Cricket News

Rain denied Hampshire the chance to beat relegation rivals Essex after Ravi Bopara had lifted his team out of a potential implosion

Rain eases Essex to a draw

A season's best 197 by Darren Stevens ensured Kent held County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire to a hard-fought draw in Tunbridge Wells

Stevens earns Kent a draw

Northamptonshire moved up to third place in Division Two of the County Championship with a nine-wicket victory over Middlesex on the final day at Lord's.

Northamptonshire earn hard-fought victory

Australia are to be denied the chance to have a look at Steven Finn ahead of the Ashes this winter

Australia denied first look at Finn

07-Jun-2010•Cricinfo staff

Gloucestershire sign Louis Gegg

Gloucestershire have signed Louis Gegg on an emerging player contract

07-Jun-2010•Cricinfo staff

Kaneria free to play for Essex and Pakistan

Danish Kaneria, who was arrested last month on suspicion of involvement in spot-fixing, is free to play for Essex and Pakistan this summer after the ECB confirmed his registration would not be suspended unless he is proven guilty

07-Jun-2010•Cricinfo staff

Kartik spins Warwickshire to defeat

The contrast could hardly have been more stark. On the 16th anniversary of Brian Lara's unbeaten 501 at Edgbaston, Warwickshire's batting failed once again, highlighting the painful difference between then and now

06-Jun-2010•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Patient Hampshire edge ahead

Essex's Matt Walker was left one run short of his first century of the season as Hampshire took a slender advantage going into day four of the County Championship Division One match at The Rose Bowl

Durham's Twenty20 Cup match against Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street was washed out on Sunday without a ball bowled

Rain frustrates at Chester-le-Street

Another impressive innings from Chesney Hughes raised Derbyshire's hopes of avoiding the follow-on before England all-rounder Luke Wright landed two late blows at Derby

Wright double strike hurts Derbyshire

Stephen Peters fell one run short of what would have been the first double-century of his career after batting for just over nine hours to put Northamptonshire in a commanding position against Middlesex at Lord's

Peters puts Middlesex to the sword

Leicestershire spinners Claude Henderson and Jigar Naik combined superbly to inflict an innings and 60-run defeat on Surrey in their County Championship Division Two match at The Brit Oval

Surrey crash to innings defeat

A season's-best unbeaten 181 by Darren Stevens took Kent into a strong position before rain and lightning arrived at Tunbridge Wells to halt play with the hosts on 478 for 6

Stevens and Tredwell prosper before the rain

James Tomlinson took three wickets as Hampshire seized the upper hand in their County Championship Division One clash with Essex at the Rose Bowl

Walker resists as Essex struggle

Stephen Peters and Alex Wakely scored a century apiece as they shared a third-wicket partnership of 182 to take Northamptonshire to 280 for 4

Peters and Wakely cash in with tons

Claude Henderson re-established Leicestershire's authority with two key wickets in five balls after Surrey had battled their way back in the match

Henderson tilts game for Leicestershire

A dogged half-century from captain Rob Key and a contrasting unbeaten 80, from 83 balls, by Darren Stevens underpinned Kent's shaky second-day reply to Nottinghamshire's 462

Stevens and Key keep Kent ticking