Cricket
Young Tyke who is turning on the style: Rashid's raw talents remove need for spin
Published: 09 May 2007
Calf strain puts Pietersen out of Flintoff showdown
Published: 09 May 2007
Hampshire's hopes of combating Lancashire's Andrew Flintoff with their own England man Kevin Pietersen have been dashed by injury.
Flower picked for England role
Published: 08 May 2007
The former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Andy Flower is to be Peter Moores' new assistant coach with the England side, replacing Matthew Maynard.
Round-Up: Hodge upstages Flintoff
Published: 07 May 2007
Andrew Flintoff returned to Lancashire colours with an encouraging 66 but it was the Australian Brad Hodge who was the star of their Friends Provident Trophy victory over Northamptonshire. Hodge smashed an unbeaten 130 off 133 balls to give Lancashire their first one-day win of the season at Old Trafford.
Saturday Round-Up: Pothas denies Yorkshire
Published: 07 May 2007
The County Championship pace-setters Yorkshire were denied victory against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. At tea on Saturday, Yorkshire needed five wickets for victory.
Yorkshire 299 & 439-4dec Hampshire 296 & 366-8 (Match drawn): Younis finds new twist
Published: 06 May 2007
County championship round-up: Steyn earns praise while Langer continues to excel
Published: 06 May 2007
Warwickshire's South African bowler Dale Steyn (pictured) was hailed by captain Darren Maddy for his influential role in their crushing win over Worcestershire in the First Division at New Road.
Surrey 284 & 120 Lancashire 315 & 90-3: Surrey slide to defeat
Published: 05 May 2007
Life back in the First Division is proving unexpectedly difficult for Surrey, who won the Second Division title at a canter last season but have started the new campaign with three consecutive defeats, an experience that is certainly unfamiliar and possibly unique. It is more than half a century since a Surrey side lost three Championship matches before the end of May, let alone by its first week.
Yorkshire 299 & 439-4 Hampshire 296 & 12-0: Vaughan set for oxygen treatment
Published: 05 May 2007
Speed was the watchword for Yorkshire yesterday. Not content with scoring at a fair old lick - they added a further 390 runs in the day and still had a few overs at Hampshire - the White Rose county are also looking into ways of accelerating the healing process of Michael Vaughan's fractured finger.
All at sea Sussex in struggle to turn the tide
Published: 05 May 2007
Round-Up: Shreck stars with six Welsh scalps
Published: 05 May 2007
Nottinghamshire extended their lead at the top of Second Division after thrashing Glamorgan by an innings and eight runs at Trent Bridge yesterday.
Yorkshire 299 & 49-2 Hampshire 296: Hand injury puts Vaughan in doubt for first Test
Published: 04 May 2007
The England captain Michael Vaughan was at the centre of an injury scare late yesterday, after being hit near the base of his right middle finger by a wicked lifter from Australian paceman Stuart Clark.
Surrey 284 & 34-6 Lancashire 315: Law profits from miss after Ramprakash drops Surrey in mire
Published: 04 May 2007
Lancashire are poised to complete their first win and impose a third consecutive defeat on the promoted Surrey after a contest that looked finely balanced until a calamitous final 45 minutes yesterday, during which Mark Butcher's side overhauled the home team's modest first-innings lead but lost six wickets.
Kent 368 Sussex 102 & 160 (Kent win by innings and 106 runs): Sussex lose in two days as Cook strikes back
Published: 04 May 2007
Kent compounded a bad week for Sussex, inflicting a second defeat on the champions with a victory by an innings and 106 runs in the County Championship at Canterbury yesterday.
Round-up: Centuries galore as Derbyshire set record 801
Published: 04 May 2007
Centuries from Ant Botha and Jamie Pipe helped Derbyshire to the highest score in their history at batsman-friendly Taunton yesterday.
Yorkshire 299 Hampshire 25-0: Bruce's bonus robs returning Vaughan of the limelight
Published: 03 May 2007
It seems like a lifetime ago since Michael Vaughan last wielded a bat in a Test, but yesterday, 17 months and a couple of knee operations after facing Pakistan, the England captain was finally able to contemplate returning to the Test arena.
Surrey 284 Lancashire 18-1: Newby and Smith stick up for youth
Published: 03 May 2007
The impending return of their England trio looks timely for Lancashire after a stuttering start to the season but for Oliver Newby and Tom Smith it poses an extra challenge to which the county's two brightest pace bowling prospects seem eager to rise.
Round-up: Cook century gives England selectors a timely nudge
Published: 03 May 2007
Alastair Cook gave the new England coach Peter Moores a reminder of his ability with a majestic century in Essex's Liverpool Victoria County Championship match at Northamptonshire yesterday.
Vaughan returns for showdown with Warne
Published: 02 May 2007
Michael Vaughan will spend the next few days doing what he had hoped to have been doing all winter: slugging it out with Shane Warne on a cricket field.
Australia 281-4 Sri Lanka 215-8: Officials' error spoils final
Published: 30 April 2007
Only cricket, with all its laws, rules and regulations and the desire to cover every possible situation in a complicated game, could allow its showpiece event, the World Cup final, to end in such a farcical and embarrassing manner. How could five leading officials, each armed with reams of information covering anything from the length of the tea interval to the size of advertising a batsman is allowed on his glove, not know that a one-day game is deemed to have been completed once 20 overs of the second innings have been bowled?
Adams makes history with lbw referral in Sussex win
Published: 30 April 2007
Chris Adams became the first player to refer an lbw decision to the third umpire yesterday as Sussex got their Friends Provident Trophy campaign off to a winning start.
England coach has Flintoff top of 'heart-to-heart' list
Published: 30 April 2007
The new England coach Peter Moores is convinced Andrew Flintoff can reclaim the high ground in world cricket.
Gilchrist hundred leads Australia to World Cup win
Published: 29 April 2007
Australia confirmed their place in World Cup history by becoming the first side ever to win three successive finals after clinching a 53-run victory in bizarre circumstances over Sri Lanka.
World Cup Final: Rain dampens last hope of a long-awaited spark
Published: 29 April 2007
At a World Cup that has failed to deliver the carnival it promised, it was almost inevitable that the factor that was yet to affect the tournament, rain, should appear and disrupt it when it needed it least. The 2007 World Cup has produced very few thrilling games and was in desperate need of a classic encounter to pin itself on, and yesterday's final between Australia and Sri Lanka, the two outstanding teams of the tournament, had the potential to provide such a spectacle. But the persistent early morning showers at the Kensington Oval severely hampered the chances of such an event taking place.
Hampshire 481-9dec and 224-1 dec Surrey 203 and and 467 (Hampshire win by 35 runs)
Published: 29 April 2007
