Cricket News

Ashton Agar will add English experience to his current Indian internship with the Australian Test team

Hampshire have announced the inaugural draft of players into the Ageas Bowl International Cricket Academy and will host six young Australians throughout the summer of 2013

Owais Shah could be the first English cricketer to become a full-time freelance player as the growing influence of T20 leagues makes itself felt on county cricket

Cameron White, Australia's former Twenty20 captain, will return to Northamptonshire for the Friends Life t20 campaign

Warwickshire may have secured the services of William Porterfield but Rikki Clarke's future at the club remains uncertain.

Steven Davies, the Surrey wicketkeeper, has admitted to suffering depression after a difficult 2012 season

Chris Tremlett has said he is getting close to bowling a full tilt again as he continues his rehabilitation from the knee and back injuries

Warwickshire have announced an operating loss of £668,000 for 2012, as the legacy of a rain-lashed 2012 season

Derbyshire have announced plans for a £2.5m redevelopment of the County Ground as part of their aim to hosts games at the 2019 World Cup

Derek Bowden, a former chief executive at Ipswich Town FC, has been named as the new chief executive at Essex. He will join the club early in the season.

Yorkshire's out-of-favour quick bowler Oliver Hannon-Dalby is midway through a two-week trial with the county champions, Warwickshire

English cricket could find itself out of step with the world game after the ICC gave the first clues about their ambitions to create space in the international calendar for domestic Twenty20 leagues.

Thirteen English counties have taken advantage of £1million loans offered by the ECB to help boost the domestic game

Dougie Brown admitted that the elevation of Ashley Giles to England's one-day coach had created an opportunity for him at "a perfect moment" in his own career.

Warwickshire have named Dougie Brown, their assistant coach and Academy director, as the successor to Ashley Giles as their new director of cricket

Warwickshire are expected to confirm Dougie Brown, their assistant coach and Academy director, on Thursday morning

Australian batsman David Hussey is set to return for an eighth stint with Nottinghamshire with a ringing endorsement from Notts' director of cricket Mick Newell

Essex have indicated they could follow Nottinghamshire's example in future serasons by banning their players from taking part in the IPL during the English season

Kim Barnett, the former England cricketer and county stalwart, is to stand trial accused of harassing his ex-wife.

England's managing director, Hugh Morris, has stressed there will be no relaxation on the insistence that Test cricket is the priority in the next central contracts to appease players with IPL ambitions