Cricket News

A Craig White hat-trick won this National League match for the Yorkshire Phoenix

Zimbabwe strengthened their hold on the Vodafone Challenge match with Gloucestershire when they reduced the home side to 146-7 at the close of the second day's play in reply to their 568

The period between lunch and tea brought new headaches for England

The fat lady tuned up early in the game, perhaps when the West Indies led on the 2nd day bu 157, but only started singing at 6:15pm on the 3rd afternoon, for it was then that the West Indies won their 1st Test match away from home since February

Birmingham- The all-for-one, one-for-all team ethic that has been the most heartening aspect of Jimmy Adams' leadership was obvious again as the West Indies batted their way into a powerful position on the second day of the first Test yesterday

The West Indies, through their captain, Jimmy Adams, have not only extended their overnight lead from 157, but have certainly put themselves in a position to win this 1st Test match

The gloomiest prognosis for the rest of this series must have England being systematically out-played and heading toward an overwhelming defeat

LUNCH Interval: With the sun finally winning the battle, the West Indies too will be very pleased with their morning's work, thanks again to the incomparable Courtney Walsh

The morning session had everything a cricket afficianado could want; runs, wickets, slashing strokes and even missed chances

The West Indies moved into a position of ascendancy during this 5th period of the game

The West Indies closed the 2nd day in a comfortable, if not all together commanding position, but at least, they look more likely to win from here

The mantle of invincibility which West Indies once wore, through the seventies and eighties, may no longer be there but those shoulders can still hold responsibility when the call comes

Zimbabwe batsman Murray Goodwin took advantage of a weakened Gloucestershire attack to post a career-best 194 on the opening day of the Vodafone Challenge Series match at Gloucester

Birmingham - Some things never change and few have been as enduring in cricket as Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose persecuting the opposition, most notably England, in the cause of the West Indies

It would seem time has stood still for Courtney Walsh

Cambridgeshire and Devon shared in a record-breaking day of Minor Counties cricket

A brief history of how the games dimensions came about

The Derbyshire Scorpions slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat in the Norwich Union National League, while the Surrey Lions continued their unbeaten start in the league

Nottinghamshire's second eleven were well beaten in their AON Trophy match at picturesque Workshop College on Monday

Marcus Trescothick is looking increasingly like a genuine candidate for England's one-day side later this summer