Cricket News

Opener Neil McKenzie batted throughout the day to inspire Hampshire on the opening day of their County Championship Division Two clash against Essex at Chelmsford.

You cannot beat experience. Although 22-year-old James Harris tried to stand alone on centre stage, it was two thirty-somethings, Brendan Nash and Darren Stevens, who ended up sharing the honours by scoring unbeaten centuries

Vikram Solanki is to leave Worcestershire at the end of the 2012 season and will join Surrey on a two-year contract

England's elite players would have more of a say in the management of their workloads under proposals that are being drawn up by PCA

It has taken Lancashire less than two matches to realise that adapting to the new Old Trafford will be anything but an easy adjustment. They face a major battle to avoid a convincing defeat against Worcestershire.

Durham have given themselves the opportunity of claiming their first County Championship win of the season after their seamers led a fightback on the second day against Sussex at Arundel.

Jim Troughton and Chris Woakes built Warwickshire's total on the second day at Taunton

Matthew Mott, the Glamorgan head of elite performance, is no longer in contention for the New Zealand coaching job so will remain in county cricket

Jason Gillespie has praised Steve Harmison's honesty with his new Yorkshire team-mates after a wicket-taking display against Derbyshire

Netherlands and the UAE shared seven points each after the Intercontinental Cup match ended in a draw after no play was possible on the fourth day in a rainy Deventer

Mark Boucher's medical team said there were no complications during a three-hour procedure

The Bangladesh left-arm spinner, has become the first player to be named Man of the Match on debut in two formats

The one-day international between Scotland and England scheduled for The Grange in Edinburgh on August 12 has been cancelled

Jacques Kallis has made a return to South Africa's Twenty20 plans after being included in the list of 30-man preliminary squad for the World Twent20 in September

Zimbabwe A qualified for the final after a match-winning spell of 6 for 24 by Elton Chigumbura

Through Alastair Cook's 20th Test hundred, a chanceless innings, it was England who ended the opening day in control on a healthy 267 for 3

Shane Watson has signed a three-year deal with the Brisbane Heat on the second-last day of the initial Big Bash League contract window

South Africa will play a Gabba Test for the first time in 49 years and Sri Lanka will return to the MCG for their first Boxing Day Test since Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled for throwing in 1995, as part of Australia's international schedule for 2012-1

James Pattinson has conceded that he has found it hard to balance all three forms of the game, and he said he was not disappointed at being left out of Australia's 30-man preliminary squad for the ICC World Twenty20

Middlesex left Essex rooted at the bottom of the Clydesdale Bank40 Group A table as they carved out a nine wicket victory at Chelmsford.