his side is comfortable being the underdogs for the inaugural Champions League and believes they can spring another shock after the win against Kent in the finals of the domestic Twenty20 Cup back in July

Middlesex batsman Ed Joyce has admitted he is finding it difficult preparing to represent the club in the Champions League after securing his move to Sussex for next season

Middlesex are still hopeful of having Owais Shah available for the Champions League next month if he isn't involved in England's warm-up match in Baroda, while they haven't ruled out being able to play Andrew Strauss

The announcement of the 2009 English domestic fixtures has been delayed by up to a month because of the uncertainty surrounding who the first set of tourists will be

Middlesex's chief executive has said the club does "feel penalised" over rules that would prevent their leading players

Murali Kartik, the Middlesex left-arm spinner, has said that the Stanford 20/20 Super Series, "for all its glitz and glamour", was hit by technical glitches, and that his team and Trinidad and Tobago were treated differently "like step-cousins"

Middlesex have been dealt another blow with news that they will be without five of their leading players for December's Champions League

After months of speculation, Middlesex have finally confirmed that Ed Joyce will leave the county at the end of the year and move to Sussex

The Stanford Superstars sent out a major warning to England ahead of Saturday's main event as they swept aside Middlesex by 58 runs

The Stanford Superstars sent out a major warning to England ahead of Saturday's main event as they swept aside Middlesex by 58 runs

A superbly paced 41 off 28 balls by Denesh Ramdin powered Trinidad and Tobago to victory over Middlesex in the battle of the trans-Atlantic Twenty20 champions and with it the prize of US$280,000