Cricket News

James Fuller hit his highest first-class score to help Gloucestershire to a handy first-innings lead over Leicestershire

Moeen Ali claimed another six wickets to fire out Lancashire in their second-innings to take a 205-run victory at Old Trafford

Nick Compton, that most consistent of runmakers, guided Somerset past the follow-on figure and made Warwickshire's task of forcing victory doubly difficult.

A five-for in the only innings so far of Glamorgan's match with Kent means that James Harris is well and truly back in business

Steve Magoffin broke the back of the Durham innings to give Sussex the chance of claiming an important Championship victory

Darren Pattinson looks to be coming to the end of his first-class career in England by signing to play for Melbourne Renegades as a home-based player in the 2012-13 edition of Australia's Big Bash League.

Ian Saxelby took career-best figures 6 for 48 as Gloucestershire dismissed Leicestershire for 162 in their County Championship Division Two match at Cheltenham.

Opener Neil McKenzie batted throughout the day to inspire Hampshire on the opening day of their County Championship Division Two clash against Essex at Chelmsford.

You cannot beat experience. Although 22-year-old James Harris tried to stand alone on centre stage, it was two thirty-somethings, Brendan Nash and Darren Stevens, who ended up sharing the honours by scoring unbeaten centuries

Vikram Solanki is to leave Worcestershire at the end of the 2012 season and will join Surrey on a two-year contract

It has taken Lancashire less than two matches to realise that adapting to the new Old Trafford will be anything but an easy adjustment. They face a major battle to avoid a convincing defeat against Worcestershire.

Durham have given themselves the opportunity of claiming their first County Championship win of the season after their seamers led a fightback on the second day against Sussex at Arundel.

Jim Troughton and Chris Woakes built Warwickshire's total on the second day at Taunton

Jason Gillespie has praised Steve Harmison's honesty with his new Yorkshire team-mates after a wicket-taking display against Derbyshire

Middlesex left Essex rooted at the bottom of the Clydesdale Bank40 Group A table as they carved out a nine wicket victory at Chelmsford.

Ben Scott hundred hauls Worcestershire out of trouble as Simon Kerrigan takes four wickets at Old Trafford

Steve Harmison took three wickets on his Yorkshire debut as the visitors fought back late in the day at Chesterfield

Notts were put in trouble after another top order collapse left Chris Read having to rebuild the innings

Sussex took control of their Championship Division One game with Durham, reducing the visitors to 92 for 4 before rain forced an early close at Arundel.

Warwickshire reached 27 for 1 in the 10.4 overs playable on day one of their match against Somerset