Cricket News

Paul Nixon the Kent wicketkeeper helped himself to a county championship best of 92 not out and helped Kent gain a bonus batting point as they ended the day at 268 for 9 after being 170 for 8 at one stage against Hampshire at Canterbury

Rookie pace bowler Chris Liptrot put Worcestershire in charge against Warwickshire with three wickets in successive overs on the second afternoon at New Road

Derbyshire suffered another familiar batting collapse as former England seamer Simon Brown cut through their top order in the relegation clash at Derby

The distraction of a NatWest Trophy final at the week-end weighed as heavily on Warwickshire as Vikram Solanki's brilliant 160 for a revitalised Worcestershire

Chris Liptrot playing his first County Championship match took 5 for 43 for Worcestershire against Warwickshire at New Road

Kevin Dean hit back for Derbyshire with three wickets in two overs after their batsmen had failed again as Durham threatened to take control of the championship match at the County Ground

Middlesex spinner Phil Tufnell exterted a stranglehold over the Gloucestershire batsmen on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match at Bristol

Middlesex bowled well to reduce Gloucestershire to 157 for 7 in 82 overs with Phil Tufnell taking 3 for 16 and Angus Fraser 2 for 43

Vikram Solanki held up Warwickshire for a further 85 minutes today as Worcestershire topped 300 in a first innings at New Road for the first time this season

The England team after putting the Sri Lankan team into bat on a rain affected first day of the second under-19's Test match at Northampton failed to press home the advantage

Warwickshire took an immediate stranglehold on a low-key local derby meeting between two fading forces in the second division promotion race

Vikram Solanki gathered unexpected riches for Worcestershire with his second century of the season in the first of two Championship meetings with Warwickshire this month

Middlesex captain Justin Langer maintained his fine run of form with an unbeaten 76 on the first day of the County Championship second division match with Gloucestershire at Bristol

Vikram Solanki's century (113) and debutant James Pipe's half century (54) helped Worcestershire to move to 231 for 5 in 64 overs after being 8 for 3 against Warwickshire at New Road today

Vikram Solanki's third consecutive Championship 50 revived Worcestershire after a nightmare start against local rivals Warwickshire at New Road

The contest between Hyderabad Cricket Association and New Zealand Cricket Academy was rather delicately poised at the end of the second day's play in this MRF-Buchi Babu quarterfinal game at the Guru Nanak College ground in Chennai today

An interesting final day's play is on the cards in the Buchi Babu all India invitation tournament between ONGC and TNCA President's XI at the AC Tech college ground in Chennai on Tuesday

Surrey is on the verge of winning the National League 2nd Division thanks to an unbroken partnership of 93 in 119 balls between skipper Adam Hollioake and Jason Ratcliffe against Derbyshire at The Oval

An unbroken third wicket partnership of 61 runs off 17.3 overs between S Badrinath and Dinesh Mongia has given Jolly Rovers more than a ray of hope in their Buchi Babu all India invitation tournament pre quarterfinal against Kerala Cricket

MRF were in a position of considerable strength when bad light stopped play about an hour before the scheduled close on the second day of their Buchi Babu all India invitation tournament pre-quarterfinal against All India Associate Banks at the MAC