Knock on Wood's 8-40
The stand-out performance in the Premier division of the Sussex Cricket League came from Brighton & Hove’s Matt Wood, who took 8-40 in the 19 overs he bowled for Brighton in the game against...
View ArticleLIVE: LV= County Championship
Keep tabs on highly-eventful action that has seen Gloucestershire skittled for 112 after choosing to bat today against Surrey, and Somerset recover from 39 for five to overtake Sussex’s 214.By Rob...
View ArticleBroad relishing role in new era
Stuart Broad looks ahead to the Investec Test series with Sri LankaFit-again Stuart Broad is excited to be part of the England squad as they begin a new era with the Investec Test series versus Sri...
View ArticleSomerset respond after Magoffin runs riot
Highlights of day two from TauntonSteve Magoffin took five wickets before lunch to put Somerset on the ropes at Taunton but the hosts fought back to take the lead in their LV= County Championship...
View ArticleOpeners put Surrey in firm command
Highlights from the opening day at BristolRory Burns and Zafar Ansari shared an unbroken opening stand of 186 as Surrey took complete control on day one of their LV= County Championship Division Two...
View ArticleNeesham enjoying Test life
Jimmy Neesham and BJ Watling ensured New Zealand piled up an imposing first-innings total in the first Test against West Indies at Kingston.The duo came combined in a 201-run stand for the sixth wicket...
View ArticleLV=CC, June 9: As it happened
Surrey dominated against Gloucestershire, Ravi Bopara made 162 for Essex and Somerset bounced back from 39 for five to take the upper hand versus Sussex in the LV= County Championship.By Rob Barnett...
View ArticleEngland Cricketer of Year Awards 2013-2014
ECB today announced that Ian Bell and Charlotte Edwards have been named, respectively, as the England Men’s and England Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2013-2014.Yorkshire and England Under 19s...
View ArticleDerbyshire to invest in playing squad
Derbyshire elite performance director Graeme Welch has been promised significant investment in his playing squad at the end of the current season.Welch, whose side are currently bottom of the LV=...
View ArticleSomerset to seek Petersen replacement
Somerset will be without opener Alviro Petersen for a month following his call-up to South Africa’s squad for their Test tour of Sri Lanka.Petersen is joined in the 15-man squad by Surrey’s Hashim Amla...
View ArticleLIVE: LV= County Championship
The sun is out for today's LV= County Championship matches, and it is shining brightest on Somerset's Alfonso Thomas, who has claimed four wickets in four balls to rip through Sussex at Taunton. By...
View ArticleBell rewarded for his best summer
Ian Bell speaks about winning the England Men's Cricketer of the Year awardIan Bell will always remember the summer of 2013.The 32-year-old has admitted it was the best of his international career...
View ArticleThomas nuts about four in four
By Rob BarnettAlfonso Thomas said he celebrated “like a nut-case” when his first professional hat-trick came at the ripe old age of 37.The Somerset seamer admitted he did not really know how to react...
View ArticleSomerset land Ingram as Petersen's cover
Somerset have signed South Africa international Colin Ingram as a replacement for overseas batsman Alviro Petersen.Petersen will be away on international duty with the Proteas from July 11 until August...
View ArticleDenly inspires Middlesex rout
Joe Denly inspired Middlesex to a convincing331-run win over Oxford MCCU at the Parks.The former Kent man plundered 78 in Middlesex’s large first-innings total, 55 in their quickfire second and then...
View ArticleGloucestershire force final day
Gloucestershire put in a much improved batting performance on day three but still face a daunting task to salvage a draw against Surrey.Having been routed for 112 at Bristol and allowed the visitors to...
View ArticleClassy Carberry sees Hampshire to a draw
Watch highlights of day fourMichael Carberry made a century as Hampshire batted out for a draw and were joined at the top of LV= County Championship Division Two by opponents Worcestershire.Resuming on...
View ArticleTaylor denied ton as Notts earn draw
James Taylor fell four short of his first century of the season as Nottinghamshire battled to a draw with Yorkshire in LV= County Championship Division One.Taylor, on 27 overnight, was dismissed by Tim...
View ArticleCroft heroics not enough for Red Rose
Lancashire and Warwickshiredrew their LV= County Championship Division One encounter despite Steven Croft's best efforts with bat and ball.The visitors opened day four with a lead of 48 and with eight...
View ArticleDerbyshire coast to maiden win
Watch highlights of day fourDerbyshire secured their first LV= County Championship Division Two victory of the season by beating fellow strugglers Leicestershire by nine wickets at Grace Road.Resuming...
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