Cricket News

Alfonso Thomas claimed five for 41, his best figures in this country, as Somerset bowled out Warwickshire for 127 on the opening day of their County Championship Division One clash at Taunton

Three Worcestershire batsmen made half-centuries but none were able to go on to make the most of ideal batting conditions on the first day of their County Championship Division Two tussle against Sussex at Hove

A round-up of the Clydesdale Bank 40 county fixtures on May 23

Middlesex eased to a comfortable victory over Netherlands in their Clydesdale Bank 40 encounter in Amstelveen

The Unicorns stunned Sussex by making the highest score by any side batting second in the history of 40-over cricket to beat the reigning champions by six wickets at Arundel

Craig Kieswetter returned to the Somerset team with a half-century as the Group A leaders maintained their successful Clydesdale Bank record with a 71-run win over Worcestershire at Bath

Gloucestershire's seam bowlers held their nerve to beat Northamptonshire in a thrilling finale at Bristol and keep alive their prospects of reaching the semi-finals of the Clydesdale Bank 40

Leicestershire kept their slim hopes of a Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final place alive with a comprehensive seven-wicket win over an out-of-sorts Durham at the Riverside

Graeme White's first five-wicket haul took Nottinghamshire up to second place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C as Scotland suffered a second defeat in as many days in Edinburgh

Surrey produced a dominant display at Old Trafford to all but end Lancashire's chances of progression in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Centuries by Hampshire left-handers Jimmy Adams and Michael Carberry turned the Clydesdale Bank 40 formbook upside down at Edgbaston.

Kent cruised to their first win of the season by claiming a nine-wicket win over Scotland in their Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C clash at the Grange in Edinburgh

Essex beat Holland by just one run as the hosts came close to causing a huge Clydesdale Bank 40 upset in Amstelveen

David Hussey, the Australia and Victoria batsman, will lead Nottinghamshire in the Friends Provident Twenty20 competition this English domestic season

Clint McKay, the Australia and Victoria fast bowler, has been signed up by Yorkshire for this season's Twenty20 competition in England

A contest that remained intriguingly in the balance throughout fittingly went the distance - or almost - before Hampshire pulled off a stunning victory with seven balls to spare, breaking their duck for the season after a dismal start and stopping Notting

Alex Wakely's half-century helped Northamptonshire to a thrilling three-wicket victory over Championship leaders Sussex on day three at Wantage Road

Worcestershire's recovery from relegation to Division Two of the County Championship - and a subsequent £300,000 cut in their playing budget - continued at New Road as they overcame Derbyshire by eight wickets to register their third win of the season

A brilliant 68-ball century from James Hildreth guided Somerset to their first County Championship win of the season and inflicted Yorkshire's first defeat

The County Championship Division Two match between Surrey and Middlesex at the Brit Oval petered out into a draw, but not before both Mark Ramprakash and Andrew Strauss added more significant runs to their match aggregates