Cricket News

Andrew Strauss dropped three catches and scored just 2 as Michael Lumb's 162 put Nottinghamshire in charge

Cursed by rain and cold since the day he arrived in Essex, the South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen described scoring runs as a "bit tough"

Middlesex have signed Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, as their second overseas player for this season's Friends Life t20

Hampshire have registered Bilal Shafayat, the former Nottinghamshire batsman, on a short-term deal

Craig Overton took four wickets as Durham slumped to 125 all out before fifties from Craig Meschede and Craig Kieswetter put Somerset in charge

Most cricketers, heading into a Test series in a week and without a bat in English conditions for some months, might be anxious for time at the crease. But Kevin Pietersen is not like most cricketers.

Nottinghamshire have batted first in all of their six Championship matches so far and 42 overs has on average been enough for them to lose six wickets, so it is not difficult to appreciate how happy they felt to be 132 for 1 when rain arrived.

Robbie Joseph took his tally to 14 wickets in two home games for Leicestershire before rain brought a premature end to the first day's play

Charl Willoughby took 4 for 8 as Essex made good use of winning the toss on a rain-affected first day against Kent

Mitchell Starc, the Australia left-arm quick, will not be able to make his Yorkshire debut this week after being deported following a visa error

Worcestershire will host their championship fixture against Surrey at New Road as originally planned as the flood that struck the ground again last week has receded.

Ajmal Shahzad, the former England seamer who was released by Yorkshire in controversial circumstances last week, is to join Lancashire on loan until the end of the season.

A hard-hitting 74 by Stephan Myburgh helped blast Netherlands to a nine-wicket win under the Duckworth-Lewis method against Worcestershire

Glamorgan's former England fast bowler Simon Jones endured a miserable return to Hampshire where he spent the last two injury-ravaged years

Gloucestershire recovered from their narrow home defeat to Netherlands on Saturday to beat Middlesex by five wickets at Lord's

Scotland claimed a comfortable 18-run win over Nottinghamshire on the Duckworth/Lewis method in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group B clash in Edinburgh

Jacques Rudolph scored 69 as holders Surrey held off Scotland on a rainy day in Edinburgh

Matt Coles took six wickets as Yorkshire slipped to a four-wicket defeat against Kent

Stephan Myburgh's hard-hitting 77 laid the foundation for a thrilling one-run victory by Netherlands over Gloucestershire