Cricket News

Group B leaders Surrey continued their unbeaten start to the CB40 campaign with a convincing victory over Glamorgan in Cardiff.

After thwarting Nick Compton's bid to complete 1,000 runs before the end of May, the weather was the key influence in crushing the possibility of a positive result at New Road, where Worcestershire and Somerset settled for a draw after more than a quarter

A combination of courageous batting by Northamptonshire and bad light frustrated Yorkshire in their victory bid on the final day at Headingley

Steven Finn took three wickets in Sussex's second innings as Middlesex's bowlers combined well to set up victory

Speculation surrounding the naming of England's squad for the third Test against West Indies centres on the possibility of both senior quicks being rested

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Twenty20 international between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Hambantota

Sunil Narine was absent but West Indies were buoyed by Adrian Barath and Darren Bravo, who made half-centuries at Leicestershire

New Zealand are headed towards fielding a second-string side in their first Test against England next year

Ireland will host Bangladesh for three Twenty20 internationals in July, Cricket Ireland has confirmed

Brendon McCullum has said Jesse Ryder might need to re-earn respect within the New Zealand team and remove doubts about his commitment

Warwickshire suffered their first defeat in the CB40 this season as Kent's bowlers and the weather combined to condemn them to a 10-wicket reverse

Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan's new Twenty20 captain, has said there was no excuse for his team not chasing 132 in the first match against Sri Lanka

Yorkshire secured maximum batting bonus points for the first time in two years as they reached 416 and built up a first innings lead of 163 on the third day against Northamptonshire

Lancashire need another 144 runs to beat Durham

Nick Compton got over the disappointed of not reaching 1,000 runs before the end of May by scoring a century at New Road

Middlesex built a big lead against Sussex and can push for victory on the final day

Centuries from Michael Thornely and Ned Eckersley helped Leicestershire bat out a draw on the final day against Glamorgan at Cardiff.

David Payne helped clean up the Derbyshire tail before Alex Gidman hit the winnings runs as Gloucestershire beat the Division Two leaders

Sri Lanka threw their wickets away through reckless shots, conceded 17 runs through wides and about 10 through misfields, but still won by 37 runs

Ireland will play their first international game at Malahide Cricket Club against England on September 3, 2013