Cricket News

Waiting for the rain to end the misery the rival coaches of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire shared one view - every point this season is going to be vital at the final count

Derbyshire openers Steve Stubbings and Mathew Dowman seized the initative for their county against a depleted Somerset attack at Taunton on the second day of the PPP healthcare County Championship first division match

Worcester were left reaching for the weather forecast - it wasn't good - as they ended the third day 111 ahead of Gloucestershire with four wickets standing

Somerset wasted a good start by openers Jamie Cox and Marcus Trescothick on a rain-affected opening day to the PPP healthcare County Championship first division match with Derbyshire at Taunton

Ian Harvey is hungry for first class runs following a disappointing debut season with the bat for Gloucestershire

Chelsea-mad Alec Stewart went beyond the call of duty for his country at Lord's yesterday, batting through his beloved Blues' FA Cup final triumph at Wembley

It took England less than two hours to sweep aside the remaining five wickets and send Zimbabwe to a most ignominious defeat

The National League First Division campaign may still be in its infancy, but already it looks set to hold contrasting fortunes for newly-promoted Somerset and Northants

Rain was the inevitable victor in this PPP county championship match, when it halted play with 21 overs remaining

Yorkshire gained revenge over Gloucestershire for their three one-day defeats last season as the Phoenix beat the Gladiators by 35 runs under Duckworth Lewis

Although England have dominated this Test from the outset, they have gone on to firmly establish their overwhelming superiority as the match has progressed

RICHIE Benaud was on the telly talking about match fixing at lunch during Zimbabwe's awful Lord's debut yesterday

Despite the sullen conditions that persisted at Lord's, for the second day, for England there remains the promise of brighter things to follow

It was a momentous day for Zimbabwe, the minnows of Test cricket, at the Headquarters of the game, as they embarked on their first ever Test series in England

Kent 81/4 from 31 overs Kent declared on their overnight total and Surrey took just 4 balls (friendly ones from Key) to make 17 and declare

The first month of the season has come and gone, and after the initial successes of beating Essex and Surrey in the Benson and Hedges Cup matches to reach the quarter final, we have had several very disappointing results

After lunch the sky was cloudy and batting harder, after tea drizzle oozed intermittently from the skies and there were light meter on the manual scoreboard drifted from one light to two and at several stages from 5:30 there were three lit

Once the combination of morning rain with heavy clay soil and poor drainage forced play to be abandoned for the day shortly before the sun came out at the Oval, a curious event for a ground at which a new sprinkler system was fitted over the winter

Glamorgan recorded a remarkable 113 run victory over Hampshire in their quarter-final match of the Benson and Hedges Cup

On a pitch helpful for seam bowlers Durham failed to make the best use of the conditions as the Surrey Lions compiled a winning 230 at the Riverside