Cricket News

Nottinghamshire announced that Jason Gallian has been awarded a benefit in 2005

Jenny Thompson presents a review of the 2004 county season

A Warwickshire player is to appear before an ECB disciplinary panel on Monday (Sept 20) after reportedly failing a drugs test

Yorkshire have released Steve Kirby, the right-arm fast bowler, at his own request

Gary Keedy, Lancashire's left-arm spinner, picked up 7 for 132 on the final day at Old Trafford, but Gloucestershire, helped by a century from Chris Taylor, still made 289 to set Lancashire an improbable 290 to win

Lancashire's slim hopes of avoiding relegation final disappeared at a damp Old Trafford when an attempted hook from Andy Crook shortly after 4pm was held in the deep by Ian Fisher

It is being widely reported that Surrey's bid to sign Stephen Fleming in 2005 are at an advanced stage

Lancashire came within two wickets of defeating Worcestershire but the draw leaves them having to beat Gloucestershire in their final match - and they also need to get three more bonus points that their opponents

The only dampener on Warwickshire's delight at winning their first Championship since 1995 was the fact that the title was decided by events elsewhere rather than while they were on the field

As pre-season title favourites Lancashire slid closer to relegation with a 147-run defeat at home to Surrey, it was clear the strain was getting to Warren Hegg, their embattled captain

Warwickshire have been crowned as the 2004 County Champions, after Sussex - the previous title-holders and the only team that could have caught them - slumped to defeat in a topsy-turvy encounter against Middlesex

Scotland ended their second season of National League cricket with an emphatic victory over Derbyshire at the Grange

the enthusiasm of Chris Adams, in his eighth year as Sussex captain, remains undiminished, and he has ended speculation that he was about to stand down by telling the local newspaper that he is keen to continue - if he is wanted

In the first division, a hundred from Ed Smith on the third day at Canterbury put Kent in an excellent position against Northants

Dominic Cork has been awarded his Lancashire county cap by the club's president, Sir Dennis Landau, in a brief ceremony on Wednesday morning at Old Trafford

Six matches, six draws: the weather certainly came out on top in the latest round of matches in the Frizzell County Championship

The Australian batsman, Martin Love, has signed a one-year contract to play for Northamptonshire in 2005

Championship leaders Warwickshire's match at Bristol ended in a tame draw, with Mark Wagh and Jonathan Trott's half-centuries taking Warwickshire to 308 for 8 after Gloucestershire had amassed 592 for 8 declared thanks to Craig Spearman's 237

In a move thought to be unprecedented in county cricket, Worcestershire's Ben Smith has resigned the county captaincy in the middle of a match

Ray Price, the Zimbabwean left-arm spinner, is the latest player to sign for an English county as a non-overseas player under the "Kolpack" ruling