Cricket News

The county that seemed to own limited-overs trophies in the late 20th century has only the 2003 National League Division Two trophy to show for its efforts this millennium

Monty Panesar has spoken for the first time about his indefinite break from cricket at the end of April and has admitted that he "fell out of love with cricket".

Sussex fans in the NatWest Blast quarter-final at Hove were told by an ECB official to stop protesting about the possibility of T20 city franchises - and the possibility is receding in any event

If stardom is about taking your moments then David Willey surely has a chance at stardom. He turned Northants' quarter-final against Sussex into a rout, striking the fastest century of the season in the NatWest Blast

Another misfire in the Championship has increased the pressure on Essex's coach ahead of their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final against the holders

To look at Sussex's squad and their performance at Lord's, you would be tempted to say they are too good to go down. After Ben |Brown's brave effort narrowly failed, with four games left they have to prove it

Surrey chased a tough target at Castle Park, led there by Arun Harinath and Gary Wilson, and with a gulf growing ahead of the third-placed side in Division Two, the Surrey swagger is back

A fine 87 from Niall O'Brien, and a four-hour feat of concentration from 20-year-old batsman Aadil Ali, helped Leicestershire complete their first county championship victory at Grace Road since 2012

Glamorgan have been given a two-point deduction and ordered to forfeit their Royal London One-Day Cup match against Hampshire following an ECB disciplinary panel hearing at Lord's

Nottinghamshire can do no wrong since Peter Moores joined the coaching staff: their defeat of Worcestershire made it 10 wins in all competitions in a seasaon that has fired up too late

Essex have the chance to pick Alastair Cook for their Blast quarter-final tie against Birmingham as England's coach Trevor Bayliss has released players for the knockout stage

Fidel Edwards bagged a nine-wicket haul for the match as Hampshire beat the rain by moiments to win their first County Championship match at the Ageas Bowl in 2015

Scarborough is more than an outground. It is Yorkshire cricket's place on the coast. The game against Durham, which Yorkshire won by 183 runs short after tea on the third day, was well-attended, although that is to be expected

Tom Westley can claim to have played a modest supporting role in England's Ashes success by scoring a century against the tourists - a fact which did not escape his county team-mate Alastair Cook. An Essex promotion is a tougher ask

Sixteen wickets fell and over 300 runs were scored during a frenetic day's cricket at Grace Road which finished with Derbyshire strong favourites to complete a fourth Championship win of the season.

James Vince notched his maiden LV= County Championship century of the season before the bowlers lead Hampshire well on the way to a crushing victory at the Ageas Bowl

Riki Wessel;s and James Taylor settled Notts' nerves as they finished the third day 70 short of Worcestershire's target with seven wickets intact

Gloucestershire dodged early rain on day four in Swansea as they posted their fifth LV= County Championship win of the season. Chris Dent led the victory charge as his unbeaten 65 helped the visitors to their 108-run winning target for the loss of three w