Cricket News

Four days after their return from England, Sri Lanka's disheartened cricketers were pressed back into action against Test greenhorns Bangladesh

Somerset slipped further into the Division One relegation zone at Taunton today when they were beaten by Sussex by an innings, with one day to spare

Accounts of the West Indies `A' Team in England have been sketchy so we have to await the reports of manager Joel Garner and coach Gus Logie for a proper assessment of the value of the tour, collectively and individually

LAHORE, July 20: Test captains have opposed the proposal of use of technology to assist umpires in adjudging leg before decisions, Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis said Saturday

Channel Four cricket presenter Dermot Reeve was married to Fiona Parkes at Hornsbury Mill, near Chard at the end of last week

A magnificent innings of 125 from 119 balls by Darren Stevens put Leicestershire Foxes into a winning position in their Norwich Union League Division One match at Chester-le-Street

It is a sign of the times that of the twenty names put forward as a provisional list for the ECB National Academy to go to Australia at the end of the current season, two of them are from the British Asian community

New Zealand was a big winner from the unbeaten tour of Europe by the TelstraClear White Ferns in more ways than one

Discarded Hampshire opener Derek Kenway cracked an undefeated 135 for Hambledon against New Milton at Ridge Meadow

Somerset Under-19's two day game against Gloucestershire at Keynsham fell foul of the weather last week, and in the end they had to settle for first innings win

BAT Sports have moved 25 points clear in their bid to retain the ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship

A magnificent innings of 125 from 119 balls by Darren Stevens has put Leicestershire Foxes into a good position in their Norwich Union League Division One match at Chester-le-Street

Flashing blades and crashing stumps were the order of the day as West Indies A took total control of their three-day match with Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Lymington propelled themselves into the heart of the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 promotion race with a comprehensive 109-run victory over United Services at the Sports Ground

Luke Merry celebrated a hat-trick before Jimmy Adams hit a match-winning 48 not out to seal the Hampshire Academy's four-wicket win at Rowledge - a result which keeps the county youngsters at the top of Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2

Craig White admitted that he thought his time as an England player might be up before he was recalled to England's squad for the first npower Test against India at Lord's.

The surprise talking point at the picturesque Rose Bowl, where Hampshire took on India just days before the npower Test series starts, was the wicket

England's women slipped to a comprehensive 63-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the final of the 2002 Tri-Series tournament at Chester-le-Street.

After the earlier games of this tri-nation series it appeared that New Zealand would cruise to an easy victory if only the weather gods would play fair

SYDNEY, July 20 AAP - Mike Hussey won a prestigious race against Mark Ramprakash yesterday.