Gloucester sign Brendon Drew as overseas player
London: Tasmanian paceman bowler Brendan Drew will replace his fellow countryman Marcus North as overseas player for Gloucestershire county club. The 24-year-old seamer, who represents Tasmania in the Australian provincial cricket, ...

 All-round Hall steals the show for Northants
London: South African all-rounder Andrew Hall was the star of the show as Northamptonshire hammered Worcestershire by 33 runs in the English Twenty20 Cup on Friday. Hall smashed an unbeaten 66 ...

 Barnett becomes highest scorer in English countyMay 14, 2001 11:06 Hrs (IST) London: Gloucestershire's Kim Barnett hit a century on Sunday to become the highest run scorer in the history of the One-day league. Barnett's innings laid the foundations for his county's 20-run Division One victory over Northamptonshire under the Duckworth-Lewis method at Wantage Road. The 40-year-old notched 101 from 123 balls, and on completing his century - in the penultimate over of the innings - he passed Graham Gooch's previous record aggregate of 8,573 runs in the competition, which began in 1969. Barnett, who made the first of his 307 league appearances for Derbyshire against Essex at Chelmsford in May 1979, steered the reigning champions to 222 for five, and Northants were well adrift on 108 for three on 31 overs when a heavy thunderstorm brought proceedings to a premature close. Yorkshire completed a five-wicket win over Somerset at Headingley with 10 overs to spare. Some efficient bowling on a sub-standard one-day pitch limited the visitors to a 154 all out off 44 overs after Jamie Cox had won the toss. A sparkling stand of 72 in 15 overs between Yorkshire skipper David Byas (48) and Anthony McGrath (58) helped Yorkshire to victory. Surrey Lions fell 18 runs short of an impressive target set by Nottinghamshire Outlaws. Australian Greg Blewett (69) and opener Darren Bicknell (50) were the chief contributors to Nottinghamshire's 233, and although Ben Hollioake was unbeaten on 70, he could not save Surrey. In Division Two, Derbyshire Scorpions equalled last season's total of wins in the competition by beating Essex Eagles by 67 runs with 9.4 overs to spare at Derby. A second win of the season was set up by the batting of Rob Bailey, who made 94, his highest one day score for Derbyshire, and four wickets from young seamer Tom Lungley. The 21-year-old shot away the middle order and although skipper Ronnie Irani made 35, Essex were never in the hunt and folded for 131 in pursuit of Derbyshire's 198. Zac Morris celebrated his Hampshire Hawks debut by taking three Worcestershire Royals wickets and then hit the winning boundary with two balls to spare. Worcestershire was restricted to 183 for seven as a crowd of
witnessed Norwich Union League cricket for the first time at Hampshire's new Rose Bowl ground.

  McGrath seeks legal aid on slur charge
Melbourne: Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath is seeking legal advice over allegations he called a Sri Lankan opponent a "black monkey".

 Gloucestershire cements quarter-final berth
London: Benson and Hedges cup holders Gloucestershire - which cemented its quarter-final berth at the weekend - was handed a home tie with Durham after Sunday's matches were completed.

 Gough reveals his hangover in Test win
London: England bowler Darren Gough has revealed how he was suffering from a hangover following a late drinking session when he earned the winning runs for England in the dramatic end ...

 Ten up Caddick sounds Pakistan warning
London: England paceman Andrew Caddick warmed up for the first Test with Pakistan next week taking 10 wickets in Somerset's convincing 161-run win over Yorkshire in its County Championship clash at ...

 'Stupid' Lewis bowls Gloucester to victory
London: Pace bowler Jon Lewis returned four for 23 in his 10 overs to secure a place for defending champions Gloucestershire in the Benson and Hedges semi-finals on Tuesday at the ...

 Chapple leads Lancashire's charge for points
London: Glen Chapple led Lancashire's charge for points against Leicestershire until bad light stopped play on day one of the latest round of English County Championship Division One matches on Wednesday. ...

 Zim crisis may affect World Cup games
Johannesburg: The current political crisis in Zimbabwe could affect decisions to host some of the 2003 Cricket World Cup games there. The executive director of the 2003 World Cup Committee in ...