Cricket News

Evergreen Darren Stevens scuppered Surrey and even left Kent wondering if they could mount a late promotion challenge

Michael Carberry and Matt Coles silenced the Chelmsford crow as Hampshire beat Essex, South Group leaders, to underline their NatWest t20 Blast qualities

Gloucestershire were skittled for 156 and then lost a wicket following on after Daryl Mitchell's 167 had taken the visitors to 395

Adil Rashid proved himself the matchwinning legspinner Yorkshire have long yearned for as his four wickets finally broke Middlesex's resistance in Scarborough

Varun Chopra and Jonathan Trott made half-centuries as Warwickshire began steadily in reply to Sussex's first-innings 414

Twice during another absorbing day's play at Woodbridge Road, Kent thought they were in a position to dictate terms - and twice they saw their plans ripped apart by an inspired Stuart Meaker

Derbyshire celebrated back-to-back victories for the first time this season in the LV=County Championship as they beat Glamorgan by six wickets in the Division Two game at Derby

Steve Kirby has announced his retirement due to an ongoing shoulder injury

Mark Footitt made another persuasive case for higher honours with an explosive spell of fast bowling that blew away Glamorgan and put Derbyshire in sight of victory after two days.

On a day of national misery, maybe it was appropriate that more than 2,000 flocked to what turned into a club cricket love-in. At the picturesque Horsham, debutant Craig Cachopa gave the locals something to celebrate.

Andrew Gale helped his side insure against defeat with his second ton of the season but now hopes he has left enough time in the match for his bowlers to make it a match-winning innings

Daryl Mitchell carefully accumulated the fifth century of his lovely season and piloted his team to a respectable 298 for 7

Jason Roy might have welcomed a bit of anonymity on this ground a year ago. Today, though, the only tiny pity was that he played a top quality innings of 84 with the name "Solanki" on his back.

Ryan Sidebottom may be 36 and by the end of a steamy second day at North Marine Road he was feeling all of those years after bowling 17 overs in strength-sapping conditions

Alex Hughes returned career-best figures as Derbyshire exploited helpful conditions before Glamorgan hit back as 16 wickets fell on the opening day

A spell in the Second XI seems to have been just the fillip for Sam Northeast judging by his 91 for Kent against Surrey

Chris Dent hammered an unbeaten 55 off just 23 balls as Gloucestershire produced a shock NatWest T20 Blast victory Essex

Nottinghamshire overcame a stuttering display with the bat to put themselves on the brink of the NatWest T20 Blast quarter finals with a 31-run victory over Leicestershire at Trent Bridge

Graeme Smith has taken a step closer to full retirement with confirmation he will not complete his three-year deal with Surrey in 2015 after receiving medical advice following knee surgery

In the interests of their title challenge, the last thing Yorkshire want is to have the England selectors asking too many questions about Adam Lyth