Cricket News

Notts expected stroll to an easy 19 point victory met with stubborn resistance from the Glamorgan batsmen on day 3

Gloucestershire kept their promotion hopes alive after beating Sussex by an innings and 11 runs in less than two days at Hove

Left-armer Jason Lewry grabbed three quick wickets to pass 50 for the season as Sussex fought back against Gloucestershire at gloomy Hove this morning

Indian batsman Rahul Dravid edged toward his 1,000 championship runs for the season in Canterbury this afternoon to frustrate Yorkshire on day two of Kent's final home championship match of the campaign

Yorkshire lost their last three wickets for 35 runs in Canterbury this morning to be dismissed for 401 by struggling Kent

It may be too little too late for Hampshire, as following their victory over Durham, last week, they are poised to defeat Derbyshire tomorrow and gain the maximum 20 points for the first time this season

England's rookie pace bowler Matthew Hoggard bagged the prized scalp of Indian Test bat Rahul Dravid as Kent and Yorkshire matched each other blow for blow on day two of this evenly contested championship game in Canterbury

Young Lancashire paceman Mike Smethurst completed a half century of first class wickets this season as Somerset slipped into trouble on the first morning at Old Trafford

Excellent bowling by Ian Salisbury for the second day, proved too difficult for Durham's batsmen to cope with on a pitch that gave generous turn

Only 41 minutes play was possible on the third morning of the PPP healthcare County Championship match at Southampton, between Hampshire and Derbyshire

Northamptonshire were left three runs short of maximum batting points when rain stopped play on the third morning against Essex at Wantage Road

Lancashire kept their slim Championship hopes alive by skittling Somerset for 132 at Old Trafford - although the presence of Mike Denness as a pitch liaison officer raised fears of an eight-point fine

Northamptonshire remain hot favourites to wrap up the County Championship's second division title despite a rain-ruined day in their penultimate match against Essex at Wantage Road

Mike Denness, one of the England Cricket Board's Pitch Liaison Officers, watched 13 wickets go down on the opening day of Lancashire's penultimate championship match against Somerset at Old Trafford

At the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad, Chemplast routed hosts Hyderabad by 117 runs to record their second successive win in the Moin ud Dowla Cup

Pentasoft ousted Canara Bank by two wickets to enter the semifinals of the Moin-ud-Dowlah Cup in Hyderabad on Friday

Indian Railways comfortably beat Indian Oil Corporation by six wickets in a Group clash of the Moin ud Dowla Cup in Hyderabad on Friday

Notts had probably their best session of the summer in taking 9 Glamorgan wickets to dismiss the visitors for just 187

Hampshire surpassed their highest score of the season, and their biggest innings total in matches against Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire's best day of the season has left them in striking distance of a first Championship win at Trent Bridge since May 1999