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A fighting century from John Crawley and some adventurous strokeplay from Lancashire's lower order batsmen blocked Yorkshire's victory charge on the third day of the Roses match at Headingley

Another day of batting domination at Derby saw the home side make their highest score for three years to claim a first innings lead

Paul Grayson and James Foster mounted a brave, if ultimately unsuccessful, bid to avoid the follow-on as Essex struggled to stay afloat against fellow first division strugglers Northamptonshire at Northampton

Lack of funding has forced the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) to put on hold the appointment of its first chief executive officer (CEO)

Gary Pratt and Justin Bishop were the stars at the County Ground, Chelmsford on Sunday as England defeated the West Indies by 13 runs in the second Under-19 one-day international

VVS Laxman who guided India for their first victory of the Coca-Cola Cup against Sri Lanka and opening bowler Zaheer Khan are to stay back for the remainder of the tri-series despite their injuries

It was the 1740th ODI in cricket history

Hampshire cricketer in road accident

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Rodney Marsh as Director of its new National Academy

The selectors are likely to pick only a 15-member squad on Aug 2 for India's three-Test series against Sri Lanka later next month, keeping a slot vacant for Sachin Tendulkar, whose fitness will be known by Aug 10

Phil Tufnell shrugged off any disappointment he might have felt and not gaining a place in the England squad for the Third Test to capture his 1,000th first-class wicket today at Lord's

Steve James suffered a broken bone in his left hand as Glamorgan slumped to an innings defeat by Somerset inside three days at Taunton

Trevor Ward proved the thorn in his former county Kent's side as he struck his fourth CricInfo Championship century of the season to put Leicestershire in a commanding position at the end of the third day at Grace Road

It is a dream come true

Indian speedster Zaheer Khan, who is suffering from a stress fracture on the right shin, will fly to Chennai on August 3 for a bone scan

Australian cricket great Greg Chappell is to sell his personal collection of cricket memorabilia on 31 July

The weather was sunny, but cold and windy as West Indies set out in their efforts to build a match-winning lead over Zimbabwe

Darren Lehmann blasted the highest score ever recorded in Roses Championship cricket at Headingley today - and he was still there at the close of the second day with a blistering 222 out of Yorkshire's 376 for five which left them three runs in front

Somerset Under-19's enjoyed mixed fortunes in their two matches last week

Dr Mtutulezi Nyoka is to pursue his challenge for the presidency of the United Cricket Board despite the probability that the leaking of a letter at the weekend deeply critical of Percy Sonn may have irreparably damaged his chances of unseating the