Cricket News

India ran into some timely form ahead of the forthcoming NatWest triangular series against England and Sri Lanka with a 54-run win over Leicestershire at Grace Road

Somerset finished the first day at Edgbaston 109 behind Warwickshire with seven wickets in hand, but will have to do without the services of strike bowler Richard Johnson for the rest of the match, after he left the field early on during the morning

Somerset Seconds suffered their third defeat in three days in the 2nd XI Trophy competition when they lost by seven wickets to Glamorgan at the County Ground today

Kent fast bowler Amjad Khan took the honours on day one of their visit to Aigburth to meet Lancashire in Division One of the Frizzell County Championship

Early optimism turned into frustration for West Indies A, as they struggled to capitalise on an excellent start to their four-day encounter with Derbyshire.

Milton Keynes: Northamptonshire 288-9 (DE Paynter 141) Leicestershire 242-8 (RJ Cunliffe 79, AS Wright 62) Northamptonshire won by 46 runs

Steve Plumb makes a welcome return to the Lincolnshire side to play Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship three-day match beginning on Sunday June 30 at Grantham

Worcestershire County Cricket Club have awarded David Leatherdale a Benefit Year in 2003 following a long and distinguished career with the Club he first played for in 1988

Former Central Districts captain Scott Briasco will replace Mark Greatbatch as the coaching director for the association

New Brighton: Cheshire 357-3 (AJ Hall 138, D Leech 83) Derbyshire 266 (I Parkin 63; S Eaton 4-41, J Whittaker 3-46) Cheshire won by 91 runs

Both of these sides have had mixed seasons so far, each registering two wins from five outings, and both would almost certainly have gone down to defeat had Surrey enforced the follow-on at Old Trafford in round six

Canterbury: Kent 318-5 (GO Jones 117, MJ Dennington 94*, JB Hockley 67) MCC Young Cricketers 200 Kent won by 118 runs

The new leaders of the Norwich Union League Division One, Worcestershire Royals, take on the bottom club, Durham Dynamos, in the next round of matches to be played this Sunday with every prospect of maintaining their place at the top of the table

England's football World Cup dream may now over, but they're not the only national side that needs support this summer

Cautious and conservative in their outlook, English cricket authorities have taken to innovations like night cricket, white balls and coloured clothing rather late

Uncertainty remains over whether Darren Gough will appear for England during the NatWest Series against India and Sri Lanka

With Glamorgan improving after a poor start to the season, and Middlesex anxious to take full advantage of their game in hand during Derbyshire's week off, this promises to be an interesting contest

A century from captain Will Kendall ensured Hampshire recovered from a middle-order crash in their first innings and set up an interesting final day in their non first-class meeting with Loughborough UCCE at the Rose Bowl

Essex Vice Captain Paul Grayson has undergone keyhole surgery on his right knee to correct a cartilage problem that has been troubling him for some time

New Zealand's women's cricket team kicked off their European tour with a comfortable 169-run win over the Netherlands in Utrecht today