Cricket News

Derbyshire, bottom of the Second Division last year but early-season pacemakers this summer, lost their 100 per cent record in a tight finish

Darryll Cullinan led Kent to a 31-run Norwich Union League win over Somerset in a low-scoring game at Taunton

Sussex beat Essex by one run in a dramatic finish at Chelmsford after the home side had made encouraging early progress towards their target of 244 for victory

Shakeel's Urdu Report - Lord's Test Day 4

Unable to counter England's bowling at its devastating best, Pakistan laid down their arms for 203 in the 1st innings, accepting to follow-on, 188 behind

Calmore Sports left-hander Jeremy Goode struck a glorious 129 - only to be gazumped as Hampshire's Jason Laney led Hungerford to a thrilling Southern Electric ECB Premier League victory off the last ball at Loperwood Park

Waterlooville 129 (Oliver 29, Wootton 24, Azor 3-18, Lamb 3-22) Paultons 130-5 (Richman 37, Darnton 24, Sergeant 24, Rudder 3-16)

England beat Pakistan by an innings and nine runs in the First npower Test at Lords

Lancashire's tentative batting gifted Glamorgan their first one-day success of the season, at the seventh attempt

A couple of months ago in New Zealand, Pakistan Cricket touched rock bottom

Chad Keegan, a 21-year-old South African paceman with dual nationality, was robbed of the chance of glory on his Norwich Union League debut for Middlesex at Chester-le-Street

A half-century from Matt Windows led champions Gloucestershire to a five-wicket victory over Yorkshire in the Norwich Union League match at Bristol

Leicestershire's powerful Australian all-rounder Danny Marsh rescued his side from a precarious 19-2 to steer them to a last-over victory against Surrey at The Oval in the Norwich Union League

England's Andrew Caddick and Darren Gough must now be among the most devastating opening partnerships in world cricket

Will Mariner smashed four sixes in a blistering 40 not out as Sparsholt hit 27 runs off nine balls of the final two overs to secure a thrilling two-wicket win over Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 rivals Hambledon

England captain Nasser Hussain has been ruled out of the remaining Test series against Pakistan and possibly the NatWest Series after breaking his thumb at Lord's this morning

A discussion on the role of the third umpire in international cricket and a triennial review of on-field playing conditions will be top on agenda when the ICC Cricket Committee-Playing meets in London on May 23

Hampshire threw away the chance of a second successive Rose Bowl championship victory against Gloucestershire

Both sides batted poorly at The Oval with Surrey, 46-0 overnight, bowled out for 190 and Leicestershire following their self-destructive example in losing five wickets for 94

With more than 300 overs lost on the first three days, Nottinghamshire just used the final day of their match against Warwickshire for some batting practice and to pick up some valuable bonus points