Cricket News

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

Worcestershire Royals extended their lead at the top of the first division of the Norwich Union League to eight points with a six-wicket victory over Yorkshire Phoenix at Worcester

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

Under most circumstances, a 20-year-old English all-rounder scoring a classy fifty and taking a couple of vital top order wickets in front of a television audience would attract considerable attention from the media

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

Hampshire Hawks completed a resounding victory over near neighbours Sussex Sharks at the Rose Bowl to leap into third place in the Norwich Union League Division II table.

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

The Frizzell County Championship Division One table is, baring Yorkshire at the bottom, extremely tight with just 12 points separating Hampshire in third and Lancashire in eighth

Hampshire Hawks return to Norwich Union National League action on Sunday when they host Sussex Sharks at The Rose Bowl.

It was a frustrating day at the Rose Bowl on Friday, the third day of the Frizzell County Championship match was washed out, but not after the umpires had made five inspection trips to the middle.

While only just over ten overs were possible on the first day, the second made up for lost time with the loss of 14 wickets, and Hampshire on the receiving end of a dismal batting collapse to boot.

Only 10 overs and three balls were possible on the first day of the Frizzell County Championship match against Sussex at The Rose Bowl.

Hampshire v Sussex - Southampton The two highest-placed promoted sides meet in a confrontation that could prove key to their end-of-season placings, in particular for Sussex, whose points average rather than points total puts them in seventh, not

Hampshire return to Frizzell County Championship action for the first time in two weeks, when they take on neighbours Sussex starting at The Rose Bowl on Wednesday 3rd July.

Warwickshire Bears went top of the Norwich Union League Division One with victory over Kent Spitfires at Edgbaston

Both of these sides have had mixed seasons so far, each registering two wins from five outings, and both would almost certainly have gone down to defeat had Surrey enforced the follow-on at Old Trafford in round six

Canterbury: Kent 318-5 (GO Jones 117, MJ Dennington 94*, JB Hockley 67) MCC Young Cricketers 200 Kent won by 118 runs

Headingley: Nottinghamshire 245-9 (P Johnson 72) Yorkshire 249-6 (SA Richardson 92, PJ McMahon 4-44) Yorkshire won by 4 wickets

Chris Adams has been given the all-clear following a ligament injury to his left knee

The Will of Sussex multi-millionaire, Spenta Cama, whose estate has been valued at £23 million for probate purposes, was revealed to the public on 18th June and Sussex County Club has been named as a beneficiary