Cricket News

Chris Read called Alex Hales' innings the best he had seen for Nottinghamshire after their Royal London Cup triumph

Alex Hales smashed the highest score in a one-day final at Lord's as Nottinghamshire successfully hunted down a target of 298 to leave Surrey defeated at the last for the third successive year in the Royal London Cup

Stuart Broad is confident of being fit for England's first Test of the summer, against South Africa at Lord's next week, after suffering a heel problem while playing for Nottinghamshire last week

Surrey enter their third successive Royal London Cup final knowing that they have lost the last two and this time, in Nottinghamshire, face the most formidable opponents yet

Jake Ball has been ruled out of the Lord's Test against South Africa with a knee strain

Stuart Broad remains hopeful of being fit for Nottinghamshire's Royal London Cup final against Surrey on July 1, as well as the first Test against South Africa five days later,

Gareth Batty derided his Worcestershire critics after Surrey's overwhelming victory in the Royal London Cup semi-final and informed them that they would never see their side play in a Lord's final

Jason Roy's form seeped back on a glorious summer's day at Worcester, Gareth Batty took five wickets and Surrey had a cakewalk to another Lord's final

Essex were in the box seat after hundreds from Alastair Cook and Ryan ten Doeschate set Nottinghamshire 371 in the Royal London Cup semi-final, but hundreds in return from Samit Patel and Steven Mullaney won one of the great games with three balls left

Kumar Sangakkara's eighth century of the county season, compiled with draining inevitability, was enough to bring Surrey a 24-run win in the Royal London Cup play-off against Yorkshire at Headingley

Brendan Taylor led Nottinghamshire into the semi-finals of the Royal London Cup with a brilliant century as hosts Somerset were defeated by 24 runs in a spectacular big-hitting contest

Alastair Cook's impressive form in the Royal London Cup has earned him an automatic spot in next year's North v South one-day series

Essex landed their seventh win in eight starts and marched through to the Royal London Cup semi-finals

Surrey earned a spot in the Royal London Cup playoffs after both their match in Bristol and Sussex's game against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl were washed out

Yorkshire finished in second place to progress to a quarter-final eliminator following a 20-run victory over Leicestershire at Headingley

Worcestershire secured a home semi-final in the Roayl London Cup as they sought their first Lord;s final since 2004

Dane Vilas' century enabled Lancashire's victory against Durham in their final group game but neither side qualified for the final stages of the Royal London Cup

The spectators basking in glorious sunshine at the St. Helens ground in Swansea were treated to a feast of runs - 697 in all - and two exhilarating centuries by Colin Ingram and Darren Stevens

Jack Taylor's fourth half-century in this season's Royal London One-Day Cup spoiled Sussex's return to Eastbourne

A century from Samit Patel helped propel Nottinghamshire into the knockout positions in the north group of the Royal London Cup