Cricket News

England's Jonathan Trott joined his Warwickshire teammates in the dressing room to witness their 98-run win over Nottinghamshire from the pavilion balcony

Ben Foakes chalked up the highest score of his career as Essex took control against Gloucestershire at the County Ground

James Middlebrook's stubborn unbeaten 78 fended off a three-day defeat as Northamptonshire reached 145 for 5 in the second innings of their Championship clash with Lancashire

Somerset forced Sussex to follow on under heavy skies and then rounded upon them once more with such conviction on a sunlit evening that they even had the glimmer of a three-day victory

Graham Wagg starred again with a fine 57 as Glamorgan made a good fist of responding to Leicestershire's first innings total of 500 all out on day three of their Championship Division Two match

Alexei Kervezee's 110 and 99 from Moeen Ali put Worcestershire well on top at stumps on day three of their Championship clash with Derbyshire at New Road

Gary Ballance's century for Yorkshire set Middlesex an improbable target at Lord's, but an excellent opening stand between Chris Rogers and Sam Robson has sustained their hopes

History suggests that this rain-ravaged contest between two of the second division's likelier promotion candidates is heading for a dull draw after losing all but 74 of a possible 288 overs across the first three days

Nottinghamshire escaped a penalty for the state of the pitch at Trent Bridge, where it took Warwickshire little more than half the scheduled game time to win by 98 runs

This match is in the balance, with Nottinghamshire needing 174 runs to win with seven wickets standing on a pitch that has been unpredictable, even in a generous assessment

Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen led the recovery as the visitors shrugged off their Sunday nightmare on the second day against Worcestershire at New Road

Glamorgan openers Gareth Rees and Jacques Rudolph made good progress with a half-century each as they looked to reel in a large Leicestershire total at Grace Road

County cricket has sustained Marcus Trescothick for nearly eight long years since his England career came to such a premature end

Jos Buttler is undoubtedly one of the most talented young players that England can currently call upon and it should therefore come as no surprise to hear he is capable of game-changing innings

Solid second innings batting by Yorkshire, led by Joe Root and Adam Lyth, has put the visitors in a very strong position at Lord's

Essex made a strong start against Gloucestershire but the visitors were frustrated as the match was interrupted by bad weather for the second day running

A second high quality century of the season ought to have moved James Vince up the queue of traffic hoping to benefit from England's miserable winter

Kumar Sangakkara will play two County Championship matches for Durham, against Yorkshire and Sussex, in preparation for Sri Lanka's tour of England

The pleasures of watching cricket come in many shades and this was a day that could be enjoyed for high quality and high farce, although possibly not if your team happens to be Nottinghamshire

Marcus Trescothick has been the mainstay of Somerset cricket for so long that any sign that he is beginning to rediscover some of his old poise is bound to quicken West Country hearts