Cricket News

Lancashire reported an operating profit of £763,000 for 2015 despite not hosting a Test match for the first time since completing their development of Emirates Old Trafford

Somerset will feature the two highest run-scorers in the history of World T20 cricket in their NatWest Blast campaign this season following the signing of Mahela Jayawardene

The standard of the County Championship may be higher than ever, but Yorkshire's captain Andrew Gale says the county will continue to back their own as they bid for a third successive title

Glamorgan's new head coach Robert Croft will aim to fire the passions of a new crop of promising young professionals

Ravi Bopara's England career might be over and that could benefit Essex as they seek to turn a powerful reputation in limited-overs cricket into trophies

Sussex Women have signed England allrounder Danielle Wyatt to help bolster their spin-bowling department

Stuart Meaker, the Surrey fast bowler, has suffered a freak groin injury that looks likely to keep him out of action for the first few weeks of the season.

Billy Godleman takes over the captaincy in the Championship of a Derbyshire side who must learn to live without Mark Footitt

Durham have been hard-pressed on and off the field since winning the Championship in 2013 and could face a fight for survival

Boycott's attempt to rejoin Yorkshire's board to limit expenditure has failed after his candidacy was rejected by 758 votes to 602 by Yorkshire members at the annual general meeting on Saturday

Surrey have strengthened their bowling attack ahead of the new season by signing the West Indian pace bowler Ravi Rampaul on a two-year deal

Ailing Northamptomshire want to put the club up for sale and are aiming to raise a minimum of £1m by offering the chance of group equity investment in a new company

The ECB is set to announce a range of new regulations designed to improve the quality of pitches in domestic cricket ahead of the county season

Billy Godleman has been appointed captain of Derbyshire's County Championship side after Wayne Madsen stepped down

Hampshire have signed West Indies allrounder Darren Sammy as an overseas player for the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast.

Champions Yorkshire were beaten by four wickets in Abu Dhabi as Ian Bell helped lay the platform for a comfortable MCC win

Graeme Fowler has called on the ECB to fund the university centre of excellence programme after the MCC announced it will slash its contribution by 50%

The MCC's spinners, James Tredwell and Samit Patel, combined to take five wickets in Yorkshire's second innings in Abu Dhabi to set up an intriguing final day

Somerset have signed Yasir Arafat on a season-long loan deal from Hampshire as a non-overseas player

Ian Bell could not quite make the same early statement as Gary Ballance managed in Abu Dhabi but a lower-order fightback lifted the MCC to a first-innings lead against Yorkshire