Cricket News

Jason Kerr is leaving Somerset, and is expected to sign for another county before the start of the 2002 season

Somerset County Cricket Club have won the prestigious BBC West "Team of the Year" award for 2001

2001 has been a pretty good year for Jamie Cox

After watching his innings, the former Somerset Coach Peter Robinson, who played an important part in Marcus's early development, told me: "He batted well, and looked comfortable

Jeremy Snape was selected last night as the BBC West Country Sports Cricketer of the Year

Somerset Chief Executive was relieved at the news that the problems surrounding to the forthcoming Test series against India had been resloved and the first Test match will get underway as planned on Monday December 3rd

Somerset County Cricket Club have recruited two additional sponsors for their Junior Sabres Club, which is the junior section of the club's membership

Somerset are still waiting to hear whether or not Jimmy Ormond will be joining them for 2002

Cheltenham and Gloucester Cup hero Keith Parsons is at home recovering after undergoing an operation to rectify a knee injury

Somerset County Cricket Club held its annual presentation evening for the A.C

Somerset Head Groundsman Phil Frost was busy spiking the outfield at The County Ground at Taunton this morning

Somerset County Cricket Club have just announced that Championship opener at The County Ground against Yorkshire starting on May 8th has been nominated as the Golden Jubilee Match

Former Somerset cricketer Ray Robinson has died at the age of sixty one after a long illness

The left arm seamer who celebrated his twenty second birthday just recently told me of his frustrations during 2001

Chief Executive Peter Anderson quickly put paid to any rumours there might have been that Somerset were interested in signing England star bowler Darren Gough, who is unsettled at Yorkshire

Somerset County Cricket Club have reported a pre tax profit of £104,644 for the 2001 season

Mark Garaway Somerset's new assistant coach and Director of the ECB Reginal Academy recently started his new job at The County Ground

Speaking at The County Ground this morning Richard Johnson said, "I'm really thrilled about my selection for the England party to tour India," and went on to pay tribute to the part that Somerset and Kevin Shine had played in it

Somerset coach Kevin Shine told me earlier today that he felt Richard Johnson's call up for the England tour to India was "well deserved"

The Somerset pace bowler, Richard Johnson, and the Gloucestershire off-spinner, Martyn Ball, have called up by England as replacements for Andrew Caddick and Robert Croft for this winter's Test series in India.