Cricket News

Somerset will not be taking legal action against Chris Gayle for breach of contract

Shakib Al Hasan, currently ranked as the world's best allrounder in Test and ODI cricket, is poised to make a return to the county game

Mick Newell, the Nottinghamshire director of cricket, has emerged as a strong contender to be Bangladesh's next coach.

Andre Adams took a career-best 7 for 32 before Nottinghamshire's openers helped built a solid lead over Lancashire

A five-wicket haul from Derbyshire pace bowler Tony Palladino plunged Gloucestershire into trouble on a rain-interrupted second day at Derby.

Another piece in the jigsaw that makes up the England team fell into place with the return to form of Ian Bell

Anthony McGrath took 4 for 21 after scoring 90 with the bat as Yorkshire made Leicestershire follow on at Scarborough

Worcestershire will decide within the next 48 hours whether they will need to relocate their County Championship match against Surrey.

Ajmal Shahzad is free to leave by Yorkshire because of his reluctance to accept team discipline, according to Colin Graves and Martyn Moxon

Chris Wood took four wickets to help dismiss Northants for 218 before Hampshire slumped to 42 for 3 in reply

Samit Patel top-scored for Nottinghamshire but controversy attached itself to Stuart Broad's first-ball dismissal on his return from injury

Keith Barker and Graham Onions both impressed with the ball as Warwickshire took a grip on the match

Wayne Madsen's first century of the season and fifties from Wes Durston and Dan Redfern put Derbyshire in a strong position against Gloucestershire

Alviro Petersen hit 145 against his former county but Essex's England batsmen Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara were less successfull

Jonny Bairstow lifted Yorkshire with an unbeaten 141 but discontent over Ajmal Shahzad's impending departure rumbled on

Leicestershire have announced the signing of Scotland allrounder Richie Berrington on a one-month loan deal

England's professional cricketers have overwhelmingly rejected the Morgan Report into the future of the first-class game and have called for the introduction of a high-profile T20 tournament that bears comparison with IPL

Lancashire have bolstered their ranks for this season's Friends Life t20 campaign with the recruitment of Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat

Hampshire old and new will come together as two stands are named after two former famous former players later this season