Cricket News

A ninth-wicket partnership between Keith Barker and Jeetan Patel gave Warwickshire the momentum, which they maintained by reducing Yorkshire to 148 for 7

Leicestershire could still get out of this match with a draw, something that seemed inconceivable at approximately 12.45pm on Sunday

Struggling Somerset are waiting to learn whether their plan to re-sign international spinner Abdur Rehman for the final few weeks of the season has been dashed

Derbyshire claimed their first Championship win of the season when they eased to a nine-wicket win over title challengers Sussex

Worcestershire teenager Tom Fell again blunted Kent's hopes of continuing their recent improvement

It took only 63 minutes on the penultimate day for Middlesex to register their fifth win of the season

England may have struck an important blow in future Ashes series after Sam Robson qualified to represent England.

If the ECB do end up looking into this game, after 32 wickets fell in six sessions, then their only conclusion should be to consider enforcing the services of a batting liaison officer for both sides.

Sussex all-rounder Chris Jordan became the first man to reach 50 Championship wickets for the season to maintain the impetus in their title challenge on the second day of the Division One game against Derbyshire at Hove.

Yorkshire's coach Jason Gillespie told his troubled signing Liam Plunkett to run in and bowl - and he is doing so to good effect

Lancashire's bowlers strengthened their grip on this contest during a day of injudicious batting

Murray Goodwin showed he has lost none of his appetite for runs in his 41st year but the veteran was upstaged by Chris Cooke, 13 years his junior, as Glamorgan responded cautiously to Hampshire's first-innings total of 349

Moeen Ali became the third player to reach 1,000 first-class runs for the season as Worcestershire struggled to get on terms with Kent at New Road.

Kyle Coetzer and David Sales both struck centuries as Northamptonshire's batsmen dominated the second day against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road.

David Hussey's entertaining innings and some late order fireworks have put Nottinghamshire's noses in front

Ravi Bopara's brilliant 115 not out from 94 balls, well supported by 65 from Greg Smith, swept Essex to a seven-wicket win against Surrey at The Oval which keeps them well in contention in Yorkshire Bank 40 Group B

The lobby urging the England selectors to add Gary Ballance to their roll call of Yorkshire players can shout a little louder after he maintained his extraordinary consistency

Australian pace bowler Michael Hogan took two late wickets to enable Glamorgan to finish on equal terms with Hampshire at the end of the first day at the Ageas Bowl.

With the sky overcast and what looked to be a responsive pitch, there was little doubt as to what Neil Dexter would do when he won the toss. But even he couldn't have envisaged just how quickly the game would progress on its opening day

Luis Reece led his side's commanding first-day performance with a polished 85, his best score in the Championship in only his fifth appearance