Cricket News

If day One belonged to Hampshire, Day 2 belonged to the home side Gloucestershire as they finish the day just 53 runs behind with 6 wickets remaining.

Cricket fans are expected to flood the Trent Bridge switchboard with a barrage of calls on Monday when tickets for the Twenty20 Cup Finals Day are released on general sale

1935 Lord Ted is born ..

A monumental innings of 194 not out by Mark Vermeulen, Zimbabwe's opening batsman, dominated the first day of their match against Sussex at Hove

Somerset duo Andy Caddick and Rob Turner are among a host of stars backing SportsAid's Sporting Celebrity Online Auction - hoping to raise funds for young and disabled sporting talent

At the end of last week whilst the Sabres were up in Scotland the rest of the squad and some of the Academy students took part in a `Superstars' competition back at the County Ground

Glenn McGrath has admitted that his well-publicised argument with Ramnaresh Sarwan on the fourth day of the Antigua Test left him feeling

When Andy Flower and Henry Olonga protested the "death of democracy", the Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak insisted that sport and politics could not mix

Somerset tightened their grip on the county championship match against Glamorgan at Taunton and by the end of the second day's play they had a first innings lead of 194 with four wickets remaining

Rod Marsh, chief coach at England's academy and recently appointed as a selector, has dismissed arguments that English cricketers play too much cricket during the year

With the heat of the battle over, Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan have kissed and made up after their ugly confrontation in the fourth Test in Antigua

The Gauteng Cricket Board, as part of its strengthening programme, has acquired the services of two exceptional players

The Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB), South Africa, has announced that it has signed up Javagal Srinath to play for them next season

Zimbabwe's captain, Heath Streak, will play against Sussex in the four-day tour match which starts at Hove tomorrow, after recovering from a back injury that dogged him throughout last week's game against Worcestershire

Marcus Trescothick was in majestic mood at the County Ground in Taunton today scoring an impressive 70 runs to put Somerset in a strong position at the end of the first day of their championship match against Glamorgan

Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of Lancashire's County Championship fixture against Essex after suffering a suspected compressed nerve in his shoulder, and is a doubt for England's first Test against Zimbabwe

Ricky Ponting may have been named Man of the Series after Tuesday's thrilling fourth Test in Antigua, but his absence from that match has enabled Matthew Hayden to reclaim second place in the PwC batting ratings

James Anderson has become the youngest player ever to take a hat-trick for Lancashire, as Essex slumped to 97 for 7 at lunch on the first day of the Frizzell County Championship Division One match at Old Trafford

Somerset are on well on top after the first day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan

Hampshire's Pakistan overseas star Wasim AKram was rested for the Frizzell County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Bristol today