Cricket News

The sun was shining for most of the day in Cardiff as Glamorgan took on Essex but the outlook is very gloomy

Bringing in experienced batsmen Paul Horton, Neil Dexter and Mark Pettini from Lancashire, Middlesex and Essex respectively  has already paid considerable dividends for Leicestershire this season

Josh Shaw claimed four wickets as Northamptonshire plunged into trouble on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol

Wayne Madsen and Neil Broom made it Derbyshire's day after Matt Coles had given Kent an excellent start to the Division Two match at Derby

Just 11 overs were possible on the final day at Wantage Road as Northamptonshire and Kent took 11 points each for the draw

Hamish Rutherford batted himself back into form with 68 as Derbyshire ground out a draw on a severely rain-affected day at Chelmsford

Sussex spread their resources in a disciplined retreat to hold on for a draw with Worcestershire at New Road

Graeme van Buuren turned the game as Gloucestershire claimed an unlikely 125-run victory over Glamorgan on a bizarre final day of the Specsavers County Championship match

Worcestershire's push for a first victory of the season was held up by Ed Joyce after Sussex were forced to follow on 213 runs behind

Michael Hogan claimed four wickets to give Glamorgan a victory opportunity on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Gloucestershire in Bristol

Derbyshire dug in obdurately in the final session at Chelmsford to hold up Essex's charge for a third Specsavers County Championship win of the season

A third draw in three matches at Wantage Road became the most likely outcome after the third day between Northamptonshire and Kent.

Worcestershire turned up the heat on Sussex as the seamers took control on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship clash at New Road

David Lloyd fell one short of a century as Glamorgan built a first innings lead of 68 over Gloucestershire on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship match in Bristol

Derbyshire face two tricky days at the crease if they are to prevent Essex extending their lead at the top of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two

Alex Wakely and Jake Libby provided a solid reply for Northamptonshire on the second day at Wantage Road with a stand of 156 for the second wicket.

Nick Browne rediscovered the form that brought him five centuries last season as he anchored Essex's innings at Chelmsford

Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph led the way in the final session on day one of the County Championship game against Gloucestershire in Bristol

Brett D'Oliveira continued his remarkable transformation from spin bowler to opening batsman when narrowly missing a third consecutive century in the County Championship

Joe Denly made his first century of the season but four wickets after tea left the opening day between Northamptonshire and Kent quite even