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Hundreds from Chris Taylor and Jeremy Snape, plus a half-century from Kim Barnett, powered Gloucestershire to 415-5 on the opening day of the CricInfo Championship second division match with leaders Sussex at Cheltenham

Usman Afzaal advanced his claims for a place in the Third Test at Trent Bridge next week with a century as he and John Morris slaughtered the Derbyshire bowling

It was the 1739th ODI in cricket history

Carl Hooper has set his young batsmen a specific goal for the second and final Test against Zimbabwe starting here today

Abbreviated as it is, the two-match Test series between West Indies and Zimbabwe offers the Caribbean a real chance to claim their first overseas series triumph since they overcame Australia under Richie Richardson in 1992-93

Sourav Ganguly's plumping for Yuvraj Singh has really surprised and even angered the selectors

After a debacle in Bulawayo, we will be looking forward to a much better show in the up coming Test which starts today at Harare Sports Club

After seeing his side enjoy by far the best of the first day's play against Glamorgan at Taunton today Chief Executive Peter Anderson told me "We put up a good performance out there today, and we looked a very good side

Centuries from Ben Smith and Aftab Habib put Leicestershire in a strong position against Kent by the close of the first day of their CricInfo Championship match at Grace Road

Zimbabwe, without Andy Flower and with never-ending political wrangling in the background, had another dismal innings with the bat that has virtually ensured another heavy defeat at the hands of the resurgent West Indies

Mike Hussey reached 1,000 runs in his debut season on the county circuit as Northamptonshire claimed the first-day honours against their fellow Division One strugglers Essex at Wantage Road

Darren Gough finally shook off his poor bowling form by grabbing three wickets in four balls in the Roses match at Headingley

John Morris, the former England batsman, is to retire from first-class cricket at the end of this season

Mike Burns and Peter Bowler batted Somerset into firm control on the opening day against Glamorgan at Taunton

I am sorry that your correspondents Mr Foyle and Mr Wight feel grumpy about the side selected to play the Australians

Northamptonshire's Cricket Committee Chairman, Roy Virgin, is standing down after nearly five years in the post

The Indian cricket selectors would meet in Mumbai on August 2 to pick the Test squad for the three Test matches against Sri Lanka from August 14

Nothing seems to be going India's way in the Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka and it would require an extraordinary effort from the side to beat Sri Lanka in tomorrow's do or die affair for them at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that the Warwickshire left-arm spinner Ashley Giles is to undergo an operation on Monday on his injured achilles tendon

The ECB has confirmed the dates for the semi-final matches in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy