Cricket News

Long-serving club man steps up to management after departure of Paul Allott

Lancashire have turned to one of their own to try and bring success to the county with the announcement of Glen Chapple as head coach

James Anderson completed a 10-wicket match as Lancashire sealed a 60-run win over Northamptonshire in their first match without Peter Moores at the helm

Mark Chilton, the former Lancashire captain, has announced his retirement from county cricket after a 14-year career spent entirely at Old Trafford

Lancashire against a Yorkshire side deprived of key personnel will fancy themselves to make it three wins out of three this season

All was going well for Lancashire until the weather, which they customarily regard as the enemy at this time of year, exposed suspect concentration with a capricious burst of late-evening sunshine

Durham made a solid start to their pursuit of 171 to beat Lancashire at Old Trafford today

Durham had the better of a rain-affected day one against Lancashire at Old Trafford as the hosts could only manage to post a battling 131 for 4 after 51 overs on a testing pitch

Tom Smith and Gareth Cross both hit centuries as Lancashire preserved their status as the only side not to have lost a match in the County Championship when their match with Hampshire petered out into a draw at the Rose Bowl

Diligent batting by Tom Smith and Mark Chilton dug Lancashire out of trouble in the County Championship Division One match with Hampshire at the Rose Bowl

Surrey produced a dominant display at Old Trafford to all but end Lancashire's chances of progression in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Lancashire's bid to defeat Kent and record their third successive win in the County Championship was frustrated by persistent drizzle at Old Trafford

Mark Chilton and Faf du Plessis guided Lancashire to a draw on the final day against Durham at Old Trafford

It's a dispiriting experience watching cricket at Edgbaston. With the dead pitches negating the chances of victories, matches in Birmingham are cloaked in a spirit of ennui

A round-up of the latest Friends Provident Trophy clashes

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches as Kent pull off an amazing victory thanks to Robbie Joseph

A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Stuart Broad claims four and wickets tumble in Division Two

Lancashire cantered to an eight-wicket victory at Taunton with Mark Chilton falling three short of his second century of the season

Andrew McGlashan reports on the third day of the Championship clash between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton

A round-up from the latest Championship matches