Cricket News

SYDNEY, Aug 6 AAP - Australian captain Steve Waugh today revealed he was considering offers to play English county cricket in a bid to get some match practice for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan.

Somerset County Cricket Club are inviting all girls in the south west region to go along to the County Ground in Taunton next week to watch the England Women play and at the same time enjoy some free coaching

The Somerset cricketers travelled to Canterbury today ahead of their championship match against Kent that gets underway at the St Lawrence Ground tomorrow

St Austell: Cornwall 160 & 382-8d (JP Kent 97, JCJ Stephens 70, BP Price 63) Shropshire 161 & 19-1

Strengthening the structure of cricket at school and club level, and ensuring a natural pathway from one to the other will be the primary role of Otago Cricket's community cricket co-ordinator Geoff Rodden

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today confirmed that Warwickshire cricketer, Melvyn Betts, has received three penalty points under the ECB's new discipline code following an incident during Warwickshire's Second Xl Championship match

Lancashire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce that John Stanworth has been appointed as the first Director of LCCC's new ECB Academy at Old Trafford

"West Indian batting sensation Brian Lara has agreed to turn out for the Lashings Rest of the World XI which takes on a Gloucestershire XI in two 20 over clashes on Sunday 11 August at Nevil Road

Canada continued to demonstrate that they are a team to be reckoned with after a 5 wicket last-over victory over a West Indies A team containing 6 full internationals

Hawke's Bay batsman Jesse Ryder gave another demonstration of his batting worth when scoring 181 for the New Zealand Academy on day two of their three-day match with the Australian Academy at Townsville yesterday

Reading: Berkshire 278 (JC Morris 80, NJ Wilton 56, KJ Nash 5-96) Wiltshire 57/1

England star Marcus Trescothick was back at the County Ground this afternoon, after returning from his holiday in Spain

Glamorgan beat Scotland by nine wickets in their 45 over friendly at Sophia Gardens

One of Durham's longest serving players, Jimmy Daley is leaving the Club

Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath is to replace Australian Michael Bevan as Leicestershire's overseas player for the last five weeks of the season

Oxton: Cheshire 327-6d

Things are heating up in Division One of the Norwich Union League after Yorkshire Phoenix beat Durham Dynamos by 28 runs in the day/night clash at Headingley.

England today announced their squad for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Sri Lanka in September

Rain and no County Championship matches this past week saw most of the South African connection resting, even allowing Shaun Pollock two days to return to South Africa to join the South African training camp

In picking the 20 probables for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Colombo next month, the selectors have underlined two things