Cricket News

A superb tenth Test century by Andy Flower was the highlight of the third day's play at Harare Sports Club, but despite his efforts Zimbabwe, whose batting closely resembled the legendary curate's egg, were forced to follow on after being dismissed

Essex beat Derbyshire by five wickets with nearly 14 overs to spare at Chelmsford to ensure that they would avoid the wooden spoon in the Norwich Union Second Division

During Sunday's Norwich Union League match at Trent Bridge against the Surrey Lions Paul Johnson became the county's highest ever run scorer in the history of the NCL/Sunday League

A seemingly impressive Notts Outlaws total of 277-7 was made to look very inadequate as a typically explosive knock from Ally Brown lifted an under strength Surrey Lions to an improbable five-wicket win

The spotlight has been trained on the future of West Indies cricket over the past couple of months

Leicestershire sealed a comprehensive CricInfo Championship victory over Glamorgan by 10 wickets at Grace Road to confirm their Division One status for next season

Australia's coach John Buchanan has hit out at what he sees as the "mediocrity" of county cricket in England

Pakistan cricket coach Richard Pybus was hopeful of Pakistan's victory in the three-match one-day series against New Zealand beginning at the National Stadium, Karachi on Sept 19

Hampshire Under 16s end of season report

Man-of-the-match Muttiah Muralitharan, playing in his 66th Test, who donated his winning cheque to Ashraful after the youngster's astonishing 114, became the fastest bowler to reach 350 Test wickets when he caught and bowled last man Mohammad Sharif

Bangladesh may have lost by an innings for the second time in a fortnight, but they left Sri Lanka on a high after a scintillating hundred from a teenage prodigy, who booked himself a place in the record books as the youngest ever player to score a

With a comfortable innings and 46-run defeat of Yorkshire at The AMP Oval, Surrey have made their position safe from relegation in the CricInfo Championship barring any extraordinary turn of events in the last round of matches next week

Northamptonshire skipper David Ripley hit a stubborn, unbeaten half-century to deny Kent a last day win and throw his side a relegation lifeline after drawing this their penultimate CricInfo Championship match of the season

Leicestershire were on course for victory after forcing Glamorgan to follow-on on the second day of their CricInfo Championship Division One match at Grace Road

Sussex emerged from the second day with a lead of 85 and the guarantee that a draw would put them in the First Division next season

'Blonde Bombshell' Shane Warne might have his backers

For most teenagers a Test century on debut remains a distant dream, but for Mohammad Ashraful it was a dream come true

Jacques Kallis starred with bat and ball as South Africa built up an impregnable position against Zimbabwe on the second day of the First Test at Harare Sports Club

Stubborn batting by Steve Rhodes and Chris Liptrot denied Durham a championship double at Chester-le-Street

Surrey have not found it easy in their effort for quick wickets in Yorkshire's second innings with Michael Vaughan and Anthony McGrath battling it out with an unbroken century-stand for the third wicket at the AMP Oval