Notts battle back amid downpours
Despite play being restricted to 16.5 overs Nottinghamshire fought back strongly on the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Derbyshire at Trent Bridge. Andre Adams, pictured,...
View ArticleSussex grateful for Yardy resistance
Michael Yardy held Sussex's batting together with 69 as the LV= County Championship leaders were kept in check by a persevering Surrey attack on the second day of the Division One match at Arundel.A...
View ArticleStoneman stands out as bowlers prosper
On a day when 17 wickets fell at the Emirates Durham ICG, Mark Stoneman passed 50 for the seventh time in his last 10 LV= County Championship innings for Durham.The left-handed opener rose majestically...
View ArticleYorkshire push Middlesex to the brink
Middlesex’s unbeaten record in this season’s LV= County Championship Division One is under severe threat after Yorkshire seamers Steven Patterson and Liam Plunkett took four wickets apiece to bowl them...
View ArticleLV=CC, Jun 13: As it happened
7:30pm - With today’s LV= County Championship action now at an end, here is a summary of how things stand across the country:Division OneMiddlesex are 137 for four after following on and still trail...
View ArticleSangakkara the difference - Cook
Alastair Cook was left to rue a chanceless Kumar Sangakkara century that ensured England’s Champions Trophy semi-final pursuit would go down to the wire.The tournament hosts appeared on course to seal...
View ArticleSublime Sangakkara sinks England
Kumar Sangakkara put on yet another batting clinic as Sri Lanka remained in the Champions Trophy by chasing 295 against England at The Oval.The cards seemed stacked against Angelo Mathews’ side after...
View ArticleChapple and Hogg jubilant after historic win
Lancashire’s match-winning duo Glen Chapple and Kyle Hogg struggled to comprehend a historic third day’s play at Chelmsford following their innings-victory against Essex.Chapple bagged 5-9 while Hogg...
View ArticleTaylor back on Cricket Australia's board
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has rejoined Cricket Australia’s board.The 48-year-old, who served as a CA director from 2004 to 2012, will act as an independent director having been appointed by...
View ArticleKhan awarded MBE
Wasim Khan, the chief executive of the Cricket Foundation and the first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England, has received an MBE for services to cricket and the community in...
View ArticleEngland Learning Disabilities side named
The England Learning Disabilities side to take on Oxfordshire U16’s at Aston Rowant CC on Sunday June 16 (1pm) has been named.It is:Gavin Randall Chris EdwardsAlex JervisCallum RigbyJohn GaleTom...
View ArticleOutlaws target another victory
Notts Outlaws, the only unbeaten side in the Yorkshire Bank 40, will aim to keep up their 100% record when they tackle last year’s runners-up Warwickshire Bears at Trent Bridge tomorrow.Notts have won...
View ArticleStevens tons up in drawn
Darren Stevens extended his purple patch with a second century of the summer that helped steer Kent to a tame Division Two draw with fellow LV= County Championship strugglers Glamorgan.Stevens made hay...
View ArticleNash ton allays Sussex fears
Chris Nash struck his first hundred of the season as Sussex comfortably negotiated 59 overs on the final day at Arundel to draw with Surrey and maintain the only unbeaten record in LV= County...
View ArticleLumb shines on dour day
Michael Lumb’s career-best 221 not out brightened a rain-affected final day of Nottinghamshire’s LV= County Championship Division One draw with Derbyshire.Despite optimism from both camps that a...
View ArticleCounty Cricket, June 15: As it happened
5:10pm - That concludes the latest round of LV= County Championship games. Today’s action could not match yesterday’s excitement, but these three draws could count for much at the end of the...
View ArticleGiles looks to make-or-break match
England limited-overs coach Ashley Giles is relishing the prospect of what is effectively a Champions Trophy quarter-final clash with familiar foes New Zealand at Cardiff tomorrow.Following a victory...
View ArticleNetherlands break their duck
The Netherlands clinched their first Yorkshire Bank 40 victory of the season, beating Worcestershire Royals by six wickets in a rain-affected match at New Road.In a Group A game reduced to 18...
View ArticleGladiators overpower Vikings
Gloucestershire Gladiators produced an impressive all-round performance to beat Yorkshire Vikings by 36 runs in a rain-shortened Yorkshire Bank 40 fixture and maintain pressure on arch rivals Somerset...
View ArticleDuo impress again for Red Rose
Simon Katich and Glen Chapple put Essex Eagles to the sword once more as Lancashire Lightning wonby 64 runs in the Yorkshire Bank 40 Group B match at Chelmsford.Both players figured prominently in...
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