Cricket News

As with all festival cricket all over the country, the future of cricket at Castle Park is not guaranteed, so the loss of the third day's play in Colchester was a cruel blow in such a dry summer

If anyone in the England camp takes a look at the scorecard from this game, it will be noted that Chris Tremlett, who missed out on selection for the fifth Test at The Oval

Yorkshire's dominance of the second day at Trent Bridge will have been watched with unease at Lord's, Hove and Chester-le-Street

Darren Stevens recorded his fourth Championship century of the season as Kent piled on the runs against Division Two rivals Gloucestershire

Division Two promotion hopefuls Lancashire were frustrated by a fine century from Worcestershire's Moeen Ali at New Road.

Murray Goodwin registered his fourth century of the season as Glamorgan scored 409 runs on day two match against Leicestershire

Nick Compton may not have much idea what the future holds for him as far as England is concerned but he has finally pledged his domestic future to Somerset for the next three years

On Wednesday, Nigel Hilliard, the Essex chairman, said that the prospects of Monty Panesar remaining an Essex cricketer next year will be dependent on how well he fits into the dressing-room for the remainder of the season

Matt Coles has left Kent having declined a new offer which has left the club frustrated by his decision

Nick Compton has signed a new three year deal to stay at Somerset, ending speculation about his future.

Ben Harmison scored his second hundred of the season against Gloucestershire and Darren Stevens hit an unbeaten 98 as Kent recovered from a poor start to dominate the opening day of their Championship Divistion Two clash at Canterbury

Derbyshire extended their overnight score by over 100 runs before removing six Middlesex wickets to take a firm grip on the match

Five weeks to go and one or two at the wrong end of the table are starting to get twitchy, including now Nottinghamshire

Laurie Evans and Ateeq Javid added an unbroken 245 runs for the fourth wicket to restore Warwickshire's fortunes against Somerset

13 wickets fell on the opening day at Swansea, five of them to Australian Australian seamer Michael Hogan, who took 5 for 43 as Glamorgan dismissed Leicestershire cheaply before falling into their own difficulties

Monty Panesar will not readily forget his debut for Essex. He was required to do so much bowling that he seemed to be on at both ends at once as Northamptonshire racked up 531

Kyle Jarvis has signed up for Lancashire on a three-year contract as a non-overseas player, subject to registration

Derbyshire's captain, Wayne Madsen, became the first batsmen to 1000 Championship runs this season as he compiled a brilliant century at the County Ground

Lancashire maintained the pressure on Group B leaders Hampshire by beating them in a Yorkshire Bank 40 thriller at Old Trafford

Somerset's modest supremacy was exercised by Craig Kieswetter, who was twice dropped on his way to making his first Championship century of the season