Cricket News

Michael Vaughan says he did not put himself forward for next week's Indian Premier League auction because his primary focus is a recall to England's Test team

Richard Pyrah, the Yorkshire allrounder, has a signed a contract extension with the club that will keep him at Headingley until the end of the 2010 season

England's major international venues could agree to host Test matches involving two non-English teams

Azeem Rafiq, the 17-year-old Yorkshire offspinner who was embroiled in a registration row during the summer, has been added to England's Under-19 squad to tour South Africa in January

The reigning county champions, Durham, will begin their 2009 title defence against Yorkshire on April 22 with the traditional season-opener against the MCC, at Lord's, on April 9

English counties who loose centrally contracted players to the IPL next year will seek compensation, which may have to come from the pockets of the players themselves

Yorkshire could be in trouble with the ECB over the way they went about signing allrounder Lee Hodgson from Surrey

The announcement of the 2009 English domestic fixtures has been delayed by up to a month because of the uncertainty surrounding who the first set of tourists will be

The Yorkshire batsman, Adam Lyth, has signed a new three-year contract with Yorkshire

Yorkshire have signed 22-year-old allrounder Lee Hodgson from Surrey on a two-year deal

The ECB has announced a 150% increase in prize money for next season's domestic tournaments, with the biggest prize going to winner of the County Championship

Yorkshire are the first county to confirm they will be returning to the UAE to take part in the pre-season Pro Arch Trophy, a tournament they won in 2008

Deon Kruis, the fast bowler who left Yorkshire last week, has been offered a new contract with the same club after both parties resolved their differences

Jonathan Bairstow has followed in his father's footsteps by signing a two-year contract with Yorkshire

Anthony McGrath, the Yorkshire and former England batsman, has replaced Darren Gough as the club's captain for 2009

There is a growing rift between the leading first-class counties and the ECB which could result in them trying to seize control of the English Premier League from the board

The defending champions of the Friends Provident Trophy, Essex, have been placed in Group D of next year's tournament, along with Glamorgan, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire

Half of county captains believe there are too many first-class counties in the English game, according to an end-of-season survey of all 18 domestic leaders by The Wisden Cricketer magazine

Worcestershire have signed 32-year-old former Yorkshire and Gloucestershire left-arm spinner Ian Fisher on a one-year contract for the 2009 season

Deon Kruis, the seam bowler, has left Yorkshire after failing to agree a new deal