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 ...

 Essex secure Nel ahead of Kaneria's return
London: English county side Essex have agreed a deal with Andre Nel to precede Danish Kaneria as their overseas player this year. South Africa seamer Nel could join Essex in time ...

 Johann Louw back in Northants' fold
London: Northamptonshire have re-signed South African Johann Louw as their overseas player for the 2008 season. The seamer returns after a four-year absence as Northants attempt to bolster their squad following ...

  Boje set for Northamptonshire return


 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.

 Muralitharan provides boost to bowler's economy
London: Sri Lankan spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan produced a man-of-the-match performance against Derbyshire for Lancashire in the latest round of Benson and Hedges group matches on Friday. While he only took ...

 Benson and Hedges Cup scores
London: English cricket Benson and Hedges Cup (One-day) results on Friday: North Division

 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.

 '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. ...