Cricket News

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

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

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

Somerset have agreed terms with Indian legspinner Piyush Chawla with a view to him joining the club for the rest of the season.

Yorkshire have signed New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson for the last five matches of the County Championship

Somerset's hopes of avoiding relegation in the County Championship have been dealt a crushing blow with the news that Abdur Rehman, the left-arm spinner, will not be available to fulfil his county contract.

Warwickshire's frustration was greater than Yorkshire's when only an hour's play was possible on the final day

Somerset - with Nick Compton back near to his resolute best - avoided what would have been a devastating defeat on the eve of their FLt20 quarter-final against Surrey

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

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

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

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

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

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