Cricket News

Northamptonshire Steelbacks broke their duck in the Norwich Union League this season at the sixth attempt, courtesy of a three-wicket victory over Yorkshire Phoenix at Wantage Road

Mike Hussey, Northamptonshire's overseas player, has been awarded his county cap

West End, Southampton: Hampshire 2nd XI 204 (J Laney 74, J Adams 55) Gloucester 2nd XI 113 Hampshire 2nd XI won by 91 runs

Yorkshire had to settle for 10 points from a draw as the weather ruined the prospect of a good finish against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road

Mike Hussey's gritty 122 held up the first division leaders Yorkshire on another fascinating day's CricInfo Championship cricket at Wantage Road

David Byas was at his resilient best to earn Division One leaders Yorkshire a valuable 56-run advantage over Northamptonshire on another hot and humid day at Wantage Road

Division One leaders Yorkshire collected maximum bowling points against bottom-of-the-table Northamptonshire in hot and steamy conditions at Wantage Road

Bottom placed Northants host top of the table Yorkshire as the latest round of CricInfo Championship games gets under way

After taking four wickets in the pre-lunch session, Glamorgan must have fancied their chances of recording their second Championship win of the season

Northamptonshire have not won a County Championship match at the Sophia Gardens ground in Cardiff since 1976, and this sequence looks like continuing after they were forced to forced to follow-on in mid-afternoon after being bowled out for 344 as

Northamptonshire had built a solid platform in their bid to avoid the follow-on at the end of day two of the CricInfo Championship clash with Glamorgan at Cardiff

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), with support from Sport England via the Lottery Sports Fund, has offered licences to seven First Class Counties to establish the foundations of a new national network of ECB County Cricket Academies

Jimmy Maher scored his second consecutive CricInfo Championship century as Glamorgan's top order put Northamptonshire's bowling to the sword at Cardiff today

Northamptonshire's Director of Cricket, Bob Carter, has agreed a new two-year deal with the club

The draw for the fourth round of the C&G Trophy, with matches to be played on Wednesday 11 July, is as follows

Yorkshire have been given permission to play fast bowler Matthew Hoggard in the CricInfo Championship game against a confident Leicestershire side at Headingley tomorrow

Northamptonshire were able to shrug off the challenge of the county's own Board XI by nine wickets at Wantage Road, despite a magnificent century from Academy batsman David Paynter

Yorkshire Phoenix ended a run of three consecutive defeats in Division One of the Norwich Union League by gaining a 16-run victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks who are still searching for their first win after five outings

Ian Blackwell joined some of Somerset's all-time batting greats in the record books by notching his second century of the match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road

Northamptonshire's hopes of notching a first Championship win of the season were boosted by four wickets in the final session to leave Somerset hanging on by their fingernails at Wantage Road