Cricket News

It took Surrey six games last season to record their first Championship victory. When Northamptonshire slid to 163 for 7 on the second day at The Oval, Surrey looked on the way to winning at the first attempt this time round but Andrew Hall and James Midd

To some, Damien Wright and Gerard Brophy represent everything that is wrong with county cricket

On a day when Ashes hero Alastair Cook made only six runs, Sam Northeast launched his season with a magnificent 112 to hold the Kent innings together against Essex

Lancashire captain Glen Chapple recorded his 750th first-class wicket for the county on a topsy-turvy opening day of the new season against Sussex at Liverpool

Claude Henderson began the new season in style with his first County Championship half-century since September 2009

Dale Benkenstein led the way with an immaculate century as Durham made the most of bright sunshine and an easy-paced wicket at the Rose Bowl

Surrey were left to ponder another day of what might have been as their top-order batsmen squandered good conditions and a series of bright starts to end a middling 322 all out against Northamptonshire at The Oval

Will Gidman marked his Gloucestershire debut with a battling 89 as the new-look home side fought back hard on the opening day of the County Championship season at Bristol

Adil Rashid challenged the theory that New Road is an early-season graveyard for slow bowlers as Yorkshire began their County Championship campaign by dismissing Worcestershire for 286

ESPNcricinfo previews Division Two of the County Championship and those chasing promotion

Nottinghamshire clinched the County Championship on a thrilling final day last September but it will be tough work to defend the title

Having more or less been in stasis since he completed his starring role in the Ashes back in January, Alastair Cook is back at the County Ground in Essex, and gagging to get stuck into Friday's first round of the County Championship

Nottinghamshire have signed former Northamptonshire wicketkeeper Riki Wessels as backup for captain Chris Read, subject to final clearance from the ECB

Steven Finn knows he faces a tough fight to regain his Test spot after losing his place during the Ashes

Ravi Bopara has received positive news after a scan on his side showed no sign of an injury

Kevin Pietersen believes a stint at the IPL would have provided the ideal warm-up to England's international summer

Chris Grant has been appointed Derbyshire's Chairman following the Annual General Meeting at The County Ground

MCC wrapped up a 174-run victory with a day to spare against Nottinghamshire

Jade Dernbach, the Surrey pace bowler, is the only uncapped player in England's 27-man Performance Programme

The action reverted more to type in Abu Dhabi following the opening day clatter of wickets as MCC built an imposing 410-run lead against Nottinghamshire