Cricket News

Despite a superb 106 from Jacques Rudolph, leaders Yorkshire could only manage a draw with Essex at Chelmsford after they had been set 369 runs to win in 83 overs

Mark Cosgrove scored his third century of the season to put Glamorgan in a useful position going into the final day of their County Championship match against Leicestershire at Swansea

Geraint Jones defied Somerset's bowlers for nearly three hours on a turning pitch to lead Kent to a draw at Taunton.

Eoin Morgan scored 58 in his first County Championship appearance of the season for Middlesex but Sussex are 211 runs ahead at 109 for 5 in their second innings and remain in control of the Division Two top-versus-bottom match at Uxbridge

Greg Smith made his highest score for nearly two months to give Derbyshire a chance of a first Championship victory since late April at Derby

Essex have signed Australian legspinner Bryce McGain until the end of the current county season

A burst of three wickets in nine balls from Chris Tremlett saw Surrey wrap up victory by an innings and 175 runs against Northamptonshire at The Oval

Derbyshire opener Wayne Madsen was denied a batting 'hat-trick' as Worcestershire's bowlers hit back on a rain interrupted day in their County Championship Division Two clash at the County Ground

Ravi Bopara's second century of the match and an unbeaten 90 from Alastair Cook put Essex firmly in control of their battle against County Championship leaders Yorkshire at Chelmsford

Robert Croft created history by becoming the first player Glamorgan player to achieve the 1,000-wicket, 10,000-run double in county cricket on the second day of their County Championship clash against Leicestershire at Swansea

Superb bowling by James Anderson and Glen Chapple put Lancashire in a strong position at Chester-le-Street, only for rain to restrict play to 21 overs on the third day

Not a ball was bowled on the third day of Somerset's County Championship match against Kent at Taunton. Rain started to fall about 15 minutes before the scheduled 11am start and several heavy showers followed.

Andrew Strauss was dismissed for just eight as Middlesex fought to stay in the game against Sussex in a weather-affected County Championship Division Two match at Uxbridge

There was some irony in the timing of a reunion of three of Warwickshire's treble-winners. For even as Andy Moles, Paul Smith and Gladstone Small were reminiscing over the glory days of 1994, they were witnessing the current vintage of Warwickshire batsme

Luke Wright hit the last ball of the day from Steven Finn for six to reach his first hundred of the season in spectacular style after leading a lower-order fightback by Sussex on the first day of their County Championship game against Middlesex

There were times during this innings when watching Mark Wagh bat was rather like watching a dry stone waller ply his craft

Murali Kartik produced an exemplary display of left-arm spin bowling to lead a determined Somerset fightback on the second day at Taunton.

Luke Sutton's second century of the season carried Lancashire out of danger against Durham in a game at Chester-le-Street which has lost 75 overs on the first two days

Adam Lyth continued his impressive form as Yorkshire replied to an Essex total of 399 in their County Championship Division One clash at Chelmsford

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan moved into overdrive on his Worcestershire debut after opener David Wheeldon got stuck in the slow lane at Derby