Cricket News

Somerset have just announced that the match against West Indies 'A' that starts at the County Ground in Taunton on Wednesday July 24th will now be played over 3 days, rather that 4 days as originally shown in the fixture list.

Cleethorpes: Lincolnshire 230-8 (Harrison 80) Leicester CB 181 (Williams 94*) Lincs won by 49 runs

Boosted by a century from skipper Danny Peacock, Lymington produced a stunning recovery to score 286-8 and beat Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 rivals Hungerford by two wickets at the town Sports Ground

Sri Lanka have beaten England by 23 runs to salvage a measure of pride in the NatWest triangular series

Worcestershire Royals moved back level on points with Warwickshire Bears at the top of the Norwich Union League Division One table thanks to an eight-wicket victory over Somerset Sabres at Taunton

Devon eased into the last eight of the ECB 38 Counties Cup with a crushing nine-wicket win over Wiltshire at Torquay yesterday

Lincolnshire shrugged off a disastrous start at Cleethorpes to overcome the Leicestershire County Board XI and claim their place in the quarter-finals of the 38 County Competition

Nasser Hussain calls his team performance clumsy while Jayasuriya says his team will try to win the next match against India too, even though they are out of the NatWest Finals.

Australian Dennis Waight has agreed to join the Pakistan cricket team on an eight-month contract, officials confirmed Saturday

West Indies A found some form with an accomplished victory over Yorkshire in a one-day match at Headingley

Somerset Sabres found themselves slipping deeper into the NUL relegation zone after they were well beaten by Worcestershire Royals at the County Ground on Sunday

Surrey were forced to settle for a draw at Taunton after setting Somerset 379 to win

Somerset had to be content with a draw and eleven valuable points from their championship match against Surrey that ended at Taunton today

Somerset find themselves staring relegation in the face in the NUL following their controversial defeat last week, and face a vitally important match this weekend

England fast bowler James Kirtley had his involvement in the NatWest Series ended when he suffered a hand injury during a training session at Old Trafford prior to the match against Sri Lanka

The Frizzell County Championship Division One table is, baring Yorkshire at the bottom, extremely tight with just 12 points separating Hampshire in third and Lancashire in eighth

For a side that had to win this match to maintain a chance of reaching the final, Sri Lanka produced a totally inept batting performance, only to fight back well with the ball to keep their hopes alive to the very end

Hampshire Hawks return to Norwich Union National League action on Sunday when they host Sussex Sharks at The Rose Bowl.

It was a frustrating day at the Rose Bowl on Friday, the third day of the Frizzell County Championship match was washed out, but not after the umpires had made five inspection trips to the middle.

Gloucestershire 272-3 in 50 overs H Zaidi 102*, E Bressington 81 Oxfordshire 224 G Low 3-39, J Reid 2-47