Cricket News

Yorkshire had victory snatched from their grasp by Sussex off the last ball in a thrilling finish to the Clydesdale Bank 40 contest at Headingley

England discard Kevin Pietersen was out first ball playing for Surrey in their four-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 defeat by his old club Hampshire at West End

Warwickshire produced an outstanding team performance to beat the Unicorns by 10 wickets at Wormsley.

Uthura Rudras could not recover from early setbacks and four consecutive maidens at the start of their innings, as Uva Next chased down a mediocre target with four wickets and five balls to spare

Glen Chapple claimed five wickets and Oliver Newby made key contributions as Lancashire secured a place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-finals

As South Africa's senior team closed in on victory at Lord's the second XI secured a first victory on their tour of Ireland

Somerset defeated Scotland by 53 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system after rain affected their Clydesdale Bank 40 fixture

Kamran Akmal's second half century in three matches and a stifling bowling performance carried Wayamba United to their third consecutive victory, as they crushed Basnahira Cricket Dundee by 67 runs

Australia's captain William Bosisto, who was in the middle when Jimmy Peirson was Mankaded by Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar, said a lesson had been learned from the experience

South Africa pressed for victory in the final Test at Lord's which would seal their No.1 ranking after claiming both England openers on the fourth evening

S Badrinath, the Tamil Nadu batsman, has been called up to the India squad for the Tests against New Zealand as a replacement for VVS Laxman

A round-up of the ninth-place play-off quarter-finals of the Under-19 World Cup on August 19

A captain's innings from Will Bosisto steered Australia into the semi-finals after they were in serious danger of being knocked out by Bangladesh in Townsville

South Africa knocked England out of the Under-19 World Cup by overcoming some significant challenges to seal a comprehensive victory

Captain Jimmy Adams led the way as Hampshire chased down 326 with almost two overs to spare to beat Northamptonshire by eight wickets

Nottinghamshire still have to play the leaders, Warwickshire, twice but defeat against a resurgent Durham is a blow to their championship ambitions

Jonny Bairstow has credited his experience playing with England Lions as one of the contributory factors in his impressive innings of 95 at Lord's

Gloucestershire's weather-affected Championship Division Two game against Kent at Bristol petered out into a draw

The possibility of relegation looms larger for Lancashire after Worcestershire restricted them to only one batting point

Should Derbyshire go on to secure promotion for the first time in their history in the next few weeks, they will be grateful to Australia's selection panel for allowing Usman Khawaja to remain in county cricket.