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Northants and Leicestershire delicately poised

Northamptonshire skipper David Ripley faces a difficult declaration on the final day of his side's Division One contest with Leicestershire at Wantage Road

25-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Afridi's thunder keeps Leicestershire in the hunt

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi upstaged Australia's Mike Hussey as Leicestershire mounted an entertaining reply to Northamptonshire's 469 all out in the Division One tussle at Wantage Road

24-Aug-2001•Andrew Radd

Hussey keeps Northants' Division One hope alive

Mike Hussey dominated yet another day's Championship cricket at Wantage Road, taking an unbeaten 150 off Leicestershire's attack to earn Northamptonshire the honours on a rain-shortened opening day

23-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Leicestershire stretch lead but the drop looms for Northants in NUL

Leicestershire Foxes stretched their lead at the top of the Norwich Union League's first division to ten points after dispatching struggling Northamptonshire Steelbacks by seven wickets under the floodlights at Wantage Road

22-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Bicknell ton sets up easy win for Notts

Darren Bicknell's sixth NCL century set the platform for Notts to claim their first home victory over Northants in six meetings

19-Aug-2001•Dave Bracegridle

Lancashire and Northants in dull draw

Lancashire ground out a dull draw at Old Trafford to leave Northants in even deeper relegation trouble

18-Aug-2001•Andy Wilson

Draw looks likely between Lancs and Northants after Warren's heroics

Russell Warren hit 194 to allow his Northamptonshire captain David Ripley to make a challenging declaration on the third day at Old Trafford

17-Aug-2001•Andy Wilson

Northants face tough task despite Hussey's efforts

Northants are facing a tough battle to avoid the follow-on in their CricInfo Championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford mainly because of John Crawley's 280

16-Aug-2001•Andy Wilson

Crawley finds top form in relegation battle

John Crawley hit the fifth double century of his career as Lancashire made Northants suffer on the first day at Old Trafford

15-Aug-2001•Andy Wilson

Promotion and relegation issues at stake in new round of CricInfo Championship games

Yorkshire have Michael Vaughan, Craig White and new pace sensation Steve Kirby in their side to play Leicestershire at Grace Road

14-Aug-2001•CricInfo

Fulton nudges selectors as Kent settle for bonus points

David Fulton fell just three runs short of a second double-century in successive matches as Kent secured maximum bonus points from a draw with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road

11-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Prolific Fulton bags another century

David Fulton reminded the England selectors of his Ashes credentials with a seventh Championship century of the season as Kent replied strongly to Northamptonshire's 355 all out at Wantage Road

10-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Frustrating day as rain is the winner at Northampton

Rain allowed only 55 minutes' play on the second day of the Division One contest between Northamptonshire and Kent at Wantage Road

09-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Warren and Penberthy stage recovery with record-breaking stand

Russell Warren and Tony Penberthy shared a record-breaking partnership to leave Northamptonshire handily placed at the end of a rain-shortened day against third-placed Kent at Wantage Road

08-Aug-2001•Robin Reid

Hussey hammers Essex in explosive Northants win

Northamptonshire charged to their first Championship victory of the season by ten wickets after a sensational run chase against fellow Division One strugglers Essex at Wantage Road

30-Jul-2001•Robin Reid

Essex face struggle on last day at Northampton

Paul Grayson and James Foster mounted a brave, if ultimately unsuccessful, bid to avoid the follow-on as Essex struggled to stay afloat against fellow first division strugglers Northamptonshire at Northampton

29-Jul-2001•Robin Reid

Records tumble as Hussey hits triple century

Mike Hussey put himself in illustrious company with a magnificent unbeaten 329 for Northamptonshire in their Division One contest with Essex at Wantage Road

28-Jul-2001•Robin Reid

Hussey dominates proceedings with double hundred

Mike Hussey reached 1,000 runs in his debut season on the county circuit as Northamptonshire claimed the first-day honours against their fellow Division One strugglers Essex at Wantage Road

27-Jul-2001•Robin Reid

Roy Virgin quits post at Northants

Northamptonshire's Cricket Committee Chairman, Roy Virgin, is standing down after nearly five years in the post

27-Jul-2001•Robin Reid

Essex squad announced for Northants clash

A P Grayson, R S Clinton, D D J Robinson, S G Law, P M Such, R C Irani (Captain), S D Peters, J S Foster (Wicket-keeper), G R Napier, T J Phillips, A P Cowan, J E Bishop

25-Jul-2001•Media Release

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