England medium fast bowler Matthew Hoggard was pulled out of Yorkshire's county championship match against Nottinghamshire on Wednesday because of a side injury.
In a shocking incident, England cricketer Moeen Ali was on Saturday stopped at the Birmingham airport for close to 40 minutes. Ali was on his way to join the rest of the Worcestershire side for the opening game of the 2016 County Championship. The England all-rounder was clearly angry with the treatment meted out to him and took to Twitter to voice his sentiments. "Have never been stopped at the airport when travelling with a team in uniform, but travel alone and get stopped for 40 minutes!! Joke," Ali tweeted.
South African Graham Ford will take over as the chief coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team for his second stint replacing Marvan Atapattu, who had stepped down five months back. Ford is expected to join the side in February before the three-match T20 International series against India. The news was announced in Surrey county's website as they confirmed their current coach Ford's decision to leave for international assignment. Ford had earlier coached Sri Lanka for two years starting from 2012.
The ace Indian leg spinner claimed 5 for 80 as Surrey bowled out Worcestershire for 304 in the County Championship.
The former India paceman returned with figures of 5-27 as Worcestershire bowled out Northants for 67 in the first innings of the County Championship Division 2 match.
The Turbanator has been selected in the Indian squad for the Twenty20 World Cup.
The Indian spinner put Middlesex in driver's seat against Glamorgan in the Division II County Championship match.
The Indian off-spinner bagged four wickets for 64 runs to put Surrey in a commanding position going into the final day of the County Championships Division One match against Worcestershire.
A masterly century by Brad Hodge and a run-a-ball 40 by Virender Sehwag helped their team draw against Warwickshire.
Letting Virat Kohli play county cricket is 'nonsense', feels former England captain Bob Willis
Hampshire captain Warne and Somerset player Peter Bowler were both handed three penalty points under the board's disciplinary code.
Middlesex's Indian leg-spinner took the wicket that ensured his club remained among the top flight of English cricket.
The Indian left-arm spinner claimed five wickets in each innings for Lancashire in the Frizzle County Championship match against Essex.
Murali Karthik made an impressive debut for Lancashire as he took five for 93 runs in the Frizzell County Championships match
Dinesh Mongia blasted his way to 164 off 191 balls, studded with 26 fours and three sixes in a County Championship match.
Dinesh Mongia was dimissed for a first-ball duck for Leicestershire against Lancashire
Glamorgan, following on after conceding a lead of 302 runs, were 240 for six.
Sourav Ganguly hit a cautious 47 as Glamorgan were bundled out for 267.
Murali Kartik's timely knock of 40 helped Lanacshire to a big first innings total against Hampshire.
Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh played a significant part in Surrey's innings and 55-run win against Hampshire.
Riding on the Indian's knock, which was the only half-century in the innings, Leicestershire made 225 all out
The South Africa born batsman hit his first ton for Hampshire to boost his chances of Test selection
The Hampshire captain went in at number nine and scored the first century of his career in the County match against Kent.
Indian paceman Zaheer Khan came back strongly on the third day of the Division Two county championship match against Surrey claiming three wickets for 142 runs.
Zaheer Khan picked up three wickets to help Worcestershire gain a vital 120-run lead over Glamorgan in a four-day game.
Virender Sehwag did not play against Sussex as he was resting a back injury.
India's Virender Sehwag was resting a back and did not play against Sussex.
The Punjab batsman gave the initiative to Leicestershire on a fruitful day against Essex.
The dashing Indian opener hit 30 off 21 balls as Leicestershire scored 72 for 1 against Warwickshire's in the County championship.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar said India will be happy with the Oval pitch when they take on Australia in the WTC Final.
Cheteshwar Pujara's love affair with the English summer continued as he scored his second List A ton in three games.
Gilchrist made the comments after the IPL governing council proposed to have a dedicated "no-ball" umpire to reduce the number of howlers in the lucrative league.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) said it will review the incident.
The last time England toured India, back in early 2021, Joe Root's team went back home beaten and bruised 3-1.
Former Australia fast bowler and current Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie is expected to hold talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board's Director for Cricket Andrew Strauss in the next 24 hours on the possibility of him accepting or not accepting the vacant position of the national head coach.
Former England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB) boss Lord MacLaurin has endorsed the move not to include Kevin Pietersen in the national squad, saying he was never a ' team-man '.
The former England bowler bagged 6 for 81 as Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by an innings and 343 runs in the County championship.
Images from the League Cup matches played on Tuesday
The Indian pacer took 3 wickets for 41 runs in the County Championship Division One match against Gloucestershire.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances