Cricket News

Essex sign Australian Rob Quiney as their overseas player for the first part of the 2013 county season

Essex have revealed plans for an £80 million upgrade of their Chelmsford home

Mark Ramprakash, Robert Croft and the former England captain Mike Denness have been recognised in the New Year Honours list

County cricket will return to the latter half of September, with the 2013 fixture list confirming that the window in the ICC's Future Tours Programme reserved for the T20 Champions League will not be kept free

The future of Sajid Mahmood, the former England fast bowler, has been resolved with Essex signing him on a two-year deal.

Derbyshire have signed Billy Godleman, the former Essex and Middlesex batsman, on a two-year contract.

Essex have insisted they will not be allowing Adam Wheater to leave the club, despite interest from other counties

Derbyshire are hoping to continue strengthening their squad with the signing of Billy Godleman

James Foster and Steven Croft have agreed to play in New Zealand's Twenty20 competition with the Northern Knights

ESPNcricinfo keeps tabs on the movement between counties ahead of the 2013 season

Yorkshire could look back on a highly satisfying season after their final game ended in a 239-run win over Essex

Anthony McGrath may have played his last game for Yorkshire but if he does leave the club, he can do so in the knowledge that he has played a big hand in Yorkshire's promotion

Yorkshire moved to the top of the Division Two table for the first time this season and look overwhelming favourites to gain promotion

Perhaps it was fitting that two Yorkshiremen from different backgrounds and different vintages combined to nudge their side ahead in the race to achieve promotion from Division Two

The Essex bowlers secured a 122-run victory that all but ends Hampshire's chances of promotion to Division One

Essex chose to bat out their innings and set Hampshire a target of 425 to stay in the hunt for promotion before claiming three late wickets

Two of the architects of Warwickshire's 2012 Championship triumph were former Essex players: Chris Wright and Varun Chopra

Owais Shah made an unbeaten hundred as Essex fought back with bat and ball on day two against Hampshire

Aided by excellent slip catching, Hampshire kept their promotion hopes alive by bowling Essex out cheaply on a helpful surface on day one at West End