Recent results

LVCC2 Derbyshire -v- Glamorgan
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
Middlesex won by 8 wickets
CB40A Essex -v- Worcestershire
Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Warwickshire won by 9 wickets
CB40B Durham -v- Somerset
Durham won by 14 runs
Gloucestershire won by 164 runs
CB40C Sussex -v- Unicorns
Sussex won by 144 runs
CB40B Scotland -v- Glamorgan
Match abandoned

Upcoming fixtures

LVCC1, Tue, 22-May-2012, Taunton
LVCC2, Wed, 23-May-2012, Chelmsford
LVCC2, Wed, 23-May-2012, Rose Bowl
LVCC2, Wed, 23-May-2012, Canterbury
LVCC1, Wed, 23-May-2012, Liverpool
LVCC2, Wed, 23-May-2012, Northampton
LVCC1, Wed, 23-May-2012, The Oval
CB40C, Thu, 24-May-2012, Hove
England -v- West Indies
TESTS 2012, Fri, 25-May-2012, Trent Bridge
LVCC1, Fri, 25-May-2012, Hove

CC tables 2012

Division 1
Division 2
71 pts
57 pts
50 pts
39 pts
38 pts
25 pts
22 pts
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HAMPSHIRE BATTLE TO SEE OF THE SALTIRES

Hampshire preserved their unbeaten start to the Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign with a gritty 89-run win over Scotland in Glasgow.   [read]

Portsmouth News Sunday, 20th May 2012, 8:44PM

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KENT SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT OF THE SEASON

Sunday 20th May 2012 Kent Spitfires were beaten by four wickets in their first home Clydesdale Bank 40 match of the season. read more   [read]

Kent CCC Sunday, 20th May 2012, 8:33PM

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WRIGHT THE DIFFERENCE AS SHARKS SINK STEELBACKS

England all-rounder Luke Wright smashed a half-century as the Sussex Sharks defeated Northants Steelbacks by 12 runs in a low-scoring encounter in the Clydesdale Bank 40 at the County Ground.   [read]

Northampton Chronicle Sunday, 20th May 2012, 7:54PM

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BREAKING NEWS: STEELBACKS LOSE TO SUSSEX

NORTHANTS Steelbacks suffered their second successive CB40 defeat as they went down by 12 runs to Sussex Sharks at a chilly County Ground today.   [read]

Northampton Chronicle Sunday, 20th May 2012, 7:41PM

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KLINGER FIRES FAREWELL HALF-CENTURY AS COUNTY MOVE UP TABLE

WORCESTERSHIRE moved out of the LV= County Championship Division One relegation zone following a draw with Sussex.   [read]

Worcester News Sunday, 20th May 2012, 7:09PM

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SUSSEX IN CONTROL AS COUNTY STRUGGLE

THE weather halted a Sussex charge against Worcestershire in LV= County Championship Division One at New Road.   [read]

Worcester News Sunday, 20th May 2012, 5:40PM

SURREY MAINTAIN PERFECT CB40 RECORD

Tom Maynard and Zafar Ansari impressed with the bat as defending champions Surrey defeated Group B rivals Durham by 60 runs to make it three wins out of three in this year’s Clydesdale Bank 40.   [read]

ECB Sunday, 20th May 2012, 5:00PM

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SURREY V DURHAM (CB 40 LEAGUE, TEA)

THREE early wickets for Mitch Claydon prevented CB 40 League holders Surrey from romping to a huge total against Durham at the Oval today.   [read]

Northern Echo Sunday, 20th May 2012, 4:38PM

BALLANCE AND STARC MAKE THEIR MARK

Debutant Mitchell Starc and in-form Gary Ballance inspired Yorkshire to their first Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season courtesy of a seven-wicket triumph over Derbyshire at Headingley Carnegie.   [read]

ECB Derbyshire Sunday, 20th May 2012, 4:00PM

QUERL INSPIRES UNICORNS TO VICTORY

Zimbabwe-born all-rounder Glen Querl starred with ball and bat as the Unicorns pulled off their first win of the Clydesdale Bank 40 season, beating Kent by four wickets with an over to spare at Canterbury.   [read]

ECB Somerset Sunday, 20th May 2012, 3:45PM

Scorecards from the mists of time: Middlesex v. Warwickshire

photo of Original Lord's issue scorecard (near close of play day 2)

This see-sawing, drama-filled encounter from 1936 produced the type of nail-biting finish that modern cricket boards, broadcasters, and assorted magnates try so hard to contrive.

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Six of the best

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County Cricket News takes a look at the latest crop of young players who are hoping to establish themselves in 2012.

Monday, 26 March 2012

Scrapbook Heroes: John Dye

photo of John Dye

John Dye bowled 6,660 overs during a sixteen-year career with Kent, Northamptonshire and Eastern Province.

Monday, 27 February 2012

The Good Ship Lord's

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Annual boating excursions along the River Thames were one of the more notable non-cricket related perks for catering staff employed at Lord's Cricket Ground during the first half of the twentieth century.

Monday, 9 January 2012

Scorecards from the mists of time: Larwood's Benefit Match

photo of Harold Larwood

Batsmen visiting Trent Bridge in 1936 required great skill and temperament to protect body and wicket. Fortunately for Yorkshire CCC the batting line-up chosen to take part in Larwood's Benefit Match possessed an abundance of both.

Monday, 12 December 2011

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News from the counties

Durham Dynamos

SURREY V DURHAM (CB 40 LEAGUE, TEA)

Sunday, 20th May 2012, 4:38PM

Essex Eagles

RED ROSE RESIST NAPIER FIREWORKS

Sunday, 20th May 2012, 3:30PM

Leicestershire Foxes

FINN PUTS FOXES TO THE SWORD

Sunday, 20th May 2012, 3:00PM