Cricket News

Mike Hussey has been reappointed Northamptonshire captain for next season

Hampshire Hawk's dismal season ended on a high note with a exciting 6 wicket victory over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks to bring the curtain down on The Rose Bowl Season

Robin Smith will lead out the Hampshire side for the last time this Sunday, as he takes his place for only the second time this season in a Norwich Union League Division Two game, when the Northamptonshire Steelbacks visit the Rose Bowl

Gloucestershire Gladiators wrapped up the division two title with a 52-run victory over Derbyshire Scorpions at Bristol

Northamptonshire Steelbacks' promotion hopes were dealt a blow as Essex Eagles secured a four-wicket victory at Colchester in division two of the Norwich Union League

It's hotting up at the top of the Norwich Union League

Any hopes Hampshire Hawks had of gaining promotion to Division I of the Norwich Union League were thrown into disarray as they suffered a fifth successive defeat away to Northamptonshire Steelbacks, to languish well away from the top three.

Yorkshire have maintained their dominance of the Frizzell Women's County Championship by winning the competition for the eleventh time in twelve years at Cambridge today

All matches in the Frizzell Women's County Championship were abandoned at midday following heavy rain in Cambridge

Yorkshire have tightened their grip on their County Championship crown by beating Nottinghamshire today by three wickets at King's College

All Frizzell Women's County Championship matches are one-day 50 over per side

Northants Steelbacks have breezed to a seven-wicket victory over Derbyshire Scorpions in a floodlit Norwich Union League second division tussle at Wantage Road

Worcestershire Royals have gone clear at the top of the first division in the Norwich Union League with a five-wicket victory over Kent Spitfires at Canterbury

Worcestershire Royals moved back level on points with Warwickshire Bears at the top of the Norwich Union League Division One table thanks to an eight-wicket victory over Somerset Sabres at Taunton

Division two seems, at this early stage to be splitting into two mini-divisions of its own, with Essex, Middlesex, Derbyshire and Worcestershire in pursuit of promotion while the rest struggle to contend with apparently limited playing resources

Milton Keynes: Northamptonshire 288-9 (DE Paynter 141) Leicestershire 242-8 (RJ Cunliffe 79, AS Wright 62) Northamptonshire won by 46 runs

With Glamorgan improving after a poor start to the season, and Middlesex anxious to take full advantage of their game in hand during Derbyshire's week off, this promises to be an interesting contest

Durham v Worcestershire (Chester-le-Street) In Sheriyar and Harmison, these counties both possess bowlers of extreme pace but limited accuracy

Derbyshire v Glamorgan at Derby Derbyshire retained their second place despite having lost their first game of the season Derbyshire will be delighted if they are able to field their captain and leading wicket taker Dominic Cork for this game, his

If Durham are to get their season going they must start soon